
Professional Learning
Empower Educators
We believe in empowering educators to create high quality, engaging instructional environments when they have access to the necessary skills, tools and rich sources of information. We provide educators with free instructor-led courses and events with the opportunity to earn free SCECHs. Courses provide up to 10 SCECHs. SCECHs for workshops vary depending on the workshop.
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Upcoming Events
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9 Oct
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Assessment Tools for the ClassroomRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarFormative Assessment is an essential part of the learning process leading to student success. Using Formative Assessment, teachers involve students in ongoing self-assessment so they are aware of expectations, gauge where they are in their learning, and then adjust to close the gap between them. Learn about digital tools to support this process. Explore and use quiz and polling tools, interactive and video assessments, portfolios, interactive lessons, and online bulletin boards. Leave with new tools to engage and assist your students in taking responsibility for their learning and achievement.
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Creating a Digital Makerspace for your ClassroomRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarJust because you might not have a physical Makerspace in your school, that doesn't mean the learning, creating, and innovating is limited. You will learn about why digital making is important, how to structure engaging and creative work for students, how students can develop critical 21st-century skills - and discover a myriad of resources that can be used.
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Digital Citizenship - Practical ImplementationRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarIn a digitally connected world, students need guidance to navigate the world safely and professionally. Learn the ISTE indicators for Digital Citizenship to build a knowledge foundation. Present practical applications for students. Guide students in developing plans to navigate high speed communication, job opportunities, social media, personal security and more.
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Effective Online Classroom Communication StrategiesRegistration ends October 512:00 AM to 12:02 AMEffective Online Classroom Communication StrategiesRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarMake the most of your online presence while complimenting your traditional classroom! Effectively use your district’s course management tool and/or a classroom website for organized communication with students and parents. Learn how to organize your online classroom/website, best methods for communicating online with students and parents, and how to create or locate online quality resources that will make your online presence successful.
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Energize Student Writing Through Author CraftRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarEnergize students to level up their writing across all styles and content? Explore author’s craft through the writing process structure. Help writers improve their craft through immersive experiences where they explore and sculpt ideas into meaningful drafts to share with various audiences. Join us on this writing journey.
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Igniting Student Curiosity with Inquiry and TechnologyRegistration ends October 512:00 AM to 12:02 AMIgniting Student Curiosity with Inquiry and TechnologyRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarWhat makes YOU curious? Students who ask questions engage themselves in learning to find answers as curiosity is the simplest and most effective way of learning. Join other educators as we spark our curiosity about the importance of asking questions. Explore how to nurture a culture of inquiry in the classroom by helping students formulate great questions in their learning and how to integrate technology to ignite and sustain critical thinking.
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Increasing Efficiency and ProductivityRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarBecome more productive, efficient and organized in your professional and personal life. Increase and improve productivity using apps and other simple technology. Tech Tip 1: When selecting an app, learn to use it regularly. For example, update and check a calendar each day. Or create tasks in a list app, then complete and check them off.Tech Tip 2: Don’t try using everything at once. Start with one or two applications and then add more as needed.
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Integrating Technology with the Foundational Elements of Literacy InstructionRegistration ends October 512:00 AM to 12:02 AMIntegrating Technology with the Foundational Elements of Literacy InstructionRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarLearn the foundational elements of literacy development from kindergarten through high school, uncovering why some students might struggle with reading content. You will also explore ways technology helps amplify critical thinking in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The final deliverable in this relevant course is a tech-integrated literacy lesson that you can use in your classroom this year. (For secondary teachers who teach other disciplines besides English Language Arts, you will design a lesson based on the disciplinary literacy that supports your content.)
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OER to Support Personalized LearningRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarOpen Educational Resources (OER) are free, editable classroom resources that can be used in curriculum. Competency-Based Education (CBE) personalizes learning for students by focusing on content mastery. Combining OER and CBE supports the flexibility of time, place, and pace while enhancing student agency through choice, voice, and authenticity. Participants will either create an authentic lesson or project incorporating an OER to enhance personalized learning, or develop a plan for personalized professional development in their professional context.
