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"TikTok Doc" Dr. Rose Marie Leslie Interview - Part 3: "Teen Vaping Can Affect Teen Mental Health!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 11, 2021 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Dr. Rose Marie Leslie, a family medicine resident at the University of Minnesota, is a well-known TikTok influencer, one who uses her social media platform to speak to teens about health issues that matter to them. Dr. Leslie recently partnered with Children’s Minnesota in support of their anti-vaping campaign and did this interview with us

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RE@LBlog #2- Dr. Leslie Gives More "Straight Talk" To Teens On Vaping: "What Can Be Done To Stop?"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 28, 2021 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LBlog brings Part 2 of Dr. Rose Marie Leslie’s medical perspective on teenage vaping. Dr. Leslie is a Family Medicine Resident at the University of Minnesota. Additionally,she  is a very well-known TikTok social-media influencer with thousands of followers. Dr. Leslie uses her social media platform to talk with teens about various health issues that matter to them. Our readers

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RE@LBlog Interview #1: "Tik Tok Doc": Dr. Rose Marie Leslie Brings Helpful Advice To Teens About Their Vaping Concerns

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 13, 2021 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LBlog brings another medical perspective on youth vaping: Dr. Rose Marie Leslie is a Family Medicine resident at the University of Minnesota, and is a well-known TikTok social-media influencer. Dr. Leslie uses her social media platform to talk with teens about various health issues that matter to them. Our readers will find the many insights she shares with teenagers helpful

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RE@L INTERVIEW #3/3: Dr. Griffiths-"TIPS FOR EDUCATORS AND PARENTS ON TALKING TO TEENS ABOUT VAPING"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz February 28, 2021 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L’s “1Up On Vaping™” LearningProduct brings to our RE@LBlog Readers a series of interview blogs from two local pediatric doctors on the perils of teen vaping and nicotine use: Dr. Anne Griffiths and Dr. Rose Marie Leslie. All six RE@LBlog interviews were conducted by RE@L Media Content Producer, Tacy Mangan. Each will be shared with our readers in

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RE@LBlog Interview #2 Of 3: Dr. Anne Griffiths Shares Experiences with Teen Vaping & Lung Injuries + Findings for Nicotine-Free Wellness!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz February 14, 2021 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L’s “1Up On Vaping™” LearningProduct brings to our RE@LBlog Readers a series of interview blogs from two local doctors on the perils of teen vaping and nicotine use: Dr. Anne Griffiths and Dr. Rose Marie Leslie. All six RE@LBlog interviews were conducted by RE@L Media Content Producer, Tacy Mangan. Each will be shared with our readers in coming

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RE@LBlog Interview #1 Of 3: Dr. Anne Griffiths Shares Experiences Of Teen Vaping & Lung Injuries: "Our Findings For Nicotine-Free Wellness!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz January 31, 2021 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L’s “1Up On Vaping™” LearningProduct brings to our RE@LBlog Readers a series of interview blogs from two local doctors on the perils of teen vaping and nicotine use: Dr. Anne Griffiths and Dr. Rose Marie Leslie. All six RE@LBlog interviews were conducted by RE@L Media Content Producer, Tacy Mangan. Each will be shared with our readers in coming

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Happier New Year To All! Let's Start This New Year Right! What Will Teachers and Students Have To Say About RE@L's "1Up On Vaping™"? Yes, It Helps Stop Vaping!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz January 1, 2021 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LBlog readers are greatly pleased to bring to our many readers what’s now known as a “Happy Better New Year.” We believe you will find our forthcoming series of blogs a useful gift to all schools and teachers. Thanks to all those teachers who work with middle school students, and  help those who vape, smoke, want to quit,

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RE@L's Holiday Wish For Teachers and Students: "1Up On Vaping" Is A Powerful Way To Stop Vaping Or Better Never Start!

realadmin December 23, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

  “1Up On Vaping” is taking down teen nicotine by giving middle school students the tools they need to make healthy decisions about vaping and nicotine use. Teen e-cig use has reached epidemic proportions. More information on the best way to stop it is to educate students in ways they’ll understand, respect and remember. “1Up On Vaping” combines graphic

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Happy 49th Birthday To The World-Famous Oregon Trail™! And The Launch of RE@L's New: "1Up On Vaping™", A STEM-Based Trail To Better Student Health!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 13, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

MINNPOST is a local online news-link here in Minnesota and beyond.  Reporter Greta Kaul wrote a fine story on MINNPOST.com last year. The title was:  “Almost 50 years ago, Oregon Trail™ revolutionized educational software. Can the game’s creators do it again?” It’s a great question. It’s now exactly 49 years since Oregon Trail. And RE@L has a positive response: “YES!”

