2007 State of the DEN

… a global community of educators passionate about teaching with digital media, sharing resources, collaborating and networking.

…a look back

DEN in Review

• 2 years ago…we launched the DEN• Today

– Over 26,800 Discovery Educators Worldwide

– 2500 STAR Discovery Educators in 46 States

– Over 14,000 Events Reported

– Reaching Over 350,000 Educators

– Imagine Number of Students Impacted!

Where has the DEN been?

National & State Conferences

• FETC, NECC, NSTA…• NJ, IL, PA, CA, TX, MD, DE, IA and more!

DEN National Institutes

Leadership Council Events

• Pennsylvania • Maine• Florida• California• Wisconsin• Tennessee

16 DEN State Leadership Councils… and Growing!

Including one in 2nd life…

Online Activities

Over 30,000 monthly visitors– 3883 discussion

board posts– 43,939 resources

downloaded– 3071 blog posts– Over 7000

comments

Best Website

Professional Development

EdTech Connect Series

• Joe Brennan (STAR)• Doug Johnson• David Warlick• Frank Guttler• Kay Teehan (STAR)• Carol Anne Maguire (STAR)• Will Richardson• Frank Delventhal (STAR),

Heather Sullivan (STAR), Mary Mullins (STAR), Diana Laufenberg (STAR)

Daniel Pink is Coming!

Discovery Connect Series

• Planet Earth• Space Week

Collaborative Projects

…and announcing

Promotions and Contests

Promotions & Contests

• Special Discovery Discounts/Offers– Discovery Education Science Connection– Discovery Education ThinkLink

Assessment– unitedstreaming Plus

Promotions & Contests

• Partner Promotions– InFocus– eInstruction

Upcoming Partner Promotions

Promotions & Contests

• National Poster Contest• Spring Training Events

Promotions

The DEN Media Challenge

Exclusive Discovery Events

Planet Earth World Premiere

Tribeca Film Festival

Shark Week Screening

Shark Week Premiere

Questions & The Future

Your Stories!

2007 State of the DEN