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The DEN team is going to be at ILC 2008 this year, and we hope that you will too!  We’ve partnered up with the ILC team and gotten permission to extend a $40 discount to any DEN members who pre-register for the conference. The Innovative Learning Conference (ILC) 2008, will be held October 14-16 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA.  Now through Oct.

On Tuesday, Tim Magner kicked off this year’s EdTechConnect series in grand style by speaking about School 2.0. As the Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Tim coordinates the development and implementation of the DOE’s technology policies.

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Here at Discovery Education, people are doing daily calisthenics, stocking up on coffee and preparing I.V.’s full of Red Bull.  And that can only mean one thing…  The third annual Discovery Education streamathon is coming!This year’s streamathon features presentations by all your favorite members of the DEN team, from Hall Davidson to Lance Rougeux, and each of our expert DEN Account Managers.

On Wednesday, Sept. 17th at 7pm EST, we will be kicking off our monthly EdTechConnect series with none other than the Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Tim Magner.  Tim coordinates the development and implementation of the Department’s educational technology policies.

Has it really been a year already?  I remember vividly when a group of us all met up in Second Life, sat down in a sparsely furnished room and established our most unusual Leadership Council to date.  Since then, the DEN has become one of the most active education communities in SL.  From Discovery

A plethora and then some!  As we head into the 08-09 school year, I look over the webinar schedule and I am just stunned by what we have to offer.  As of right now, we have over 100 webinars on the calendar that you and your colleagues can participate in!  It truly is an astonishing amount of professional development available to you, and that’s just what’s on the calendar as of today!

What do Whale Sharks, Hammerheads, Mako Sharks and teachers have in common? They can all be seen at the DEN in Second Life “Swim with Sharks Underwater Scuba Adventure” on Monday July 28th at 5 pm SLT (5pm PST, 7 pm CST and 8pm EST)! Everyone who pre-registers will receive a complete Scuba Diving outfit with equipment for free.

Academic Aesthetic 164: DEN NI 08 In today’s show I interview a bunch of people here at the Discovery Educator Network National Institute for 2008.  (I decided to not put the full name in the title.)  See how many faces you can recognize.

In case you didn’t see it, Hall’s mobile phone presentation was recently featured on the EdWeek blog.  It’s has generated quite a bit of conversation already, so give the article a read and then chime in with your own comments.  Don’t forget, if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, you can catch the archive of his spotlight session from NECC by visiting here.