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A Grateful, Thanksgiving Wish From All Of Us At RE@L: To Teachers, Students, Parents & Health-Care Providers! We Thank All Those Who Serve So Many In Need During This Tragic Time!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz November 26, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L extends Thanksgiving well-wishes this year to all those who have served so many. Among them are: healthcare workers, teachers, students, parents….all who help those in need. There are many more! There is much to be thankful for this holiday, even in the midst of COVID-19. Healthcare personnel work day and night to serve and save those

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Part 2: The Rest of The Story "1Up On Vaping™": RE@L's Closing Interview With Teacher Lucinda Ranney's Sharing "1Up" Results. YES! Students Said, "It Worked!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz November 15, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

The last RE@LBlog left our many readers with this question, begging a very important answer: “Does 1Up On Vaping™” really work? Good question indeed! The answer you will find below is that virtually ALL of her students were excited to learn more about the dangers of vaping….every last one of them! Read below for the rest of our 1Up On Vaping™ story from

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Part 1: Interview With Teacher Lucinda Ranney's Classroom Experiences Using RE@L's "1Up On Vaping"-YES, It Worked!!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz November 1, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LBlog is pleased to bring another teacher interview to our K12 readers. Our interview, with Lucinda Ranney continues to explore the effectiveness of using our new anti-vaping RE@L-LearningProduct “1Up On Vaping.™” Thanks to Lodi, WI middle-school teacher, Lucinda Ranney for agreeing to this interview with Tacy Mangan, RE@L Consultant. Many teachers who are looking for relevant

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RE@L-Interview Page Two: Onsite/Online Learning! The Rest Of "1Up On Vaping™": Teacher Rebecca Main's Recent Interview With RE@L's Staff Commentaries!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz October 18, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Yes! Needed Everywhere Are the New Tools for Each Teacher and New Tools for Each Student!    Here’s our Part 2 RE@L-Interview, the rest of our recent interview with health teacher Rebecca Main on RE@L’s “1Up On Vaping™.”  To see Part 1 of the first interview with Rebecca, click here.  Here’s Part 2: RE@LInterview   Don Rawitsch (RE@L Executive VP, Product Development):

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Onsite/Online Learning? Questions Need Answers! Here's Our RE@LDialogue With "1Up On Vaping" Teacher, Rebecca Main

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz October 4, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L is pleased to present an interview with local teacher, Rebecca Main, about her recent experiences with online/onsite learning in her school. Rebecca helped our RE@L team produce our “1Up On Vaping” video resources for teachers. Many of Ms. Main’s students are very motivated and able to learn in these modes. But, many more learners may need help! Teachers are

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RE@L's Promising, New LearningProduct "1Up On Vaping"™ Helps Students Say "NO!" To Vaping Or Stop Vaping! So, Let's Get RE@L! Order "1Up On Vaping" NOW!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz September 20, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Everywhere, teachers are starting a new and extremely challenging school year. This new school year all educators face many new challenges for themselves and for their students. All those who teach are in need of effective resources for both onsite and online teaching and learning. Added to these K12 challenges are many statewide concerns about the continued spread of vaping among our many middle school students.

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RE@L's New "1Up On Vaping™" Helps Students Choose to Stop Vaping! Get "1Up On Vaping™" For Your School NOW!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz September 6, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Our RE@L StudentCorner contributor Ellie had this to say about her recent view of RE@L’s new “1Up On Vaping” product: “I can’t express how useful this new LearningProduct on Anti-Vaping by RE@L would have been to us learners when we were in middle school. I believe it would have prevented so many of the addiction and

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RE@LReview:"It Will Take a Village to Open Schools Safely" - Journalist, John Merrow

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz August 9, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Given our national concern on how to open our K12 schools to 55+ million students, it’s imperative we all are aware of two, key considerations of “Time” and “Space.” Einstein can’t help us here, but nationally known journalist, John Merrow, has some helpful insights that can help. This RE@LReport™ is taken from one of Mr. Merrow’s recent blogs.

