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Big Tobacco’s Approach to Vaping: Sensory Overload
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...
STEM in 1492? With RE@L, It’s Not New!
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...
When “Don’t!” Means “DO!” How RE@L’s 1Up On Vaping™ Makes The Difference
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...
“STEM Really Comes To Life” – RE@L’s Jeff Blough On RE@L’s Approach To STEM Education
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...
Welcome Back! Let’s Find The Solutions To Our ‘Demics’
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...
Hook another generation on nicotine? “We can’t let THAT happen!”-So writes Global Ambassador for the World Health Organization, Michael R. Bloomberg & RE@L AGREES!
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...
“Oh The Blogs We Have Done!” A RE@L Thank You to Tom King
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...
A RE@L Conversation With Elyse Less, Executive Director of The Minnesota Tobacco Free Alliance
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)....
RE@L Toasts All Heroes of School Year 2020-2021: “Hip Hooray & Thanks To You All!”
There are many ways to say 'goodbye' to the 2020-2021 school year, from "Goodbye, good riddance" to "What have we learned while teaching in a worldwide pandemic?" "This is the last week of school. I’ve done this 22 times before, as a teacher. And yet, I feel lost. I...
Let’s See What Wise Students, Josh and Colin, Have To Say About Vaping: “Don’t!”
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...