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Peer Pressure. Keep Reading. Other people have! Ah, yes. Good old peer pressure! It's 2023, and it seems like peer pressure is more pervasive than ever, isn't it? But then again, when has it not been pervasive? As an adult, I can look back to my more formative years...

If you have followed us here at RE@L, you know that we are standing solid with our nation's educators in an effort to help them put an end to teen nicotine addiction. For decades, most states have required some sort of instruction regarding drugs, alcohol, and...

  Another school year has begun, and our educators are faced with more and more challenges on just about every level. Districts struggle to pay their teachers at levels commensurate with other professionals. School curriculum is being challenged at levels never...

It's easy to get lulled to sleep with the ongoing drama surrounding teen nicotine use, isn't it? In June, our "Progress. Advancement. Momentum. Headway. Gains." blogpost outlined reasons (again) to be optimistic about efforts to curtail teen nicotine use. The most...

Include me as the surprised one when I was recently made aware of The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Initially I was certain that someone was making a trial run a title for a new zombie movie! I was surprised that a report of such nature existed. The...

Progress. Advancement. Headway. Momentum. Gains. These are words that could be used to describe the state of Minnesota's recent successes in the commitment to 'Take Down Teen Nicotine'. In our May 7, 2023 blog, Hey Minnesota! We See You! What's Next?,  we FIRST...

Hey everyone! It's another edition of RE@L's Roundup of Relevant RE@DS, and it is inspired by the recent Minnesota settlement with JUUL, Inc. in upwards of $100 million for purposely targeting kids with ads that promote nicotine consumption through vaping. At RE@L, we...

Welcome to RE@LCast™, a podcast developed and presented by realexperiencesatlife.com. We at RE@L believe that K12 students, both girls and boys, need to learn more about STEM. STEM helps students and their teachers better understand the fast-changing world we live in...

RE@L is dedicated to new and emerging Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) initiatives, including robots and artificial intelligence. Yes. There are robots. And then there are robots you may not have seen before.  Meet Human Vaping Mimetic...

'Experience is the teacher of all things,' wrote Julius Caesar in his Civil War memoirs from 48-49 BC. According to Wikipedia, this accounts for the etymology of the contemporary phrase, 'Experience Is The Best Teacher.'   Despite the ultimate fate of Julius Caesar,...

Busy these days? Who ISN'T busy these days?Seems like we are all in somewhat of a catatonic state these days because we are so BUSY! Going through the motions. Able to focus only on the task at hand at the expense of other important tasks. We complete tasks for sake...

What makes a 'good day' for a school administrator? In today's environment, it could simply be survival. But as a retired superintendent of schools, I can tell you that my best days were those in which I could visit classrooms! There's nothing quite like connecting...

Are you a 'check-lister?' Here's a little known secret: your Blogmeister is a prolific 'check-lister'. I have checklists of to-do's piled on top of other checklists. Seems like every week I'm looking for some new app that can make my checklists even easier to produce...

It was in 1736 that Benjamin Franklin advised the fire-weary people of Philadelphia, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." While this well-known phrase can be applied almost universally, it makes us at RE@L think about the time and effort necessary for...

A month. That's about what it takes for professional athletes in the major sports to participate in organized pre-season activities. With the National Football League in their pre-season training camps right now, players are hustling and bustling through offensive and...

At RE@L, we are amped up about everything that is STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. And so it's fitting that our RE@LGuest for this episode of RE@LCast™ is Dr. Maggie McHugh. Maggie is one of those outstanding, 'all in for kids' educators. And...

It should be of no RE@L surprise to our savvy RE@L readers that we at RE@L, Inc. are constantly working the iterative process to improve our current products and develop new ones. At RE@L, we believe that K12 students, both girls and boys, need to learn more about...

Another school year has come an end, and in some cases, parents, students and teachers alike are providing a unified 'good riddance' to a school year impacted (again) with many challenges. School stakeholders have endured yet another school year of uncertainty with...

Welcome to RE@LCast™, a podcast developed and presented by realexperienceatlife.com. We at RE@L believe that K12 students, both girls and boys, need to learn more about STEM. STEM helps students and their teachers better understand the fast-changing world we live in...

If there's anything that our hectic, heated and harried school environments are demonstrating to us, it's that compliance is our driver. Educator be wary! It's a trap! Tread with caution. The unfortunate result of this unprecedented, frequently insane era is that we...

Spring has sprung (almost) in the upper midwest. One can see signs of the season 'springing' to life all around us. The return of robins and other songbirds. The crack of the bat at spring training. And, of course, golf. There's nothing that charges my batteries for...

It's the early 70's. Let's say 1972, and your RE@L Blogmeister is watching a commercial on our tube-type television at home. A car mechanic is discussing the quality of Fram oil filters and -- while he is shutting the hood of the car after an oil change -- he looks in...

