2022 STEM Gift List

Step 1: FREE Companion Cohorts

• Educators participate in Modern Classrooms Project free course AND the REMC SLAM Companion Course to connect and share with their cohort. (12 SCECHs)

• Each cohort will serve up to 25 educators with no regional restrictions

• Cohorts start on October 31, January 9, April 10, July 10

Step 2: Virtual Mentorship Program

• REMC covers $500 registration + $250 completion stipend for 1 participant from each REMC.

• We have an additional 10 registrations/stipends we’ll hold until each region has had a chance to send a representative.

• Educators dig deeper in the MCP model with an MCP mentor in the Virtual Mentorship Program (25 SCECHs).

• Cohorts start on January 23 and March 6. June & July dates TBA.

https://www.remc.org/professionallearning/student-centered-learning-across-michigan/

Questions? Contact kellie.delossantos@jcisd.org

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News and Media Literacy begins with the foundational skills and strategies that students need to think critically about the news stories, images, and videos they see online. Teach your students foundational news and media literacy skills with these free lesson plans from Common Sense Media.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/news-media-literacy-resource-center

Start designing: https://www.canva.com/cards/templates/holiday/

Educators get verified to access a free account: https://www.canva.com/education/

We like these sentence frames to help students respond like a digital citizen to online posts.

More information and examples, visit this post:

7 Tips and 1 Activity To Help Digital Citizens Engage With Empathy

Scenario: A digital citizen reads a viewpoint they agree with.

Sentence frame: Thank you, ________, for presenting your viewpoint. I agree because ___________.

Scenario: A digital citizen wants to respectfully bring up an idea or viewpoint that is opposite that of the original poster.

Sentence frame: I appreciate the experience shared by _________, but in my experience __________.

December Newsletter - https://www-media.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/12_December.pdf

Play to Learn with LEGO Virtual Field Trip

Discover how creativity, learning, and imagination all intersect as students learn to solve challenges using the power of play. Learn more and register today!

Call for Questions: Discovery Education Virtual Field Trip to the International Space Station

Through our partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Discovery Education has been given the exciting opportunity to host a Virtual Field Trip to the International Space Station! We are inviting students around the world to submit questions for a chance to have them answered by astronauts aboard the space station. For more information and to submit questions, visit https://www.discoveryeducation.com/info/call-for-questions-discovery-education-virtual-field-trip-to-the-international-space-station/

The 2023 MACUL Award Nominations are open. Please consider nominating someone!

• Innovative Teacher– (must be a certified PK-12 classroom teacher)

• Innovative Leader – (must be a non-classroom educator, such as an ISD employee, technology or curriculum staff in a district, tech integration coaches, caregiver or student, etc.)

• Innovative District – (must be a district within the realm of PK-12)
• Innovative Technology Professional – (must be a non-classroom employee working in an educational setting, such as an ISD employee or technology staff)

All nominations are due by Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 5:00 PM EST.

Check out January 2023 courses here:

• Creating Instructional Videos for the Classroom

• Deeper Learning through Developing Master Students of Collaboration and Communication

• Developing Student Media Literacy

• Dynamic Presentations

• Engaging Students in a Personalized Classroom

• Fostering the 4Cs with Literacy and Technology Integration

• Learning to use Open Educational Resources on #GoOpen Michigan

• More Professional Presentations, Part 2

• Multimedia Tools to Engage Students

• Practical Differentiated Instruction

• General Registration, Rate & Hotel Info
• In Person Conference Registration
• Workshop Info (w/link to Registration)
• Virtual Track Registration

When: Thursday, February 16, 2023

Where: The Henry Ford Museum - Dearborn, MI

Registration and applications to present are now being accepted