1. DEN LC Insider
Sept. 19, 2011

2. Welcome!

3. Roles and Responsibilities
» Connect
» Collaborate
» Communicate
» Grow
» Learn
» Have fun!
http://denlc.wikispaces.com/Roles+and+Responsibilities

4. LC Chair
» Serve as liaison between DEN LC and DEN Team
– Share meeting notes, concerns, questions, ideas
» Maintain consistent communication with LC and
state-level STAR DE community
– Create and send email updates to state-level STAR DE
community
» Organize and arrange LC team meetings
– Meetings held a minimum of five times per year (monthly
if possible)
» Support LC members to ensure activity
– Maintain activity report of LC members (meeting
attendance, event support, etc.)

5. Events Team
TX LC - Apple Store Event
MI LC - Tech or Treat
WI LC - Spring Virt Con 2011
MD LC - Spring Virt Con 2011

6. Events Team
» Work with Events Coordinator to schedule events in
plenty of time to promote
» Build around DEN Global events - Virt Con, SCIcon,
Geocaching Day
» Integrate DE
» Obtain approval via the LC Event Request form before
scheduling/promotion
Some Guidelines:
Look for free venues
$10 for food per educator

7. Blog Team
» Regular posts from
each LC
» No need to repost
global initiatives
» Keep it local

8. Social Media Team
» TechTreats for Oct.
» #denchat
» Book Clubs
» Propose ideas!
– DEN March Madness
http://tinyurl.com/LCsocial

9. The Global DEN Team
Porter Palmer
Steve Dembo Lance Rougeux

10. Welcome back, Jannita!

11. ExploretheBlue.com
The Take Me Fishing™ campaign and Discovery Education
launched Explore the Blue, a comprehensive resource
empowering K-5 teachers and parents to engage students in
a dialogue about the importance of outdoor recreational
activities, such as boating and fishing, and the value of clean
and healthy natural resources.

12. Resources & Activities
Cross-curricular & standards-aligned lesson
plans with extensions and educational videos
U.S. Habitat Map with 90+
regional environmental factoids

13. Resources & Activities
Family activities to drive
on-the-water engagement
Thrill of the Catch – an interactive fishing game
designed to be educational for K-5 students
http://discoverylake.discoveryeducation.com

14. Fall Webinar Series
http://tinyurl.com/exploretheblue
Join us for a unique webinar series featuring tips and tricks utilizing media and on-line resources that will help re-
activate your students’ bodies and minds. Join us as we EXPLORE more!
Tuesday, September 27 at 7pm EST – Teacher Edition
Jumping in the Digital Stream-
Back to School has arrived and things are heating up. Don’t just dip your toe in.... Jump in and cool down
with tools that can help transform your classroom this year. We’ll introduce you to lesson plans and some of
our favorite Web 2.0 sites that you can put to use in your class tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 11 at 7pm EST – Teacher Edition
Clean Up Your Act-
Are you beginning to lose sight of your desk top as the papers now stack up? Learn new and creative ways
to go reduce the paper and increase the communication and collaboration in your class with Google Tools.
We’ll show you a project based learning opportunity to clean up your students’ habitat and your class.
Tuesday, October 25 at 1pm EST – Teacher Edition
May I Have Your Attention Please... The Following is THEIR Safety Announcement
Lights... Camera.... Students! Learn how to help your students inspire their peers and community through
creating public safety announcements utilizing a variety of Web 2.0 Tools on water safety. Explore how to
create your own rubrics to help students realize if their ideas will sink or float.
Tuesday, November 1 at 1pm EST – Student Edition
The One that Got Away... Telling Your Fish Story- Student Edition
Everyone has a story, what’s yours?!? Hear from a Ben Parker, a fishing expert, who fell ‘hook, line, and
sinker’ to follow his dream and landed a bass. His story is made for the movies and so is yours. Help us
create a movie together and learn how to create one your very own using PhotoStory.

