Remember that old saying: “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.”? We used to hear that in the Teacher’s Lounge during our teaching days. It’s true, too, that you can’t teach kids who don’t thirst to learn more. But, hang on! There was a retort to that old saying, “You can make a
How many of us out there are under the illusion that the percent of women graduating with a degree in engineering, science, technology and mathematics (STEM) workforce has gone up in the last 30 years? Well, we are too! We’ve even written several STEM blogs on this topic hoping to increase it even further. Were we
Education Week™, a widely-read online educational publication, has just released “A Sneak Peak” of their annual “Leaders To Learn From in 2015.” Four current K12 school adminsistrators were featured this past week, with the full listing of other notables due out soon. Click on the EdWeek graphic to the right to read this interesting story in
While historically men have dominated the computer profession, there are today many, talented exceptions to that old rule. Many more women today are taking science and mathematics courses, some majoring in computer sciences, others pushing the knowledge boundaries of computer gaming, augmented reality, and other areas of computer study so sophisticated and new they don’t yet have
The internet is full of information about implementing STEM in the K12 curriculum. It’s not that there’s a lack of good ideas – in fact, they abound. The problem is how do we make STEM happen so more kids can access these new, real-world learning activities and learn from them? Blogs, Facebook posts and Twitter Tweets also provide places for
Tom Whitby invented the #edchat hashtag. He also writes a very fine blog called “My Island View”. Tom is one of those “Pioneer Blogmasters.”His goes back 5 years. He’s an experienced educator who knows K12 inside and out, top and bottom; higher-ed too. Plus, he knows what needs to be said, and has no qualms about saying it. Tom
We here at RE@L believe it! 7 billion! That’s about the same as the number of people on earth! Here’s what we’ve recently learned about gaming from someone who knows. Here in the USA: 99 percent of boys and 94 percent of girls under 18 play online games at least an hour a week 92 percent of 2-year-olds
Years ago the role of women was also a dominant force – but largely at home, as the wife and mother made what we called back then, a “happy home.” Another important role for women was the classroom, as our teachers. In our own era, all our teachers were women. In fact, in those days, those two important sectors of
Yes, more is coming from RE@L! More apps and software to help more kids learn more! We don’t say that just to use “more” in the opening sentence 3 times! It’s RE@L-ly true! Back in August, our Executive VP of STEM Investigations, Don Rawitsch, wrote a blog describing how essential careful Systemic Change is needed to make
We continue trying to find more ways to address the learning needs of all kids everywhere. Not just the college-bound, all learners, boys and girls, younger and older, with differing interests and talents. We keep searching for a curriculum that can embrace all these needs. Well, we found one! STEM! It stands for Science, Teachnology, Engineering,