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,
More good and fun news on the newest learning simulation game Oregon Trail. Guess where it came from? None other than some Oregon students and their creative teacher. It’s a clear case of hands-on, heads-on learning at its best. Once again we hear from Powell Butte Charter School in Oregon. We heard from them in a recent blog. Click here
RE@L welcomes back our frequent Guest Blogger, Don Rawitsch. Don is also our Executive VP of RE@L Product Development and RE@L STEM Investigatons©. RE@L highly values Don’s vision and creativity with K12 software. Don was one of the co-inventors of the MECC Oregon Trail (OT) learning simulation game from back in the 70′s. Given Don’s industry prominence, he was invited to present to
Happy 3rd Birthday to our RE@L Blog Site! Over 150 Blogs have been published since Feb 21, 2014!* And, three years later, here’s our most recent RE@L Blog just released today. It’s a great story on the power of STEM careers. Just click on the graphic to the right. Our current RE@L Blog sums up the
RE@L has long been committed to promoting STEM learning for our K12 students, irrespective of gender, race, and special needs. Here’s why: The movie we last mentioned in our RE@L Blog, “Hidden Figures,” is still drawing crowds to the theaters. Many parents are bringing their children to see it, and so are teachers bringing their students. Our first blog
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 blog on the film. Below is the recent IBM story about
If you haven’t seen that old classic movie “Groundhog Day” we highly recommend it! No, it doesn’t tell the viewer how to get rid of winter quicker. But it does provide a great lesson in life: We can each of us be better than we are. In the case of Bill Murray, the star of
The more we at RE@L read about what’s going on with EducationTechnology, the more we are convinced that well-known popular products and services are important to us all. In earlier days, it was like earning the “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” for an exciting, new laundry soap or a vacuum cleaner that really cleaned. Next, along came “Consumer Reports” and
Remember our RE@L New Year Resolutions from January 1, 2017? Well, we do….so here’s what we resolved to do even better: Our New Year’s RE@L resolution is to continue to bring you: An array of topical, timely RE@L blogs on EdTech and STEM, Reviews of other insightful bloggers and pioneering leaders, Helpful Case Studies and Results
RE@L sends greetings to all our readers and followers for a great Holiday and even better New Year! We’ve all worked hard this past year to make good things happen, no matter what we do. That’s why you’re reading this! We, your RE@L Bloggers, pledge to keep our focus on “What Works And What Still Needs