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We empower teachers with free professional learning through virtual courses, face-to-face workshops, and hands-on training, all offering SCECHs.
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Upcoming Events
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7 Dec
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Discovery Interactive Event 12:00 AM to 12:01 AMDiscovery Interactive EventDate: Dec 7Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarThe at-your-own-pace course is asynchronous and delivered via Google Classroom. No Zoom calls to make or deadlines to meet. Simply sign up for the course, complete the activities at your own pace, participate in the discussions and submit a few simple assignments. Earn up to 5 SCECH, one for each assignment completed. It is that easy! By completing each section you will learn all about Discovery Education resources, instructional strategies, student access, ready to use lesson activities and more!
SPECIAL NOTE: This course will be hosted in a Google Classroom by Discovery Education specialists. You will need to use a personal Google account to join the course due to safety restrictions placed on school Google domains.Hours
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Discover Resources in Discovery Education Interactive Course
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Engage Students in Discovery Education Interactive Course
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Explore the Student Experience in Discovery Education Interactive Course
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Designing Digital Lessons with Studio Interactive Course
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Course Reflection and Application Segment
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14 Dec
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Cancelled Podcasting- From Idea to Implementation 9:00 AM to 3:00 PMPodcasting- From Idea to Implementation CancelledDate: Dec 14Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PMLocation: Winding Brook Conference CenterCalendar: WW CalendarEngage in the active development of a podcast designed to amplify your voice, as well as that of your students or colleagues. This workshop is a hands-on experience, equipping you with knowledge, skills, and time to begin developing and creating your own podcast. Teams or individuals are both welcome.
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Cancelled Podcasting- From Idea to Implementation- ONLINE 9:00 AM to 3:00 PMPodcasting- From Idea to Implementation- ONLINE CancelledDate: Dec 14Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarEngage in the active development of a podcast designed to amplify your voice, as well as that of your students or colleagues. This workshop is a hands-on experience, equipping you with knowledge, skills, and time to begin developing and creating your own podcast. Teams or individuals are both welcome.
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9 Jan
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Student-Centered Learning Across Michigan Cohort 2: January 9 - February 19, 2023 12:00 AM to 12:01 AMStudent-Centered Learning Across Michigan Cohort 2: January 9 - February 19, 2023Date: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 AMLocation: Virtual / OnlineCalendar: WW Calendar
In this learning opportunity, we will utilize Modern Classrooms Project’s free course to pause, reset and create a local support structure as you work to design your own elements of a blended, self-paced, and mastery-based classroom. The Modern Classrooms Project is a nonprofit that has developed an instructional framework grounded in blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning that leverages technology to foster human connection, authentic learning, and social-emotional growth.
In this 6 week largely asynchronous, self-paced course, we’ll work to design learning for your students that makes it easier to meet the needs of all your students (even when they’re absent), allows you to have a clearer picture of student learning, and includes a blended learning framework to allow you to work with smaller groups of students while the learning continues in your classroom.
This Virtual course will be offered:
Cohort 1 - October 31, 2022 - December 11, 2022
Cohort 2 - January 9, 2023 - February 19, 2023
Cohort 3 - April 10, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Cohort 4 - July 10, 2023 - August 27, 2023
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Creating Instructional Videos for the Classroom 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMCreating Instructional Videos for the ClassroomDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarVideo has made an impact on learning for decades. Now it is easy to create and edit your own instructional videos to teach a concept to students and colleagues using FREE online applications. Learn about best practices for video creation, various video creation applications that fit the educational need, basic video editing, and sharing videos.
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Deeper Learning through Developing Master Students of Collaboration and Communication 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMDeeper Learning through Developing Master Students of Collaboration and CommunicationDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarCollaboration and communication are critical life skills used at home, school, and work. Teach students how to use these skills to succeed at home and in school. Improve classroom management as students take ownership of learning in partnership with teachers. The course is designed to promote positive change in instructional practice and support teamwork.
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Developing Student Media Literacy 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMDeveloping Student Media LiteracyDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarWe are all immersed daily in media and exposed to various types of messaging from the time we get up until we go to bed. Help your learners access, analyze, evaluate, create, and even interact with media messaging to become effective communicators and critical thinkers. You will use REMC’s Media Literacy Toolkit to build your knowledge around media literacy, discover resources for use with your learners, and create practical applications to integrate media literacy in your classroom, regardless of the grade level or content area(s) you teach.
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Dynamic Presentations 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMDynamic PresentationsDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarLearn best practices for using a variety of presentation applications. Gain dynamic performance insights. Build your presentation confidence! Learn about the different presentation programs available for FREE to educators and students. By the time the course is done the participant will have either enhanced a presentation created beforehand or create a new presentation to share with students or colleagues. Learn how to connect with your audience by using polling, interactives, video and images from the public domain.