15. CuriosityintheClassroom.com
CuriosityintheClassroom.com is a NEW
interactive science-based website,
designed to spark an interest in STEM
among students
Site features:
Free standards-aligned lesson plans and
videos for 6th – 12th grade students
Inspiring career videos and stimulating quizzes
to grow interest in STEM
Webinar series exploring some of life’s most
captivating questions
Curiosity discussion guides for families to
make the most of teachable moments at
home

16. Teacher Resources
LESSON PLANS VIDEO/INTERACTIVES WEBINARS
MS and HS Curriculum Correlate w/ lesson topics 3-part Curiosity series
Bring classroom concepts to Engage students in the Join us live to examine free
life in areas such as Artificial fascinating questions of resources to help spark
Intelligence, live with exciting videos curiosity in your class. What
Communications, and interactives that unanswered questions
Computers, correlate with lesson plan might you be able to solve
Nanotechnology & Robotics topics this year?

17. Thinkers of Tomorrow
Webinar Series
CHANCE TO WIN A FREE FLIP-CAM!!!!!!
Three real-time webinars for teachers and students
#1: Have You Ever Wondered?! Sparking Your Student’s Curiosity (for teachers) SEPT 22
If life had a K-W-L* chart, then “Curiosity” would be your curriculum. Join us for a peak at what
the new program Curiosity in the Classroom offers you and your students.
#2: Will Robots Take Over: Out-think, Out-wit, Out-perform (for students and teachers) OCT 13
The challenge has been set, but which team will your students be on: human or robot? Join our
team for a lesson in robotics with you and your students!
#3: Guest Speaker – Pioneer in the field of Robotics (for students and teachers) NOV 3
Hear from one famous U.S. innovator in the field of robotics who will discuss their own process of
discovery and the critical role of curiosity in innovation!
Links.discoveryeducation.com/curiosity

18. Family Sweepstakes
One lucky winner will PICK their
prize from the following
adventures:
 Space Camp
 Yellowstone
 Grand Canyon
 Washington, D.C.
ENTER DAILY @ CuriosityintheClassroom.com

19. Yahoo!
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/Yahoo/

20. links.discoveryeducation.com/yahoo

21. The DEN Account Management
Team
Matt Monjan

22. DEN Teams
» Global DEN Team » DEN Account
– Leadership Management Team
Councils – Special Events
• Blogs – Days of Discovery
• Events
• Social Media
Who should
you contact?

23. For all things related to the LC

24. Customer Support 1.800.323.9084
» Questions about:
– Products
– Usernames
– Problems with service
– Accounts

26. Region 1
» DE
» MD
» NJ
» OH
» PA
» VA
» WV
Max Brooks

27. Region 2
» CT
 IL
» IA
» MA  IN
» ME
» MN  MI
» NH
» NY
» RI
» VT
» WI Whitney Mihoulides

28. Region 3
 AL
 FL
» AR  GA
» KS  KY
» LA  MO
» NE  MS
» OK  NC
» TX  SC
Joe Diaz
» HI Kyle Schutt
 TN

29. Region 4
» AK » Canada
» AZ
» CA » CO
» MT » ID
» NM
» OR » NV
» WA » SD
» WY
Lindsay Hopkins » ND
» UT

30. Regional Webinars
» Region 1 (6pm ET) » Region 3 (6pm ET)
» Region 2 (7pm ET) » Region 4 (7pm ET)
– Sept. 28 – Sept. 29
– Nov. 2 – Nov. 3
– Jan. 17 – Jan. 18
– Mar. 14 – Mar. 15
– May 16 – May 17
Register for these at http://tinyurl.com/LCregional

31. Leveraging Learning
» http://institute2011.auburnschl.edu

32. October 22, 2011

33. DEN Account Management Field Activity

34. DEN LC Wiki
» Save this, check it often, learn to love it
– http://denlc.wikispaces.com

35. Access to STARs Lists

36. http://denlc.wikispaces.com/LC+Calendar

37. Back to School Membership Drive
Earn points to win a great prize!
Entries must be submitted by October 1, 2011
http://links.discoveryeducation.com/DENbts2011

38. September 21, 2011
1pm ET
Blast off into the new year!
Live broadcast featuring hands-on
experiments demonstrating
chemical reactions and Newton’s
Third Law of Motion.
Register at:
http://tinyurl.com/SeptSCIStream

39. Next Meeting:
October 17
6pm ET
LC Wiki
denlc.wikispaces.com