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Here’s some news that Ivan passed our way this morning regarding a DEN challenge. If you teach 5th – 8th grade, check it out.

We are excited to announce the Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge in partnership with 3M. This is a wonderful opportunity for teachers and students to participate, and of course I’d love to see some winners from the best region, the west! 🙂 Feel free to pass this information on to any of your districts, schools, teachers, etc. who might be interested!
Students in grades 5-8 can create their own 60-120 second videos using digital cameras, cell phones, and/or webcams. Semi-finalist student winners get a $250…. Finalists win an all expense trip to Washington DC for the finalist and a PARENT (do you have your own child in grades 5-8?) among other items… the 1st place winner receives $50k savings bond and 2nd-10th get $1,000. To learn more about this visit… http://youngscientist.discoveryeducation.com/about/about.html
Best, Kim

We got word today from Barb the One Place guru that…

the Mondo transparencies that were made into Promethean flipcharts for grades 3-5 (thanks to Jay) are now available and the Oral Language Pictures for K-3 are also available in One Place by clicking on the link called  Instructional Resources.

You can access the resources by logging in to One Place and clicking on “Instructional Resources.”

Here’s a great PowerPoint from Donn that demonstrates how to care for your projector so that the bulb lasts a long time.

Two of Aurora Public School’s innovative technology facilitators are attending the South Dakota’s TIE conference. You can find out what Shannon Wentworth (Sixth Avenue Elementary) and Gwynn Moore (Paris Elementary) are learning and sharing at their wiki site.

http://apstech.wikispaces.com/message/list/South+Dakota+TIE

Here’s a fantastic website to bookmark. http://apscms.net/staffpages/bawagers Barb Wagers has compiled a comprehensive list of resources to guide us with Internet Safety. She has everything from Social Networks, Cyberbullying and Predators to interactive games that kids can play that teach important safety skills.

Check it out, you might be surprised at what you learn!