If you were a teacher, and you walked into a full auditorium like the photo below and it was your task to greet all these kids, what would you feel as you stepped to the podium? Terror or Caring or both? RE@L knows that love for learning is essential and that love includes the learner. (See our mission statement on our
In a recent Sunday StarTribune Opinionnaire, DEED Commissioner Steve Grove shared his “Reboot Required” column “call to action” with our newly elected state government leaders and also our MN technology industry scions. DEED stands for: Department of Employment and Economic Development. They help make more businesses and jobs happen. Click the StarTribune graphic to the
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen the coding issue get so much attention in K12 classrooms. Maybe it’s caused by a lot more steam in the STEM movement. Nonetheless, more and more students and teachers are now expressing interest in how to make computers and mobile devices like iPads follow their own coding instructions. Why? There’s a real sense of power
Peyton LaFrenz is a local MN high school equestrian, who greatly enjoys sharing her horse-riding stories. In this RE@L Student Corner™ Blog post, she tells the social media world how her passion and her use of technology has made a unique impact on her and many followers, wherever they are. Like many students who share what they’ve learned
"Could You Imagine A Day Without Technology?" - A Local High School Student Can't....Neither Can We!
The RE@LBlog inbox recently received this interesting commentary from student Maddy. Maddy is a local high school student here in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.She is a good student and shares her thoughts on today’s technology with us. Her school essay below is a fine contribution to our RE@L Student Corner™. Read on: We especially
Looking for a holiday gift that gives to others? Including YOU! If you are an educator looking for some effective EdTech-rich resources for K12 students, then look no further. Our REALBlog™ keeps on giving. Look below and you will find a holiday cornucopia of new EdTech ideas for all the grades and beyond. Thanks to
What holiday gift can we give our loyal RE@L Readers? We want something to give that will last longer than a two-year old fruitcake from Aunt Matilda. So, we are looking for a gift that keeps on giving and keeps getting better the more we use it. Like Aunt Matilda’s fruitcake, a good blog
NOTE: RE@L is pleased to present the Letter to the Editor by Tom King, RE@L Blogmeister, and published in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune after the recent passing of former President, George H. W. Bush. President Bush visited a very unique school here in Minnesota back in 1991, called the Saturn School of Tomorrow. Both
Yes, it’s still a couple of months away, but if you haven’t seen that old classic movie “Groundhog Day” we highly recommend renting it! Click on the groundhog graphic to the right to see a trailer of this timeless movie. No, it doesn’t tell the viewer how to get rid of winter quicker. But it does
EdTech has been around for almost 50 years in classrooms everywhere. Computers were worming their way into the business world everywhere. Why not the K12 educational world, too? The answer to that vexing question is still being sought. The classroom computer back then made most teachers highly uncomfortable. The computer gurus saw it differently: After all, if the