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JANUARY 2023

News from North Ed REMC 2C - Instructional Technology Support

This month's edition:

Classroom grants and learning resources

Welcome 2023!

How is it January already? We hope the holiday break was restful and enjoyable for all! This month we share classroom grant opportunities and learning resources that you won't want to pass up. We look forward to supporting and working with our region's awesome educators in the coming months.

~ REMC 2 Central Team

Tech Toolbox

Google Applied Digital Skills

Did you know that Google has FREE lessons for a wide variety of digital tools and concepts? These are great for teachers and students. Subjects include researching and developing topics to avoiding scams, using Google Slides to create a cookbook and many more! Click here: Applied Digital Skills

Botley 2.0 Coding Robot

We have five new Botley robots in our REMC 2C library! Botley's are an award winning educational robot and are great for teaching coding. They do not require a screen and are very easy to use. Check them out from the REMC 2C library and we will send them to you via regional bus mail. It's so easy!

Hour of Code

Students playing the board game, Robot Turtles, at Courtade Elementary during Hour of Code. This was one of the games we gave away at a PLAYDATE this school year.

*Picture courtesy of Norma Pszczolkowski.

Tech the Halls

We had an incredible response to this event! Forty registered participants signed up to learn asynchronously about Google Chrome extensions and add-ons. Using School Specialty, we were able to put together these awesome gift baskets for the winners! We had so much fun with this that we will be doing a similar event in the spring. Stay tuned!

Classroom Grants

Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) grants will support up to $1,000 in learning resources, materials or equipment for your classroom. MACUL grants serve to grow innovative learning models. Implementing the grant process in your classroom will innovate your teaching and your students' learning.

To find out more information and apply, go here.

MiSTEM grants are open to all K-12 public school teachers in Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Leelanau counties. For the 2022-23 school year, individual teachers and teacher teams are encouraged to work with business and community partners. The remaining grant cycles this year are January and March. To find out more information, go here .

Calendar of Events

January Activities Calendar

We made another activities calendar for January. We highlighted STE(A)M activities and some fun ed tech creations for this month. We also decided to throw in some fun national holiday celebrations.

You can find the calendar here:

January Activities Calendar

PLAYDATES Professional Development for Teachers

PLAYDATE is an acronym for People Learning and Asking "Y"

Digital Age Teacher Exploration.

NO presenters. NO Agenda. Just PLAYing!

REMC (statewide)

Student-Centered Learning Across Michigan COHORT 2

Student-Centered Learning Across Michigan is a six-week, mostly asynchronous series to build a blended learning framework to help educators meet the needs of all students - even when they are absent. Participants will learn skills to gain a clearer picture of student learning and a blended learning model that allows teachers to work with small groups while learning continues in the classroom.

This series will train teachers in any subject area, grade level or school to implement three core research-based practices that have been proven to impact student and teacher outcomes.

The next cohort starts on Jan. 9, 2023, and runs through Feb. 19, 2023.

Want to know more?

Follow this link: Student-Centered Learning Across Michigan.

Professional Development

Registration is open for MACUL 2023! Don’t miss out on your opportunity to access cutting-edge tools, classroom resources and learning strategies for today’s technology-driven schools. Join MACUL in Detroit, March 15-18. Register now: https://macul.configio.com/

Did you know that all REMC courses and workshops are aligned with at least one Microcredential Pathway? Check out all REMC pathways that provide digital, shareable acknowledgment of professional learning.

Click here: https://bit.ly/328SgWk.

January Courses:

Contact North Ed's Instructional Technology Department with any questions!

Peter Milne

Instructional Technology Specialist

231.922.6210

pmilne@NorthwestEd.org

Danielle Humphrey

REMC Support Specialist, REMC 2C

231.922.6217

dhumphrey@NorthwestEd.org