At RE@L, we are committed to provide for educators and students best-in-class science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum and programming. We leverage our unique, student-driven experiences to create even stronger opportunities for career...

At a time when political gridlock is somehow reflected in many newscasts and social media posts, Republican and Democrat senators are finally finding agreement on future funding for more Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 'ecosystems'. Imagine...

Welcome to RE@LCast™, a podcast developed and presented by realexperienceatlife.com. We are a company of educators dedicated to providing outstanding STEM-based opportunities for teachers and students alike. We leverage strong curriculum-based experiences to create...

The 2022 Winter Olympics opened in Beijing last week amid a myriad of global complexities that just might have us soon forget that the Olympics took place at all. Nonetheless, it's one of your Blogmeister's favorite sporting events.   Of course, I will enjoy the...

The advent of online calendars has made our lives so much easier hasn't it? Well, that could be debatable. But for the moment, let's assume it's true. I mean with a glance at my desktop or portable device, I can see my day laid out in a color-coded grid that reflects...

Ever happen to you? Not many things more embarrassing, are there, than finding yourself sitting in the wrong assigned seat at a large, ticketed venue? Whether it's a concert or a sporting event, it's a given. Just minutes after the event begins, the latecomers stroll...

It should be of no surprise to anyone that the RE@L blog team demonstrates vigilance when it comes to sourcing important articles about teen nicotine and vaping. After all, friends of RE@L are savvy about RE@L's commitment to play a large part in taking down teen...

        A cursory review of the annals of history (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history) will find that December 3 is a day to be remembered for many reasons. On December 3, 1818, for instance, Illinois became the nation's 21st state. In...

'Experience is the teacher of all things,' wrote Julius Caesar in his Civil War memoirs from 48-49 BC. According to Wikipedia, this accounts for the etymology of the contemporary phrase, 'Experience Is The Best Teacher.' Despite the ultimate fate of Julius Caesar,...

Perhaps Robert Fulgham had things right in his 1990 book: Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Adults today would be wise to pick up that book to refresh our memories about the most basic of human expectations for how we treat one another. Much of...

This week, people across the nation will participate in events which acknowledge the journey of Christopher Columbus in 1492 when an old poem said that he 'sailed the ocean blue.' Believe it or not, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) was alive and...

The RE@L Blogmeister began his teaching career in 1983. One year, we decided that it would be advantageous for all of us to share our classroom rules. It was a vulnerable thing to do. As our principal said with unfortunate overtones, "Teaching is one of the more...

  From The Blogmeister: Realexperiencesatlife.com is on the move. We're not just another company leveraging technology for classroom solutions. We are experienced. We are connected. And our products are teacher and student friendly and classroom tested. But just...

  Forever. That's how long we have anticipated the hopeful, late summer prospects of a new school year. 'Back To School' sales seem to begin earlier almost every year. With the onset of August and then Labor Day, our nation has a long-standing tradition of facing...

  Our nation's classrooms have long provided what we know is the best antidote for risky health behaviors. When it was determined years ago, for example, that smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco can indeed cause cancer, legislators across the country required...

It seems appropriate, as we enter in to the world stage of another summer Olympics, to acknowledge that there’s been a recent ‘passing-of-the-torch’, so to speak, of RE@L’s blog responsibilities. For the past eight years, RE@L’s engine-of-innovation, Tom King, has...

At RE@L, we believe the best opportunities to make a difference in the education of children is through collaboration. Together, we become smarter! Such is the case in our ongoing connections with Elyse Less, the executive director of the Tobacco-Free Alliance (TFA)....

At RE@L, we put all of our products through the rigors of the classroom before we make them available in the marketplace. RE@L's learning product: 1 Up On Vaping™ has withstood the critical test of the classroom with solid, constructive reviews from educators who have...

The 2020-2021 school year may forever be noted with a proverbial asterisk attached to it. One thing, however, stands clear as the dust settles on what has been a challenging yet invigorating school year, our teachers remain the steady constant for our communities, our...

Here's what RE@L's Director of Learning, Randy Nelson, has to say about RE@L's pivotal, new Learning Product, 1Up On Vaping™: As we approach the waning days of one of the most tumultuous school years in our history, we pause for reflection on the 2020-2021 school...

RE@L presents Dr. Don Rawitsch, Executive Vice President, Product Development for RE@L STEM Investigations and welcome his Guest Blog on our "1Up On Vaping™." Don helped create the  world-renowned Oregon Trail back in his days at MECC (Minnesota Educational Computer...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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'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@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...

  “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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.  ...

“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...

 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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

 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...

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...

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...

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...

   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...

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...

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,...

    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...

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...

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...

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...

  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...

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...

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...

 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

    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...

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...

    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...

     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...

     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...

     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...

   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...

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...

   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...

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...

      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...

   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...

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...

    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,...

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...

    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...

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...

" 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...

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...

     "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...

     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...

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...

  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...

  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...

     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...

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....

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...

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...

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...