Imagine a new way to learn, with a new space for learning in our schools. Inside, find team-rooms instead of classrooms. Outside, you will find real-world problems like safe drinking water. There’s a poem many of us studied in school called “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” with a famous line: “Water,
As the old saying goes, “Read it and weep!” The”Impossible Achievement Gap” lives on and on and on. Why? It’s impossible! See the RE@L story by clicking on the graphic below. Each year thousands of new school leaders, take the reins of a K12 school district or a school, while promising to erase the indelible
Years ago, in my K12 teaching days, our school district had a computer supervisor who, when asked if computers would ever replace teachers, responded with the comment in the headline you just read above. It’s still true. Computers and all related K12 ed-tech devices are still teaching tools. Teachers still teach. But to teach in today’s high-tech world they need
Here’s a good old technology story that will make you think again! “A farm implement salesman wanted to sell a tractor to Old Zeke. Zeke was still farming with his old horse, Ezra, pulling the plow. One day he told Zeke he would leave him a tractor to use for a week, at no
Here’s a story about a youngster who always wanted to fly. When he learned how to draw pictures, they weren’t of the sky with birds flying around…. No, his artwork was, instead, drawings of airplanes, and with him at the controls….up far above the birds and even higher than the clouds! Such is the stuff that
Tom Whitby is a prolific K12, Higher-Ed blogger on his popular WordPress page “My Island View”. Mr. Whitby has taught K12 for 37 years and in Higher-Ed for 9 years. He is the founder of EDU PLN, a resource for Professional Learning Networks™. Tom allowed us to reprint one of his fine blogs two years ago
- “For the Love of Learning!” – What ties RE@L’s new software learning products with MECC’s many award-winning software from a generation ago? The answer is both have chosen the same powerful mission motto: “For the Love of Learning.” Helping teachers help students to love learning is a goal pursued by all of us. If a
RE@L brings you a recent podcast by our VP of Product Development, Don Rawitsch. Excellent interview from the Association for Educational Service Agencies (AESA) about RE@L’s new and upcoming STEM products (Investigations). Hear the background story on RE@L by Don. The upcoming release of our new STEM Investigation is a major step forward for our schools
In addition to REALMS students’ EL Education award-winning project, there have many other similar team-based experiences being planned. Click on the graphic to the right to see a video of their team-room, project-based world. It’s one of those “I do and I understand” places to learn. Sure beats the “Hear and Forget” and even the “See and Remember”. It’s
Thanks to our RE@LBlog “Teacher Corner” contributor, Todd LaFrenz, for reporting on his school’s national “Model of Excellence Award” from EL Education. Todd and his REALMS school faculty have been involved with hands-on, project-based and expeditionary learning for their students and for many years. There’s lots to be learned from their many successes. Click on the EL graphic to