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No More Dues!

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We are thrilled to announce there will be no more dues for the same great MACUL membership over 4,000 of you have enjoyed this year.  This historic move begins immediately.  Like, right now.  Invite your colleagues and friends around the world to enjoy the benefit of your favorite professional learning network for no cost.

MACUL’s mission is to ignite learning through meaningful collaboration and innovation.  In order to increase the opportunities for collaboration, the MACUL board chose to remove the barrier of fees for membership.  Several ISTE affiliate organizations (groups like MACUL in other states) have gone to a no dues membership and experienced tremendous growth.  More MACUL members mean greater opportunities for collaboration and innovation.  As a result, our organization will have bigger reach and impact throughout the state and even the nation.

Nothing changes for current members.  Your membership is still active and you won’t have to pay to renew.  Additionally by attending 2012 MACUL Conference  or any other MACUL sponsored event you will be automatically registered for a MACUL membership.

You probably have a lot of questions.  Visit macul.org for the answers: No Dues FAQ.

Get my no dues membership NOW!

Student Technology Showcase on Michigan’s Morning Show

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STS on WJIM

Every year student teams from across Michigan gather at the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, MI to present their achievements to State Legislators.  The day-long event allows lawmakers, business leaders, and citizens to see how technology is used in classrooms across Michigan.

K-12 student teams representing legislative districts from around the State demonstrate best practices and how technology enhances learning for the success of Michigan students.   We never cease to be amazed at how adept our State’s youth are using new technology for learning.  Especially on the airwaves.  Student representatives from Franklin Elementary’s 2nd grade classroom in Ludington, MI joined their teacher Amber Kowach, MACUL Executive Director Ric Wiltse, and AT&T’s Director of External Affairs Jon Peterson on Michigan’s Morning Show (WJIM 1240 AM – Lansing, MI) to talk about the event and their team.  Listen here: 2011 Student Technology Showcase – WJIM 1240AM Lansing, MI

 

 

Do L.A.P.’s for Michigan!

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Blogging the first videoconferencing session in the TWICE room. Arnie Comer is presenting; and we are videoconferencing with Eagle Lake Elementary in Edwardsburg, MI and Great Oaks Elementary in the Anchor Bay district.

The session is about LAPS: LAPS focuses on selected state parks of Michigan, and each class presents part of the lesson. Macomb ISD offers this program in conjunction with Edco Publishing to statewide schools. Read more here.

February covers Waterloo State Park, and these two classes we’re connected to – are sharing their classroom presentation to us.

Eagle Lake presented first – they told us about the petosky stones and other stones with a venn diagram.

Great Oaks students presented to us about paleontology and the study of bones. Their presentation included flashing lights to travel back in time. Very cute, students were the dinosaurs back in time.

Afterwards, the audience asked the teachers and students questions.

  • How long did you take to prepare? About three class periods.
  • What materials do you use to prepare? The LAPS materials and other online and print materials.
  • What do the students enjoy best about participating in LAPS? We like everything about it. It’s fun to do. I like it because we work together to learn and we get to teach other people about what we learned.

After we disconnected, Arnie told us more about what each session includes:

  • Class introductions
  • Video of the state park
  • Classroom presents
  • Drawing lesson
  • Goodbyes

The materials for LAPS are all on the Macomb ISD Blackboard site. The program is open to all students; free; funded by Edco and Macomb ISD.

Here are some pictures from the session:

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Before the session started, a view of the two presenting classes and the PPT set up, etc.

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Anchor Bay kids doing a cool skit.

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Another shot of the skit….

Thanks Arnie for a great presentation!

Don’t forget to fit a TWICE session into your MACUL conference. We’re in Gallery Overlook G and page 14 in your conference booklet has an overview of all the TWICE sessions!