new discoveries for a new school year
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New Discoveries for a New School Year
Lance RougeuxSeptember 3, 2008
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New Content
1000 new titles will be added by theend of 2008• Fearless Planet (6)• Grossology (26)• Time Warp Trio (26)• Tutenstein (39)• Kenny the Shark (26)• Smash Lab (13) • Josh Bernstein's Expedition (6) • In the Shadow of the Moon (2)• Prototype This (13)• Save-ums (26)• Bonehead Detectives (18)• Operation Junkyard (13)• Project Earth (9)
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Improved Searching and Standards Alignment
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Organization of Media Elements
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Enhanced Reporting (coming soon)
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The Builders
• No more pop-up blockers to worry about
• You can add up to three items to a Writing Prompt such as– Images– Clip Art– And VIDEO!
• All prompts let you embed Web 2.0 Widgets within them
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Regional Conferences
• Midwest Regional ConferenceSeptember 20-21, Glen Ellyn, IL
• Western Regional Conference (CA)September 27-28, Van Nuys, CA
• Northeast Regional ConferenceSeptember 27-28, Troy, NY
• Southern Regional ConferenceOctober 3-4, Huntsville, AL
• Western Regional Conference (CO)October 10-11, Thornton, CO
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Online PD
• streamathon – September 23, 2008 – 9 AM to 9 PM EDT
• DEN Virtual Conference – Saturday October 25, 2008
• DEN Webinar Series– Ongoing
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2008-09 Ed Tech Connect
• September – Tim Magner, US Dept. of Education
• October – Bernie Dodge, inventor of the WebQuest
• November – Alan Kay, OLPC and pioneer of modern programming
• December – Dr. Jason Ohler, author of six books including “Digital Storytelling in the Classroom”
• January – Tim Tyson, award winning administrator
• February – Bernajean Porter, author of DigiTales book and website
• March – Tony Vincent, pioneer podcaster
• April – TBD• May – Ian Jukes, Director of InfoSavvy
Group
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DEN Homepage
• Redesigned front page
• New profile box with easy access to the most important links
• Hot box to highlight what’s going on around the DEN
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New Features
• LIVE Chat• Buddy Lists• Forum Avatars• User Search• Event highlights• Help from the
STARs
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DEN Blogs
• 15 new blog themes• Video blogs and
comments• Admin bar with easy
access to tools• Snapz Preview• More integration with
other Web 2.0 tools