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Home Or School, Here's How Teachers & Students Use RE@L's "1Up On Vaping" LearningProduct™- Aligned With RE@L-STEM Resources™ + ALL The Help Needed!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 26, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L is ready to roll-out our first among many new STEM-related products: “1Up On Vaping.” Here’s what makes this new RE@LSTEM LearningProduct™ effective in stopping vaping or never starting: RE@L’s creative insights and extensive testing. Both are critical to teaching and learning success! In short, we know it works! Plus:  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics all come into play. That’s

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One Of Four Teens Vape! It Can Be As Dangerous As Covid-19! RE@L's New Anti-Vaping Product Helps Students Stop Vaping Or Better Never Start - Get 1Up On Vaping™ Now!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 12, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Even during these troubled times of pandemic, middle school students everywhere continue to face another malicious malady: the potentially deadly addictions of nicotine, tobacco and vaping. Given the loss of many healthy outdoor and indoor activities, 25% of teens still choose vaping for their so-called “recreation.” Recreation it surely is not! Read on. Since vaping attacks and weakens the lungs, contracting the

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STEAM Teacher, Ellen Schafer, STEAMs-Up Her Middle School Learners: Look and Learn What Happens, From Exquisite Doll Houses to Landing on Mars Safely!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz June 28, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LBlog STEAM Teacher Report: A few years ago, Ellen Schafer was freshly graduated from the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul with a double major in Elementary Education (K-6) and Science and Math Endorsement (5-8). Luckily for both, she found that her former grade school and alma mater, St. Joseph’s Grade School, was also

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If K12 Pandemic Plans Work in Boston's Schools this Fall, Will Those Plans Work Elsewhere? Boston Is Hard at Work Now! Let's Learn from Them...Now!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz June 14, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L thanks frequent blogger and nationally-known educational historian, Diane Ravitch, for alerting us to a recent, thought-provoking headline and a key follow-up story from the Boston Globe™ newspaper.  RE@L is pleased that this Globe story does NOT address statewide competency exams that students need to pass in order to graduate. Nor does it deal with any impossible promises to make all students

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Students, Teachers, Parents & RE@L Find Some "Silver-Lining" Remedies in the Midst of this Pandemic: "Rx: Patience, Kindness, a Sense of Humor and Some Great Tips!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz May 24, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LBlog is proud to share with our readers some of the many insightful and helpful comments we received this past weekend.  Thank You! RE@L depends on our readers to improve not only our RE@LBlog, but also our new RE@L LearningProducts™.  Already we have made free to our readers our successful middle school student anti-vaping product; 1UP

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RE@LReport: "Pandemic Is Transforming How Teachers Teach," From "AXIOS." RE@L Adds: "Yes, New ways To Teach & Also To Learn!" SEND US Q's & YOUR IDEAS!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz May 17, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LReport this week is excerpted from Axios News, May 9, 2020: “The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Transforming HowTeachers Teach,” by authors: Kim Hart & Alison Snyder. Click on the Axios graphic to the right for their entire column. This timely RE@LReport tells how the pandemic is changing the way teachers teach and the way students learn. Changes in K12,

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RE@L: The Brand - The History - The Products - The Teams That Made Sy-STEM-ic Change Happen Are Our RE@L Team!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz May 10, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L – The Brand That Makes Sy-STEM-ic K12 EdTech Change Happen Again and Again! Real Experiences at Life (RE@L) reflects today’s ever-changing education environment. RE@L is unique in its approach to build K-12 on-line curriculum based on 4 key principles: 1.   Drive Systemic Change – Make a real difference via STEM and STEAM-based products and experiences for all K12

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There's Another Pandemic Out There That Can Be Deadly: Vaping! There's Good News! - RE@L/MOAI Have Created A "Vaccination" Cure: "1Up On Vaping" - Check It Out!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 30, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

“1Up On Vaping” is taking down teen nicotine by giving middle school students the tools they need to make healthy decisions about vaping and nicotine use. Teen e-cig use has reached epidemic proportions and the best way to stop it is to educate students in ways they’ll respect and remember. Students tell us they like to explore

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Kudos to Blogmeister Dale LaFrenz, "The Pioneer" Who Brought Us MECC's Oregon Trail 50 Years Ago, Now Brings Us RE@L's Revolutionary New STEM Products.

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 27, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

 RE@L is honored to present this University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development “Alumni Profile” Spring 2020 recognition of our RE@L Chairman, Dale LaFrenz. Proud we are! Here’s Dale’s Profile from the U of M: ===== Dale And His RE@L Team Are “Still On The Trail!” “The pioneer” Story by Gene Rebeck – Spring 2020

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It's Lift-Off Time From Our RE@LReaders' Emails And Social Media Thumbs-Up "Likes" That All Give A Big Boost To Ellie's NASA-Surgeon Dream! Keep 'Em Coming!

realadmin April 19, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Hey, all you loyal RE@LBlog Readers out there: Thank you! Thank you for your many email comments on Ellie’s  StudentCorner™ blog. Click on the graphic to the right to read Ellie’s previous blog story if you missed it. Note: Ellie isn’t yet an astronaut, but that’s her dream and Photoshop helped us show it. She’s still

