This newsletter is for members of the Romanian DEN.

1. THE DEN AUGUST 2012
HELLO AGAIN ROMANIAN EDUCATORS!
Hello Romanian Educators! We’re thrilled to
share our second Romanian DEN newsletter. As we
mentioned in the first edition, we are excited that
you are interested in joining the Discovery Educator To join the group, log in to www.edmodo.com and
Network (DEN). The DEN Community is all about create an account. Then, on the left side of the
connecting educators to their most valuable screen, find the Groups section. Click on Join and
resource...each other. Sharing ideas, resources, and when prompted, enter the group code – 80p2ff.
teaching practices to help everyone become better Once you’ve done this, you’ll be in the group and will
teachers is our main goal. Our Romanian DEN be able to both read the information shared by
Edmodo group needs more members! We have others as well as post your own information. This
created a this group especially for you. know you’ll online group will help facilitate plenty of
find this group valuable and hope you join soon! conversation. We will use Edmodo as a way to
communicate more learning opportunities.
CONGRATULATIONS CATALIN!
Catalin Ciupala was our lucky sweepstakes winner and just returned from the
DEN Summer Institute (DENSI) in Bozeman, Montana. There, he participated in
six days of professional development with DEN members across North America.
Catalin is a high school math teacher who teaches a variety of math topics
including algebra, geometry and mathematical analysis. He’s been teaching for
14 years and loves it because he stays in touch with youth. When he’s not
teaching, he likes to read, especially about science, go hiking and biking, and take
photographs. Catalin plans to share the information he’s learned with others via
face to face conversations, Edmodo, and email.
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2. STEM SPOTLIGHT CONNECT
Here’s a great resource from one of our Discovery partners to support
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. The DEN is all about
connections. We feel
Siemens STEM Academy - Teacher Resources connected educators are
better educators and
when it comes to social
media, we have our
bases covered. Connect
with us via Twitter,
Facebook, Google Plus,
and Pinterest. Simply
click on the icons below.
GET STARTED WITH BLOGGING
Blogs are great ways to communicate information. The DEN blogs are one twitter.com/discoveryed
of our favorite ways to share information with others. Whether you want
to share what’s happening in your classroom or your favorite websites and
resources, putting together a blog might be the way to go. There are a lot
of options available, but the most popular are probably Blogger (from
Google), WordPress, and Posterous. Below are a few tutorials/resources
to help you get started.
facebook.com/discoveryed
• Blogger - Getting started
• Learn WordPress.com
• Getting Started with Posterous
If you start your own blog, please share it with others. Use the Edmodo
group as a great way to get the word out about your new blog.
tiny.cc/dengplus
SHARE YOUR IDEAS
Do you have an idea or something to share for the newsletter? Would
you like to see something in particular included here? Send an email with
your information to: chad_lehman@discovery.com
pinterest.com/discoveryed
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3. TIPS FROM THE DEN TEAM
In each newsletter, we’d like to share some of our favorite free sites and resources with you.
Ginny Washburne - https://bubbl.us/ Ginny likes Bubbl because it's
an easy way to brainstorm by creating a concept map. This easy to
use tool is great for creating mindmaps that can be printed out and
shared with others. It's also great to use on an interactive
whiteboard.
Steve Dembo - http://www.easel.ly/ Everyone loves an infographic,
and this site let's you create them really quickly. Lots of clip art and
themes, just add your data and create.
Porter Palmer- AudioPal - This tool is great for recording audio by
either microphone or phone. You can upload the mp3 files and
embed the file in any website or blog. Create podcasts and
audiobooks or record your students oral reading to check fluency.
There are plenty of ways to use AudioPal.
Chad Lehman- A Google A Day - Each day Google shares a puzzle.
There’s no right way to solve it, but there is one right answer. Use
your creativity and thinking skills to come up with the answer to the
daily challenge.
Jannita Demian- http://ed.voicethread.com/ I have found that
students usually take great pride in sharing their work with an
audience. If an audience is what they want, I say give them the
world! With VoiceThread teachers and/or students can post images
and videos and others can leave text, audio, or video comments.
You can translate this newsletter to Romanian using Google Translate at: http://translate.google.com
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