About dstevens

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Biography: As Director of Implementation for the QA team, my primary responsibility is directing the training and support of new teachers. I'm interested in creating meaningful, immersive training opportunities for teachers, experiences that are both enlightening and FUN! Have an idea for a great PD Mission? Send it along....I'm always looking for new ideas and new ways to share with our wonderful family of QA educators!

Posts by dstevens:

Biogen Idec Foundation Grant Supports Taiga in Durham NC Schools

on Oct 22, 2010 in In The News

I’m feeling humbled today. The Biogen Idec Foundation, supporting one of the world’s leading global biotechnology companies and a Fortune 500 company with more than $4 billion in revenue, has awarded a generous grant to help bring Quest Atlantis to schools in Durham, North Carolina, one of its geographic areas of operation. I say I’m humbled because this is an organization that doesn’t NEED to do more good in the world. Biogen Idec is already a trusted medical partner to many who require their life-saving therapies or count on their support programs. Their research has spanned over 30 years of biotechnical contributions, supporting more than 20 products in Phase 2 clinical trials and producing therapies used in more than 90 countries. This is a company that is already doing much to make the world a better place, and the Foundation is equally committed to their community. And yet, they have decided to focus on ways of further improving people’s lives by contributing to science literacy in their community.

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Tags: Biogen Idec, Taiga

PD Theme Parks…Your Ticket to a Richer Teaching Experience

on Nov 20, 2009 in Design, In The News, QA Community of Practice, Teacher Training

Each of the main Units currently have theme parks: Taiga, Virtual Mesa Verde, Plague and Statistics. In the coming months, additional theme parks for Spacenik and Drakos will also be found in Teacherville.

Bringing a little bit of magic into the classroom.

on Aug 21, 2009 in Research, Teacher Training

“For every job that must be done, there’s an element of fun. You find the fun and snap! The job’s a game!” Mary Poppins Dr. Melissa Gresalfi and I were brainstorming earlier this week about some new professional development Missions we’re creating aimed at helping teachers get a handle on some of our most popular [...]