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Ellie's StudentCorner™ STEM Story: How My STEM Courses Are Rocketing Me To My Dreams To Be A NASA Space Doctor For Astronauts! - Here's Ellie's Story

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 12, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Hi everyone! It’s Ellie, back again reporting from my RE@L StudentCorner™! I am excited to be returning to my Corner to talk more about STEM in my life, and how it’s leading to my STEM “dream” job! Here’s my own STEM story: “Growing up, I had been to a few STEM camps. I live near to a university, so they

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Schooling At Home??? Now What! Online Learning At Home Replaces America's Classrooms! Here's What's Next!!!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 5, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@LBlog found this recent headline article on keeping an “open mind” in a local publication,” MINNPOST,” just as many local students went back to online school during their prolonged “Stay Home!”  Here’s the caption from an involved parent: “I’m just trying to keep an open mind: What the first day of distance learning looked like in Minnesota.” The “Online Learning Cloud” out there

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RE@L Guest Blogger Don Rawitsch Says We Need More Effective STEM In K12; Problem: "Tomorrow's STEM Careers Need New Curriculum Goals Now!" Here's How!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 29, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L is pleased to present RE@L VP Don Rawitsch and his insightful Guest Blog answer to a clear and better path for K12 students as they consider STEM Careers. There has been much discussion on the best way to approach this needed change. Don suggests flipping the Educational Levels from “Elementary School to Middle School

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REPOST: We Need Many More Personal Stories On Gender/Diversity Success In STEM Careers. IBM CEO Shares The Women's Story!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 22, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Over 60 years ago IBM was among the first major corporations to hire minority female employees for key engineering computing positions. Much progress has been made! Here’s the story! When President John F. Kennedy announced the U.S. “Man on the Moon” space initiative in 1960, computers were just beginning to leave the labs and enter the

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RE@LReports: Oregon Trail Co-Inventors Don Rawitsch & Paul Dillenberger Greet a Crowd at History Colorado Center - Celebrating Learning Software that Changed K12!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 15, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

It still takes real teamwork to get things done in K12 learning resources. The MECC teams did just that back in the Oregon Trail™ days. Today our RE@LTeams do the same with our new array of tested LearningProducts™.  The past informs the present, they say, and so it is with RE@L. 4o+ years ago, teachers-in-training, Don Rawitsch and Paul Dillenberger, along with

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What Do Students Say About RE@L's 1Up On Vaping™? Here's Ellie's StudentCorner™ Comments: "Don't Start! If You Did, Quit!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 8, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Following up on our last blog by Teacher Todd, we now have a commentary by Student Ellie for our RE@L StudentCorner™. RE@L knows that LearningProduct improvement comes from listening to both teachers and students. Below is a student’s views about vaping and smoking. Students and teachers know best what works for them. They also help make

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What Do Teachers Say About RE@L's New "1Up On Vaping™"? Read RE@LBlog's TeacherCorner™ Comments From Teacher Todd: "Don't Start! But If You Have Started, Quit Now!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 1, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

 Our many readers will recall last fall that our RE@L TeacherCorner™ Todd had many helpful suggestions about making a good start to the 2019-2020 school year. Click on Todd’s photo below to see those tips. They remain useful reminders. Since then, many new challenges have faced K12 schools, from sinking test scores to sinking budget balances.

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To Vape Or Not To Vape? That Is The Question! No One Has A Better Answer For It Than A Teenager, Now A Recovering Vapist! RE@L Reposts His Story.

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz February 23, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

MOAI/RE@L recently released their new LearningProduct, “1Up On Vaping.” Middle Schools in four states will be able to purchase and access this powerful, new product that helps young students decide what to do. Your school can order 1UpOn Vaping, too. Click here and scroll to the bottom to place your school’s order. TeacherGuide resources come

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RE@L RePost: RE@L's Revolutionary New RE@LPortal™: Instant Access To A Plethora of Powerful Resources For Teachers and Students Everywhere!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz January 24, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L is proud to announce the upcoming release of our new powerful LearningProduct: “1Up On Vaping” in early February. An integral part of this anti-vaping product is our new RE@LPortal, a gateway to essential teaching, learning and sharing resources for users everywhere. RE@L VP Don Rawitsch tells our readers about the rest of the RE@LPortal™ story: “Our RE@L customers will be able to access

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RE@L Repost: Right Here in Minnesota! A State Solid for Solid State High-Tech! A Panel of Leaders Who Helped Make High-Tech a Reality

realadmin January 23, 2020 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Minnesota has a long history of creating new “high technologies” that have well-served the world, far beyond our state boundaries. MECC’s Oregon Trail is among them. Just ask those students who played it and learned from it. The short list seen below may not seem high-tech to our readers, but it was at the time.

