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Upcoming Events
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26 May
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test sessionsRegistration ends May 26Date: May 26Time: 7:00 AM to 10:00 AMLocation: OnlineCalendar: WW CalendarFor testing only. Do not register for this 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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Gamification for Student Engagement & LearningRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 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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Increasing Efficiency and ProductivityRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 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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Infusing STEM into EducationRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarEducators will enhance their expertise in STEM education by exploring effective strategies for integrating STEM across various subjects. They will also discover practical techniques for incorporating technology tools to enrich STEM learning. A key focus of the course will be the Michigan Career Development Model, mandated by law, and its alignment with the Career Readiness Framework. Participants will also gain insights into fostering and supporting the development of Durable Skills that students need for success in STEM careers. Finally, they will have the opportunity to design an authentic STEM learning experience tailored to their students, fellow educators, or administrators.
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OER: The What, Why, and How of Open Educational ResourcesRegistration ends 5/29/202512:00 AM to 12:02 AMOER: The What, Why, and How of Open Educational ResourcesRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 12:00 AM to 12:02 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarOpen Educational Resources (OER) are free, openly licensed, high-quality tools that allow users to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute them for educational purposes. In this course, participants will: (1) Build an understanding of OERs. (2) Discover ways to use OER to differentiate instruction. (3) Learn where to find free image and audio resources, online books, videos, audiobooks, interactive simulations, game-based learning, lesson plans, textbooks, online courses, and much more. (4) Explore how to use OER to develop or enhance a unit, lesson, or project to meet the diverse needs of learners. (5) Share resources and collaborate across geographic boundaries to ensure learners have equitable access to up-to-date and innovative materials. Participants create an authentic lesson, unit, or project that uses an OER to enhance student learning. Participants also develop a plan for creating an OER that fills an unmet need in their professional practice.
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Power Up: Meaningful DataRegistration ends May 29Date: Jun 2Time: 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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16 June
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Student-Centered Learning Across Michigan Cohort 12: June 16, 2025 to August 3, 2025Registration ends 6/12/202512:00 AM to 12:01 AMStudent-Centered Learning Across Michigan Cohort 12: June 16, 2025 to August 3, 2025Registration ends Jun 12Date: Jun 16Time: 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 8 - June 17, 2024 to August 5, 2024
Cohort 9 - November 4, 2024 to December 15, 2024
Cohort 10 - January 20, 2025 to March 2, 2025
Cohort 11 - April 14, 2025 - May 25, 2025
Cohort 12 - June 16, 2025 to August 3, 2025
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7 July
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Integrating Technology with the Foundational Elements of Literacy InstructionRegistration ends 7/3/202512:00 AM to 12:01 AMIntegrating Technology with the Foundational Elements of Literacy InstructionRegistration ends Jul 3Date: Jul 7Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 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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Leading a Culture of Change in Your SchoolRegistration ends Jul 3Date: Jul 7Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 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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Remixing and Revising Open Educational Resources from #GoOpenMichiganRegistration ends 7/3/202512:00 AM to 12:01 AMRemixing and Revising Open Educational Resources from #GoOpenMichiganRegistration ends Jul 3Date: Jul 7Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 AMLocation: Begin work anytime.Calendar: WW CalendarOpen Educational Resources (OER) are free, high quality, openly licensed educational tools that can be retained, reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed. It’s easy to find multiple OER for your lessons or curriculum by using the comprehensive search tools on the #GoOpenMichigan website. Now learn to customize any lesson, presentation, activity or other OER from #GoOpenMichigan to help students achieve learning goals and standards. Remixing and revising OER provides endless opportunities to create fresh approaches to content and learning.
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Social Media: Strategies for Designing Learning ExperiencesRegistration ends 7/3/202512:00 AM to 12:01 AMSocial Media: Strategies for Designing Learning ExperiencesRegistration ends Jul 3Date: Jul 7Time: 12:00 AM to 12:01 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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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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