About the Conference The EdTech Boot Camp is being presented for the fourth time as a partnership between Baker College-Flint and the Genesee Intermediate School District. This conference will help you learn about in-room technology, apps, mobile device usage, instructional strategies, social networking issues, and other ways to enhance the teaching and learning in your … Continue reading Baker/GISD Ed Tech Boot Camp
Author: Roy Sovis
PLAYDATE
Via REMC Association April 2017 Newsletter At its heart, P.L.A.Y.D.A.T.E. is about giving educators time to ‘play’ and explore together. The concept was born from the originating group’s frustration with one too many professional development sessions that lacked time to explore a new concept. Always looking to provide a varied and powerful learning experience for … Continue reading PLAYDATE
MI Open Book News
From the MI Open Book Project Director: The Michigan Open Book Project is proud to announce a new chapter in the High School US History course on life in America during the 1950s. In addition, our source file release for all our current existing books are now live on the website. For the source files … Continue reading MI Open Book News
Map Michigan Contest!
Michigan ArcGIS Online U.S. School Competition 2017 Via Venessa A. Keesler, Ph.D., Deputy Superintendent Division of Educator, Student, and School Supports, MDE Overview The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is pleased to announce the ArcGIS Online United States Competition 2017 in which students create and share maps about their home states. ArcGIS is a geographic … Continue reading Map Michigan Contest!
Free Resource – NGA MapMaker Kits
Via National Geographic Association "MapMaker Kits offer K-12 students the opportunity to work with key mapping concepts at a variety of scales and to see the world in new ways. Unique large-scale maps allow students to immerse themselves in the exploration of dynamic environmental and cultural aspects of the world. MapMaker Kit activities engage students … Continue reading Free Resource – NGA MapMaker Kits