The DEN Zone

David Fisher talks with Chris Weber about the production of the natural history film, North America and its lessons for students.

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Christine Weber is Vice President of Production and Development for Specials at Discovery Channel. Weber and her team oversee landmark specials for Discovery including NORTH AMERICA, LIFE, HUMAN PLANET, FROZEN PLANET and Discovery’s Shark Week programming. Before joining Discovery, Weber was an Emmy Award winning producer for National Geographic.

David Fisher talks with Tim Childers about how photography can be a powerful tool for student engagement. He shares tactics and tools for teachers.

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Tim Childers is an Assistant Principal at the L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville, TN. He serves on the TN DEN Leadership Council, and is a DEN Guru who blogs at www.timchilders.com.

David Fisher, a member of the DEN advisory board, introduces the rest of the board members.

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Porter Palmer Director, Global DEN Community. Jan Abernathy is a 5th grade teacher in Greenville, Pennsylvania. Cheryl Woolwine, Assistive Technology Coordinator & Instructional Technology Specialist for Special Ed in Palatka, Florida. Rita A. Mortenson, Educational Technology Coordinator in Wisconsin. Cheryl Lykowski is a 2nd grade teacher and adjunct professor. Lea Anne Daughrity is a specialist in the area of 1 to 1 devices in education. Lea Anne Daughrity is a 4th grade teacher in Texas.

In this episode we speak with Discovery Education's mad scientist, and Director of Global Learning Initiatives, talks with us about creative project based learning with digital tools.

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Hall Davidson is the Director of Global Learning Initiatives, Discovery Education. Hall has over 30 years educational experience including Middle and high school classroom teacher, educational staff development, media integration and content creation. Hall produced Emmy-nominated television programs for K-12 in math, technology and science.

In this episode of we come to you live from the FETC conference. Our two guests discuss how conferences are changing for the better and how passionate educators at the grass roots are driving those changes.

Karen M. Beerer, Ed.D., Vice President, Professional Development - Common Core State Standards Discovery Education, has 28 years of experience in public education. Chris Meador is the Manager of Test Development and Review for the Assessment department at Discovery Education. He started at Discovery in 2006 as a mathematics coordinator.

In this episode of we come to you live from the FETC conference. Our two guests discuss how conferences are changing for the better and how passionate educators at the grass roots are driving those changes.

Max Brooks is a manager of the Discovery Educator Network (DEN), a global professional development community. Kyle Schutt is Director of Education Outreach & Curriculum Integration at Discovery Communications.

This is the very first episode of our new community podcast called The DEN ZONE. Listen in as we talk about how this show came to be, where it's going and how the show will help the DEN community grow, connect and amplify our voices.

Steve Dembo, Director of Social Media Strategy and Online Community at Discovery Communications, Inc. Steve is s pioneer blogger/podcaster former kindergarten teacher, and expert in educational technology issues. Dean Shareski, educator of 24+ years, teaching from k-8, Community Manager at Discovery Communications, supporting educators through the Discovery Educator's Network.