As school budgets are being reduced across the state, opportunities for educators to attend conferences and professional development opportunities are becoming limited if not extinct. We must look to alternative methods for educating and developing our teachers and administrators.

The REMC funded Connected Educator Series brings the ideas and practices of exceptional technology using educators right to teachers and administrators in an easy to access, easy to use, cost effective manner.  Educators can access these weekly videos directly from their desktops and play or replay them at their convenience. 

Individual titles can be accessed below.  The full Connected Educator Series is available at REMC MI Streamnet and at MACUL MI Learning

Connected Educator Series

1.  Knocking Down Walls:  Connecting Students with Blogging - Nick Provenzano who teaches English at Grosse Pointe South High School explains how he and his students use blogs to make connections and build communities far beyond the walls of their classroom.  10:38 mins.

2. Wikis in the Classroom - Amber Kowatch from Ludington's Franklin Elementary shares how her 2nd grade students use wikis to help them connect and reflect as they write. Amber gives some fantastic ideas about different ways wikis can be used at any grade level.  12:36 mins.

3. Skyping. Connecting. - See how Kim Powell from Douglas Road Elementary in Lambertville uses Skype to connect her students to classrooms around the country, have conversations with authors of books they are reading, and learn from experts without even having to leave the classroom.  11:04 mins.