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MOAI/RE@L Announce Their Revolutionary New LearningProduct™: "1Up On Vaping™" for Middle-Schools Everywhere! Let's Stop Vaping Before It Starts!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 30, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

   In recent RE@LBlogs we have brought to our reader’s attention our new LearningProduct: “1Up On Vaping.” This New Year brings an exciting, new LearningProduct™ to Middle-Schools across America. The release date is scheduled for January 27, 2020! More young learners need to be 1Up on the dangers of vaping. MOAI/RE@L provide those resources, funded by

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What Students Are Saying about How to Improve Their Education! Are We Listening to What They Have to Say?

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 21, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

In the hundred thousands of schools across our country no one knows better what works and what doesn’t work than……Yes! The student. That’s one reason RE@L listens to students, and their teachers, too. Who knows better in the marketplace than the customer? There’s an old saying: “The customer is always right.” They vote “with their

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REPOST: RE@L Celebrated 500,000 Visitors in May 2018! Thanks to Our Readers + Dan & 6 Smart Crows! - We Are On Our Way to 600,000 - Thanks To Our Many Visitors!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 19, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

You Celebrated With Us At RE@LBlog Last Year! A Half-Million visitors weren’t wrong. Nor are the nearly 100,000 more since! RE@LBlog has now reached a half-mega-milestone of 500,000 visitors to our RE@L Homepage™ and RE@LBlogsite™. It’s a cause for celebration! Yes, RE@LBlog readers, in our years of blogging we now have a half million visitors to our RE@LBlog Site! We

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RE@L Repost: A Holiday Gift to Our Readers: Tom Whitby's "My Island View" Holiday Gift: Keys to Educational Reform: Sharing!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 11, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

    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

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RE@LBlog Repost: "The National Assessment of Educational PARALYSIS (NAEP)" by John Merrow

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 6, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L is pleased to repost this current column of “The Merrow Report” an ongoing, investigatory, weekly publication on education by author and the “McGraw Prize in Education” winner,  John Merrow. Click on the graphic to the right to learn more about Mr. Merrow’s many reports to improve K12 education. His current report deals with the K12 tallies of school achievement

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Local Minnesota District, School and Students Take on Student Vaping and Tobacco!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 1, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Where There’s Smoke, There’s More Tobacco Trouble – VAPING!   Sarah Bass is one of RE@L’s  Co-Founders. She serves as Learning Innovator for RE@L’s STEM Products. LearningProducts™ is what RE@L is all about and our primary focus is on K12  students and STEM-based learning. Sarah brings to RE@L more than 15 years of experience as a

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RE@L's 1Up On Vaping™ Will Soon Be Available To Help Students Choose "No Vaping, No Tobacco and No Nicotine. Period!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz November 19, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L is moving ahead quickly with the coming release in January of our new RE@LearningProduct™:  1Up On Vaping™ The accompanying RE@LProduct Tag Line is: Taking Down Teen Nicotine™. That’s our new RE@L goal! That new phrase is what’s called positive, “with-it” teen lingo. The new medium for middle-schoolers is our 1Up On Vaping™ message. Our short RE@L quips about vaping and tobacco

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"Take time to remember your teachers this week! - It's Amercian Education Week!" A Thanksgiving Greeting from Business Scion, Harvey Mackay - RE@L adds: "Thank a teacher near you!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz November 18, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

  RE@L’s annual Thanksgiving Holiday greeting this year features famous business-man, author and frequent speaker: Harvey McKay. Mr. McKay writes a weekly column,”Swim with the Sharks™” which is read by many. RE@L joins him in this message of gratitude for the many teachers who serve our many students. Read an excerpt of his Thanksgiving column below, taken from today,

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STEM Students Can Look Sky High! Fagen Inc Helps Tell the Stories Behind RE@L's "Keep 'Em Flying!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz November 8, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Paul Gullickson, one of our RE@L colleagues, lives near the Fagen Engineering, Inc. in Granite Falls, MN. Paul is a frequent visitor to their air museum, recently alerted us to a very interesting locally-made video about Fagen’s continued efforts to build a WW2 Air Museum. That museum will honor those many who have fought for our

