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
Students can teach us teachers how to better teach. 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
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
We know our RE@LBlog readers have seen our many stories about and references to our exciting new STEM Investigations package, RE@L STEM Investigation: Water Quality™. The good news is that product is now in the final stages of testing and soon will be available for pilot testing in several key schools. Then, with critical feedback from both teachers
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
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
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
From time to time, Real Experiences at Life will post a “EdTech Thought for the Week.” Just a short phrase or sentence or two on relevant K12 EdTech topics, from STEM (popular and current) back to Archimedes (ancient and classic).Sometimes, even a little productive humor will show up on our site. We hope you
For Immediate Release Joe Cotter, 952 469 3454, joe.cotter@learnersedgeinc.com Paul Gullickson, 619 316 9257, pgullickson@realexperiencesatlife.com Learners Edge & Real Experiences at Life, Inc. (RE@LTM) Announce a Strategic Alliance to Provide Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) On-Line Teacher Training Courses. MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 16, 2017) Learners Edge and RE@L are pleased to
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,