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Power Up: Meaningful DataRegistration ends Oct 5Date: Oct 9Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarDuring your career, you will have many new experiences utilizing teaching strategies and methodologies to achieve goals for yourself and your students. This course will expand your ability to effectively use data to increase the chances of reaching those goals.
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24 Oct
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Podcasting- From Idea to ImplementationRegistration ends Oct 17Date: Oct 24Time: 8:30 AM to 3:00 PMLocation: Ingham ISDCalendar: WW Calendar
Engage 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.
NOTE: Participants will need to provide their own equipment.
This session is in person at:
Ingham ISD, Thorburn Educational Center Room 3022630 W Howell Rd, Mason, MI 48854
From 8:30am-3:00pm on October 24, 2023.
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Podcasting- From Idea to Implementation- ONLINERegistration ends Oct 20Date: Oct 24Time: 8:30 AM to 3:00 PMLocation: VirtualCalendar: WW Calendar
Engage 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.
This virtual workshop will be held March 22, 2023 from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
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26 Oct
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Esports Amplified Educator AcademyRegistration ends Oct 19Date: Oct 26Time: 8:30 AM to 3:00 PMLocation: Wayne RESACalendar: WW Calendar
The Esports Academy is designed to provide training and support for schools interested in starting a scholastic esports team. The goal is to train individuals on how to start and support an esports program as well as provide an opportunity for newly created school esports teams to gain experience by participating in an organized esports tournament. The REMC Esports Academy will provide an entry point for schools wanting to explore the benefits of participating in scholastic esports.
Lunch will be provided for this in-person workshop.
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Promoting STEM Through LiteratureRegistration ends Oct 24Date: Oct 26Time: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PMLocation: VirtualCalendar: WW Calendar
Use literature to get your students excited about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by actively involving them in the design thinking process. Participants in this virtual event learn to use these resources with students in a virtual environment and how to implement Design Thinking.
Each of the titles selected for the project shares a story where something was built or invented by designing, planning, gathering materials, and creating. In addition to strengthening literacy skills, your students will develop inquiry and problem-solving skills. They will also see that with perseverance, anyone can be innovative and invent new things. The project is available for free at stemandlit.com.
Participation will be confirmed 3 weeks in advance so a box of materials (including a free book that is part of our project) can be shipped to each participant before the event.
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30 Oct
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Student-Centered Learning Across Michigan Cohort 5: October 30, 2023 to December 11, 2023Registration ends October 2512:00 AM to 12:01 AMStudent-Centered Learning Across Michigan Cohort 5: October 30, 2023 to December 11, 2023Registration ends Oct 25Date: Oct 30Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 AMLocation: VirtualCalendar: 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
Cohort 5 - October 30, 2023 to December 11, 2023
Cohort 6 - January 8, 2024 to February 19, 2024
Cohort 7 - April 15, 2024 - May 27, 2024
Cohort 8 - June 17, 2024 to August 5, 2024
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Podcasting for Educators: Podcasting 101Registration ends Oct 27Date: Oct 30Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PMLocation: VirtualCalendar: WW Calendar
Explore the essential elements of podcasting allowing learners the opportunity to understand the essential elements needed to amplify the voices of others and bring new insights into the world through audio.
This session will be held online on October 30, 2023 from 4:00-5:00pm.
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6 Nov
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Designing Learning Opportunities with Google ToolsRegistration ends November 212:00 AM to 12:02 AMDesigning Learning Opportunities with Google ToolsRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarCreate learning activities to promote critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, agency and voice. Use frameworks such as the SAMR model and Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a guide for successful technology integration. Utilize Google Classroom, Meet, Slides and Forms to design engaging learning experiences for students of all ages.
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Developing Student Media LiteracyRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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 PresentationsRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Fostering the 4Cs with Literacy and Technology IntegrationRegistration ends November 212:00 AM to 12:02 AMFostering the 4Cs with Literacy and Technology IntegrationRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Leading a Culture of Change in Your SchoolRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarExplore the essential needs of Leadership and Culture. This course is designed for school, district, and teacher leaders who wish to implement a change effort in their school or schools. Leaders is a broad category, and can include coaches, teachers, technology specialists, aspiring leaders, or other interested in supporting school change. This course will focus on technology initiatives and other ideas that incorporate change.