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"1Up On Vaping™" - An Open Letter Of Invitation To Help Stop Teen Vaping Before It Starts!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz October 31, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L is moving ahead quickly with the coming release in December of our new RE@LearningProduct™: “1Up On Vaping™”.  The accompanying Product Tag Line is: “Taking Down Teen Nicotine Use™ That new phrase is what’s called positive, “with-it” teen lingo. That short quip is a large part of what it takes to get both the attention of and positive results from teenagers who

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"Education Week" Summer 1989 - 30 Years Ago! - "St. Paul School District Touting Saturn School of Tomorrow As Model for Technology in Education" - It Was. Still Is!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz October 11, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

 On occasion, RE@LBlog brings our readers a “K12 Blast from the Past.” Here’s a famous quote from philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, George Santyana: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” We need to learn from our past, both what has worked and what still needs our working on… 30 years ago this

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The War of The Learning Worlds: 50 Million K12 Students Remain Stuck In A "World That No Longer Exists"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz October 5, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

A self-taught longshoreman who got his education from classic library books, Eric Hoffer left us this legacy: “In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Today, even the most learned among us often have no answers for our tech-driven world. Worse, we have fewer

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More from RE@L on Stopping Student Smoking & Vaping Before They Start! RE@L & Moai's New "Nicotine Mysteries" Learning Product Helps Stop Nicotine Use!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz September 30, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Let’s start our RE@LBlog where we left off last time: RE@L remains committed to an ancient Roman motto that’s still popular today: “Sans mens in sana corpore.” Translated it means a healthy mind requires a healthy body. And, vice-versa, translated means it works both ways! It’s imperative that our students know what keeps a body healthy, and

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Stopping Student Smoking & Vaping Before They Start! RE@L & Moai's New "Nicotine Mysteries" Learning Product Helps Stop Nicotine Use!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz September 22, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

There’s an old saying that “Where’s there’s smoke there’s fire.” In today’s tobacco-driven world, there’s an equally worrisome warning: “Where there’s tobacco smoke there’s trouble ahead! Vaping too!” Many share these concerns and now more than ever. Regrettably, many of our children aren’t worried at all. Why? Kids say their friends smoke and vape. We’re young and have a whole life ahead

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RE@L Repost: Welcome Back! Teacher Todd's Tips for a New School Year And Another Opportunity For Teachers To Do It Even Better!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz September 3, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

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

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From MECC's "Oregon Trail" to RE@L's "Know Smoking" - New Vistas of Love for Learning

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz August 20, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

    An interview “blast from our RE@L past” and one worth your watching on our RE@LBlog!   Recently, WCCO-TV reporter, John Lauritsen, along with MECC Founder, Dale LaFrenz, told viewers the story of Oregon Trail™ and how it “immersed” K12 learners back in those bygone days. Click on his icon for the report. Students who

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RE@L Reveals Our Revolutionary Tool: Real-Time Portal™ - A Resource-Rich Entry To More Empowered Teaching and Learning!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz August 3, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Within the next few weeks, the doors of our many schools will be opening again. We at RE@L see this as another opportunity to “make learning even better than last year.”  There will be many more productive tools of teaching and learning provided our new RE@L-Time Portal™. These new tools will enhance all our STEM Investigation products. We

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A RE@L REPOST: "Peyton's Story": Equestrian Exercises On A Horse: Her Lifelong Activities As Told With Her School-Learned Social Media Skills!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 31, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

    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

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“RE@L Repost for the Week!”: Saturn Student to President: "I Learn Best with My Hands. Computers Let Me Learn with My Hands!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 23, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

     Students can teach us educators how to better educate. They can also teach themselves how to better learn. They can even teach a President of the United States why effective technologies need to be in K12 classrooms everywhere….computers, mobile devices and software that makes a student think and learn. But, first both students and

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"Eden Prairie News" Story On RE@L Chairman, Dale LaFrenz: "Eden Prairie resident popularized 'Oregon Trail' computer game, seeks future of educational tech"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 13, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

     RE@L is pleased to announce another newspaper feature on RE@L’s Learning Products Mission team. Major articles have been published on MECC and RE@L by our local major newspapers, the Twin Cities area Star Tribune and the Twin Cities area Pioneer Press (see links on those stories by clicking the two graphics below).      

