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Upcoming Events
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5 May
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AI Prompting Essentials for TeachingRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarLearn how AI-driven prompting can boost teaching efficiency and classroom impact. This course equips educators with essential AI literacy and prompt engineering skills to create engaging and customized classroom applications. We'll discover techniques for lesson design and managing workload with AI prompts that save time and improve learning. Participants will leave this course ready to incorporate prompt engineering into their daily practice with clarity and confidence.
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Amplifying Student VoiceRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarHow do we know when our instruction is engaging our students? How do we know if our instruction is promoting learning? The answers to these questions, among others, can be found through meaningful dialogue with our students. This course will focus on the importance of including student voice in the learning space. Together, we will look at ways to encourage student input and feedback to include them in designing instructional materials and activities, building community in the classroom, and assessing their learning in ways that work best for them.
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Coding in the ClassroomRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 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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Constructing Your Blended Learning ClassroomRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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." -
Deeper Learning through Developing Master Students of Collaboration and CommunicationRegistration ends 5/1/202512:00 AM to 12:02 AMDeeper Learning through Developing Master Students of Collaboration and CommunicationRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Design, Engage, Transform with CanvaRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarUnleash the creative potential of your classroom with Canva! This course is your one-stop shop for mastering Canva in the classroom, whether you're a design enthusiast or a template champion. Learn to craft eye-catching visuals. Dive into a treasure trove of pre-built lessons and resources, ready to plug-and-play or customize to your heart's content. No design experience necessary! This course starts you from the ground up, guiding you with user-friendly steps and practical tips.
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Game-based Learning to Build Student Understanding & EngagementRegistration ends 5/1/202512:00 AM to 12:02 AMGame-based Learning to Build Student Understanding & EngagementRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarGames have been used as a learning tool for centuries. Chess was used to teach strategic thinking as far back as the Middle Ages. The genesis of Kindergarten in the mid-1800s was Friedrich Fröbel’s ideas of learning through play. Game-Based Learning (GBL) can help students learn content by reviewing content and practicing assessments. Explore the power of GBL beyond content reviews and board game creations. Design powerful GBL experiences to increase student engagement and understanding.
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More Professional Presentations, Part 2Registration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Power Up: Digital LeadersRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 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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Searching Safely and StrategicallyRegistration ends May 1Date: May 5Time: 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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13 May
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Promoting STEM Through LiteratureRegistration ends Apr 29Date: May 13Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 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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2 June
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AI Prompting Essentials for TeachingRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarLearn how AI-driven prompting can boost teaching efficiency and classroom impact. This course equips educators with essential AI literacy and prompt engineering skills to create engaging and customized classroom applications. We'll discover techniques for lesson design and managing workload with AI prompts that save time and improve learning. Participants will leave this course ready to incorporate prompt engineering into their daily practice with clarity and confidence.
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Assessment Tools for the ClassroomRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 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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Blended Classroom Look ForsRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarWhat do other educators look for in a blended classroom? What are the most important processes and structures to establish first? And how can I share what to look for in my blended classroom? Explore and implement blended aspects of your existing classroom, taking into consideration structures and processes that make blending more successful.
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Creating Digital Breakouts for the ClassroomRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: 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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Design Thinking Made PracticalRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW Calendar
Design Thinking is a practical methodology that provides innovative approaches to critical thinking and in-depth inquiry using STEM, STEAM, Inquiry-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, and other structures. The program emphasizes standards-based authenticity and using the student's voice. Design Thinking is a highly optimistic mindset that brings a human element of support to students, teachers, and administrators in the variety of challenges that face them. Gain an understanding of Design Thinking and the Design Process used to create and evolve ideas. Craft learning experiences based on design thinking.
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Explore what is Design Thinking and what it looks like.
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Understand how to connect Design Thinking to other innovative approaches to learning.
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Explore how the Design Process puts Design Thinking into Action.
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Create a learning experience based on Design Thinking
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Developing Student Media LiteracyRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 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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Empower Learners with Accessibility ToolsRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarParticipants will engage in activities that highlight practical strategies for integrating accessibility tools into their curriculum, ensuring that all students have equitable access to learning opportunities. The course delves into the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and explores a rich array of digital tools (including websites, Chrome extensions, and artificial intelligence applications) aimed at enhancing accessibility in education. Educators will not only expand their toolkit of accessibility resources, but also develop skills to create more inclusive and adaptive learning experiences for every learner.
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REMC Association honored to receive MACUL President's Award
Each year, the MACUL President selects an individual or organization that has made a significant and positive impact on educational technology across Michigan. This year, we are thrilled to announce that the REMC Association of Michigan has been chosen as the 2025 President’s Award recipient!
Spotlight on Student Creativity: Podcast Challenge Winners Announced
The Regional Educational Media Center (REMC) Association, Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) and Michigan Association of School Librarians (MASL) proudly announce the winners of the third round of the Student Podcast Challenge.
Spring into action with a REMC Course this May
As the school year winds down, May is the perfect time to refresh your teaching strategies and boost student engagement with a REMC course! Our courses offer innovative, practical approaches to technology integration, helping you create meaningful learning experiences in your classroom.
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