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Media Literacy: Fake or Real?Registration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarWhich media sites are reporting the truth? How to discern the difference between real and “fake” or false information? More importantly, can students differentiate between real and fake news? Most children have a difficult time discerning between what is real or fake, how to differentiate between an advertisement and a news article, and identifying where they got their news. We need to stop the cycle of passing forward news and information that has not been substantiated. This course will help educators and their students become smarter consumers and producers of information.
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Multimedia Tools to Engage StudentsRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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OER to Support Michigan’s Literacy EssentialsRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarThe Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy (aka Literacy Essentials) aim to improve children’s literacy in Michigan. Open Educational Resources (OER) are free, openly licensed, high-quality collaborative tools that allow users to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute them for educational purposes. Combining these powerful practices provides educators with the resources needed to enhance literacy skills for school-aged youth. Participants will explore various OER and build a plan to support one or more of the Literacy Essentials in their classroom or school context.
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Power Up: Learning EnvironmentRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarLearn to be intentional with how you establish your learning space to facilitate the day-to-day interactions with and among your students. Start with designing the space itself, move on to building classroom culture, and then mold that culture into a community. Create a learning environment that meets the needs of today’s learners in ways that fully traditional classrooms may not.
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Searching Safely and StrategicallyRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarIt has become essential for teachers and students to know how to search safely and efficiently to retrieve reliable information. The course provides educational database links to safe, accurate sites. Participants will also learn to evaluate information from the internet to determine its authenticity. Participants will also leave with a good grasp of what is available in Michigan eLibrary; FREE resources for every resident in Michigan.
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Social Media: Strategies for Designing Learning ExperiencesRegistration ends November 212:00 AM to 12:02 AMSocial Media: Strategies for Designing Learning ExperiencesRegistration ends Nov 2Date: Nov 6Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarSocial media tools and platforms can enable educators to lead and learn with other professionals from where they stand in classrooms, offices, and buildings. Explore how social media tools aid with building and expanding professional networks and create opportunities for building authentic learning experiences for our students.
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Esports Amplified Educator AcademyRegistration ends Oct 30Date: Nov 6Time: 8:30 AM to 3:00 PMLocation: Macomb ISDCalendar: WW Calendar
The Esports Academy is designed to provide training and support for schools interested in starting a scholastic esports team. The goal is to train individuals on how to start and support an esports program as well as provide an opportunity for newly created school esports teams to gain experience by participating in an organized esports tournament. The REMC Esports Academy will provide an entry point for schools wanting to explore the benefits of participating in scholastic esports.
Lunch will be provided for this in-person workshop.
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Podcasting for Educators: Edu PodcastsRegistration ends Nov 3Date: Nov 6Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PMLocation: VirtualCalendar: WW Calendar
Examine the unique nature of educational podcasting, learning how to curate best practices, voices from the field, and leveraging opportunities for community engagement.
This session will be held from 4:00-5:00pm, 1 hour, November 6, 2023
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7 Nov
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Doodle for Your Noodle Cohort 3: November 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024Registration ends October 175:30 PM to 7:00 PMDoodle for Your Noodle Cohort 3: November 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024Registration ends Oct 17Date: Nov 7Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PMLocation: VirtualCalendar: WW Calendar
With the demands of life that educators face in their personal and professional lives, it can sometimes be difficult to channel creativity into teaching and learning. This course is designed to teach you the art of sketchnoting, a visual note-taking technique that combines drawings, typography, and symbols to create engaging and memorable and visually appealing notes. By learning the fundamental principles of sketchnoting and how to apply them to your content, you will be able to build confidence and create visually engaging and effective visual representations of content that will help you remember and understand information better.
Please Note: as materials will be mailed to participants for this session, you will be asked to confirm your participation via email 3 weeks prior to the start date. If you choose not to respond to the confirmation email we will unregister you so a waitlist participant may join.