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REPOST-Coming Soon to STEM Schools Everywhere: Systemic Changes Lead to RE@L’s STEM Investigation #1: Water Quality!

realadmin July 9, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

     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,

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RE@L Repost: "Forget the So-Called Achievement Gap! RE@L Knows How to Help More Learners Learn More. It's Called RE@L Systemic Change

realadmin June 28, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

   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

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RE@L RePost: "Any Teacher Afraid of Being Replaced by a Computer Should Be!"

realadmin June 20, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

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

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America's Fun Science with Dr. Fun - AKA - Dr. Tyronne Carter: "How to make STEM Science fun and learn more too!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz June 13, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

   Our RE@LBlog readers know that we are dedicated to bringing our now over half-million+ visitors more encouraging reports on more STEM activities in K12. We’ve had dozens of our own blogs and many guest blogs from both teachers and students on STEM topics from aviation to our soon–to-be released Water Quality Investigation software product….just

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RE@L Repost: Remember This Song?: "Those Lazy, Crazy Days of Summer!" Anne Jolly Focuses On: "STEM And Summer Learning Loss." Ideas For Kids Plus Tips For Summer Learning...

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz May 29, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

A RE@L Reprint! Here’s a helpful “end of the school year blog” this week by RE@L guest-blogger, Anne Jolly.  It brought to mind that Nat King Cole standard that some of us may still recall: “Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer….Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer.” Please note

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"What Is the Goal of Education?" Asks Blogger Tom Whitby - He Has An Answer and So Does RE@L!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz May 6, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

      Tom Whitby writes a fine and focused, albeit lengthy blog in his most recent release: “What is the Goal of Education.” Mr. Whitby has been blogging for many years and has many followers. He has written many pertinent and helpful educational blogs. Teachers have found them pertinent in improving their craft and improving

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Students Love Passion Projects! Why? It's Their Own Passion Product So They OWN It! Here's A Great Idea From Learner's Edge Blog™

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 28, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

   Your RE@LBloggers chanced upon this fine blog from Learners Edge:  7 Steps for Keeping Students Engaged After Spring Break. If you elementary teachers out there are looking for projects that your students will both enjoy and remember here’s some great ideas from Marcee Harris. If you are a secondary teacher, many of her suggestions will

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RE@L's "Mini-Blog": A Few Wise Words Worth Reflecting On!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 14, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

RE@L  presents a timely Mini-Blog for our many busy readers. Our selected topic this week is “Systemic-Change.” We all realize that positive change is essential for positive results. But, for positive change to become lasting change, it must positively affect the entire system. The catalyst to make that happen is known as “systemic change,”…. a change which both infects

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Looking for EdTech Learning In All The Wrong Places!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz April 1, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

    Fellow RE@L BlogMeister and Chairman of the Board Dale LaFrenz found a powerful technology message on Twitter last week: “Technology is a tool.” Indeed it is! Since that message lines up with our RE@L’s Systemic-Change™ mission (click here) for our recent blogs, we did a little more sleuthing on the Twitter hashtag: #TruDatChat. It’s hard to find a

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"ReBoot Required!" Says New Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development, Steve Grove - So Does RE@L. We Can Help Make it Happen!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 22, 2019 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

Many Minnesotans are rightfully applauding their new Employment and Economic Developer (EED) Commissioner, Steve Grove. Mr. Grove was the former News Lab Director at Google. He was in charge of Google’s collaboration with news organizations all over America and the globe. Steve not only knows technology, he knows how to tell the important news stories about the technological impact that

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Introducing RE@L EdTech "Teachers Corner" With Two Experienced STEM Teachers: Jackie and Todd LaFrenz Who Share Some Powerful School Startup Ideas!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz August 20, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

    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

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Real Change Is Needed! So, RE@L Is Taking a Giant Step Forward this School Year. And, So Is Our RE@L Blog: Check Out Our New STEM-Based EdTech Corners™!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz August 8, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

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,

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RE@L Repost: "K12 Ed Tech - How What We Once Were Got Us To Where We Are Now!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 26, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

“ 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

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Repost: The Power of Real World Learning - A STEM Case Study By Two "Passionate" Teachers: Jackie and Todd's Story

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 17, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

As promised, RE@L brings you the second STEM Case Study, this one from Jackie Murdock LaFrenz, another “Passionate Practitioner” from Oregon, and wife of last week’s guest blogger, Todd LaFrenz.  Click here to read Todd’s STEM Case Study from his school: REALMS, where they focused on Expeditionary Learning as well as the Common Core Standards. Together they make

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“RE@L RE-Post for the Week!”: "A Millennial and You Want A Job? Lose the Cellphone Already - Learn Some Skills!"

