Our last RE@L Blog urged viewers to go see a feel-good, family-friendly, learn-lots, PG-movie about the early space-moon program. It’s called “Hidden Figures” and was recently released by 20th Century Fox Films. The film has received many positive reviews and accolades. Click here for our previous RE@L blog on the film. Below is the recent IBM
What do we have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday? It’s true that many of us have a lot. Yet, we all know some have too little. As caring teachers, we need to work on that disparity. Sharing was a lesson first taught to the Pilgrims by the Native Americans on our country’s
RE@L presents a REALBLOG Re-Post! If you have interest in introducing STEM in any of your classes, here are some tips worth your bookmarking from author Anne Jolly! Read on and see why: ===== STEM is important to us, and Anne Jolly has been one of our Guest Bloggers on that STEM topic a few
You may remember our recent RE@L Guest-Blogger Dan King! Click here to read his recent RE@L blog on aviation. Dan told our readers some interesting facts about his aviation career. Taking STEM courses helped Dan learn to fly. Later, he taught many others how to fly: military jets, large and small. Dan helped create new, virtual reality simulator cockpits that were
RE@L Reprint! Here’s a helpful “new-school-year-startup blog” this week by former RE@L guest-blogger, Anne Jolly. It brought to mind that Nat King Cole song that some of us older teachers may still recall: “Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, Those days of soda and pretzels and beer, Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of
RE@L’S TEACHERS CORNER WITH TODD LAFRENZ “Here are some thoughts from our summer travels and adventures into a new school year. Hope these recollection are helpful to you teachers out there as you begin your school year. Now that your bodies and minds are recharged, it is time to start thinking about the coming school
RE@L is thrilled to welcome two, new STEM-based teachers, Jackie and Todd LaFrenz, to our RE@L Teachers Corner…Hangout…Watering Hole…Whatever you want to call the place for sharing big ideas! This new Corner is a gathering place where any teacher can go and read about ideas to help more kids learn more. Throughout the school
Yes, things are happening at RE@L that K12 STEM teachers and students everywhere will be glad to see! Our RE@L Blog is changing for the better, too. A big part of our change is our new “STEM EdTech Teacher Corners.” We now have a new teacher team! They both are experienced teachers who know how to use their hands-on,
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
“ A STORY TOLD BY OUR RE@L CHAIRMAN, DALE LAFRENZ, WHO WAS THERE FOR ALL OF IT AND STILL IS! FROM MECC TO RE@L TO NEW COLLABORATIONS AND PRODUCTS – Blog Editors Note: RE@L’s visionary leader Dale LaFrenz was there when it all started back in the 1960′s. Dale and his education colleagues were ready with a