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13 Nov
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Podcasting for Educators: Getting StartedRegistration ends Nov 10Date: Nov 13Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PMLocation: VirtualCalendar: WW Calendar
Moving from understanding to application, this week we will begin taking the steps towards producing a unique podcast to share with the world. We begin applying the principles learned in previous weeks to make evaluative decisions to get the podcast of our dreams started.
This session will be held from 4:00-5:00pm, 1 hour, November 13, 2023
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20 Nov
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Podcasting for Educators: Thought to ActionRegistration ends Nov 17Date: Nov 20Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PMLocation: VirtualCalendar: WW Calendar
Through the use of collaborative protocols, this week we will begin evaluating and refining the basic elements of our podcast design and development.
This session will be held from 4:00pm-5:30pm, 1.5 hours, November 20, 2023
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4 Dec
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Blended Learning Environments with Google WorkspaceRegistration ends November 3012:00 AM to 12:02 AMBlended Learning Environments with Google WorkspaceRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Coding in the ClassroomRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarCoding is becoming an essential classroom skill. It inspires critical thinking, engages students' problem-solving skills and promotes creativity. By combining coding and technology to tell stories and create, STEM becomes STEAM! Teachers and students can learn to code using several introductory coding programs designed for K-12 students. We will introduce several free coding platforms, hardware, plus teaching strategies and lessons so that participants will be comfortable coding by the course conclusion.
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Creating Instructional Videos for the ClassroomRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Empower Student Agency While Building Global Professional SkillsRegistration ends November 3012:00 AM to 12:02 AMEmpower Student Agency While Building Global Professional SkillsRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarExplore how to build a set of structures and guides that empower student agency so students can best take ownership of their learning. Learn how to have students lead their learning using skills such as teamwork, communication, problem-solving and initiative. These same skills are identified by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as preferred skills for incoming college students and employees.
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Energize Student Writing Through Author CraftRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarEnergize students to level up their writing across all styles and content? Explore author’s craft through the writing process structure. Help writers improve their craft through immersive experiences where they explore and sculpt ideas into meaningful drafts to share with various audiences. Join us on this writing journey.
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Engaging Students in a Personalized ClassroomRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Gamification for Student Engagement & LearningRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarStudent engagement is a key element for learning and academic achievement. Gamification is a system of tools such as badges, achievements, levels, and leaderboards to engage participants. Explore how to combine strategies to inspire students to practice, study, and learn more academic content. These gamification strategies result in increased student-led learning, critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem-solving.
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My Classroom in the Digital AgeRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarDon’t let your digital life consume you, cause you to lose your perspective, or sidetrack you! Learn and teach your students how to manage life’s digital demands and use digital tools efficiently to meet your responsibilities and goals. Examine your Digital Footprint, learn about tools to improve online safety and security, and customize your digital device(s) to manage your life. Gain knowledge to make smart choices about your digital environment, establishing efficiency, control, and balance.
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Power Up: Digital LeadersRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarLearn about resources and practice with job-embedded exercises to extend your and your students’ digital citizenship. Explore how you can extend this impact beyond the classroom by moving beyond digital citizenship to a digital leader in your school and community, and encourage your students to do so as well.
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Using Virtual Reality in EducationRegistration ends Nov 30Date: Dec 4Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarVirtual Reality (VR) brings learning to life! Using VR, students can explore natural habitats, experience a beating human heart, or visit other planets. Explore the what, why, and how of integrating VR into classroom instruction. Discover how VR is changing classrooms and engaging students. Learn how virtual reality can unlock potential, personalize learning, and allow students to become content producers rather than just content consumers. Create a VR experience to support teaching or professional development.
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1 Jan
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MI Mystery Connect TrainingRegistration ends Mar 22Date: Jan 1Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 AMLocation: WebinarCalendar: WW CalendarAsynchronous Training Session for MI Mystery Connect Participants. The objective of this session is to share the MI Mystery Connect project and through it enhance teaching skills among third-grade teachers from different schools in Michigan. Through this initiative, we aim to create a collaborative community of teachers working together to utilize technology to improve the learning experience for third-grade students by engaging them in a “game/challenge” type of learning that will motivate them to use their reasoning skills as well as their knowledge of Michigan geography.
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