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz July 3, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner No Comments

     “Get a job!” That was a line from an old rock ‘n roll song we heard in our youth. But it’s not music to many Millennial ears these days. It wasn’t as  hard to get a job back then even though there were a lot of us looking for one. Not as many young people went on to

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RE@L RE-BLOG: #WalkOut, #WalkUp, #WalkIn...."Teach the World to Sing in Better Harmony"....CyberTeaming Joins Social-MediaTeaming

realadmin May 20, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner

     READ ON FOR SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO RESTORE PEACE AND SAFETY TO OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS. NOTE: THIS BLOG WAS FIRST PUBLISHED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. GIVEN ITS IMPORTANCE, WE ARE PUBLISHING IT AGAIN. ======= Hashmarks (#) are all over the place these days. We have seen #MeToo which has helped stem abuse

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Systemic Change At RE@L Becomes "SYS-STEM-IC": Steering A Needed K12 EdTech Mission That's STEM-Based

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz May 15, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner

Our RE@L President and CEO, Paul Gullickson, recently reminded us what constitutes Systemic Change.    Paul also told us it’s critically important to keep our RE@L system on-course if we are going to meet one of our major, RE@L goals for our products and services.   We at RE@L want more kids to learn more! We

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Part 2: Another RE@L STEM Investigation: Farm to Table™ Is Coming to Teachers, Students and Classrooms Near You! The Rest of the Story...

realadmin April 21, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner

  We last left our RE@LBlog readers almost half way from the dairy farm to the milk in the glass on our tables. Here’s a photo of Al the Milkman waving goodbye as he heads his big truck to the nearest dairy producer and bottler. To read Part 1, click here. Many of us don’t

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RE@L and MOAI Joint Press Release: Powerful, New Anti-Smoking Product Coming Soon From The Former Creators of "Oregon Trail™!"

realadmin April 2, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner

  RE@LBlog is proud to announce the recent Press Release that RE@L and our colleagues at MOAI Technologies have received a major grant from the National Institute for Health to develop a unique anti-smoking, online product. More on the Press Release below. First, why is this issue so important to RE@L’s mission? Health and wellness are critically important topics

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From MECC's Oregon Trail® of Yesteryear to RE@L's STEM Explorations® of Today: "A Love for Learning" for All Learners!

realadmin March 24, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner

     Almost 200 years ago, Horace Mann introduced schooling as we know it today. Students were grouped largely by age, as they are now. While that method works for many learners, it clearly does not work for all. We are all grateful for Mann’s introduction of universal education in America. We remain concerned, however, education today

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Mark Your Calendar! RE@L's New STEM Software Release Happens In March! Want To Know More About RE@L's New STEM? Listen to RE@L "Spokes-Kid" Sam Hira

realadmin February 9, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner

MORE ABOUT RE@L’S COMING NEW STEM SOFTWARE IN MARCH! - LISTEN TO RE@L’S “SPOKES-KID” SAM HIRA!                  SAM AND HIS ROBOT, 2007                           SAM  NOW SAM HAS BEEN AN ADVISOR TO RE@L FOR YEARS. HE ALSO HELPS US TELL

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From Sissying and Bullying to Teaming and Learning, RE@L Has Led ALL the Way! Today's Work-World Needs CyberTeams! RE@L Knows How To Make It Happen!

realadmin January 25, 2018 RE@L StudentCorner

Our last three RE@L Blogs dealt with the useful topic of how to turn CyberBullying into CyberTeaming. Thanks to Tulane University’s School of Social work, we were able to reprint their comprehensive informative content, resources and remedies on how to make K12 team-based learning more effective. Click here to read those three informative reports on CyberBullying. You may be

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RE@L Blazes New Learning Trails Where MECC's Oregon Trail Ended: RE@L's New Learning Software Rises Again!

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz March 30, 2017 RE@L StudentCorner

RE@L’s VP for RE@L Product Development, Don Rawitsch, recently wrote a Guest Blog for us on his attendance and presentation at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco last month. Click here for Don’s previous blog on this topic. One of his conclusions was that, with hundreds of booths showing the latest in gaming to 25,000 attendees,

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The Power of Real World Learning: A STEM Case Study By Two "Passionate" Practitioners, Part 1: Todd's Story

Tom King & Dale LaFrenz December 5, 2016 RE@L StudentCorner

RE@L is proud to bring our readers a “Double Perspective” of Case Studies on STEM-based Real World Learning. This kind of learning goes by many names these days: STEM, STEAM, PBL (Project-Based Learning), EL (Expeditionary Learning) to name some. Todd LaFrenz and Jackie Murdock LaFrenz are dedicated teachers from Bend, OR who use these powerful principles,

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RE@L VP Don Rawitsch: "1Up On Vaping - RE@L'S First STEM Product For K12: Preserve Good Health - Say "NO!" To Vaping!"

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