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Engaging Students in a Personalized Classroom 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMEngaging Students in a Personalized ClassroomDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarThis class focuses on personalizing content delivery to support student achievement by giving students control over their own learning environment. Participants will learn about student voice and choice, using tools that customize student’s strengths and needs. The course offers fun and engaging interactive resources for educators to use with their students. Classroom structure and flexible seating options are also shared, these strategies impact student behavior and learning outcomes.
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Fostering the 4Cs with Literacy and Technology Integration 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMFostering the 4Cs with Literacy and Technology IntegrationDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarExplore how literacy and technology can help deepen each of the 4C's for our learners: critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication. Through a series of lessons, reflection, and meaningful interactions, you will create four lessons. Many technology tools and resources will be available to explore and possibly integrate with one or more of your lessons. For secondary educators who teach a content area other than English Language Arts the lessons will be based on the disciplinary literacy that supports your content.
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Learning to use Open Educational Resources on #GoOpen Michigan 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLearning to use Open Educational Resources on #GoOpen MichiganDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarOpen Educational Resources (OER) are free, high quality, openly licensed educational tools that can be retained, reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed. Explore the dynamic collections of OER on the #GoOpen Michigan website. OER are available/searchable by subject area, grade level, and standards. Educational resources include lesson plans, presentations, activities, assessments and much more.
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More Professional Presentations, Part 2 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMMore Professional Presentations, Part 2Date: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarThis second course focuses on the Collaborator and Facilitator roles outlined in the REMC Presentation Skills Toolkit. Learn to maximize learning time and increase engagement with adult learners. Expand and strengthen your professional presentation skills to deliver highly successful presentations and highly engage adult learners during presentations by planning and delivering an actual presentation. "Preparing Professional Presentations" is a prerequisite for this course.
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Multimedia Tools to Engage Students 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMMultimedia Tools to Engage StudentsDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarParticipants will learn about technology tools that help students communicate their ideas creatively and clearly, and that demonstrates their knowledge and competency skills. Experience how the application of digital animation and video tools can enhance your lessons and engage your students. Expand the opportunities for creative communication, collaboration, and expression while meeting Michigan Technology Competencies for Students (MITECS). Experience and try-out free multimedia resources that present opportunities for building digital portfolios and as an assessment that demonstrates learning. Explore free media creation options that students can use to create digital artifacts.
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Practical Differentiated Instruction 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMPractical Differentiated InstructionDate: Jan 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarExplore the instructional strategies that support diverse learners. Learn the six elements of differentiation. Understand common language for implementing practical differentiation. Impact success through thoughtful and intentional planning and implementation.
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6 Feb
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Applying Google Apps in Chrome 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMApplying Google Apps in ChromeDate: Feb 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarGoogle Workspace for Education provides an expansive repertoire of tools for empowering students and managing instruction. Learn how to promote collaboration and communication seamlessly within your educational community. Participants will explore Google Workspace to boost productivity, organize digital files and transform the learning environment in the classroom and beyond.
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Blended Learning Environments with Google Workspace 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMBlended Learning Environments with Google WorkspaceDate: Feb 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarPersonalize your classroom experience with Google Workspace. Using Google Classroom, Meet, Slides, Forms and Docs, participants will create new digital classroom routines that support struggling students, build robust blended learning environments, design assessments, and learn how to provide valuable feedback. Take your teaching to the next level.
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Constructing Your Blended Learning Classroom 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMConstructing Your Blended Learning ClassroomDate: Feb 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW Calendar"How do you take the best of the new tools and skills you used during virtual learning, and make them work in your face-to-face classroom? What new strategies does this open up for better connection with your students in all circumstances?
This course will provide you with resources to support learning and increase efficiency when teaching. You will leave this course with tools and strategies that will minimize and often prevent disruption in student learning." -
Creating Digital Breakouts for the Classroom 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMCreating Digital Breakouts for the ClassroomDate: Feb 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Virtual/OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarBreakout boxes have become a popular activity that has students combine critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. Create your very own digital breakout box to engage and educate your students using Google Workspace tools like Sites, Docs, Drawings, and Forms along with additional resource . By the end of the course, you will have a fully functioning digital breakout that you can use right away with your student.
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News
November 2022
REMC Association attends state conferences to share resources
The REMC Association has been busy getting out and sharing information through statewide conferences. We have supported these conferences by hosting a booth as well as leading breakout sessions on technology integration topics
November 2022
REMC announces new resource to support teachers
Are you interested in exploring ways to make connections between computer science and grade level curriculum content? If so, you need to check out our new MITECS and Computer Science Standards Crosswalk.
November 2022
Let your voice be heard on all things education technology
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is partnering with Speak Up, a national research project and a free service to schools and districts nationwide. CoSN is eager to learn more about the most critical education issues today.