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Get your district registered today - Speak Up 2017 began on Monday! Let your voices be heard! From the site - Speak Up 2017 Opens Monday ! Speak Up is the research tool districts use to learn what students, educators, parents and the community have to say about education issues. This will be the 15th year Speak Up has supported education leaders in including the voices of their stakeholders in annual and long-term planning. Educators from more than 30,000 schools have used Speak Up data to create and implement their vision for the next generation of learning. You can too! Get registered ! Get started ! View & view the 2017 surveys today! Speak Up will be open for stakeholder participation from October 16, 2017 through January 19, 2018 . Data will be delivered to registered schools and districts in February 2018. If you have any questions, please let us know!

I attended Lansing Community College's 2nd Annual Open Educational Resources Summit on Feb. 24th. As I was gathering resources from the summit to share in a blog, I had a bulletin from the Library of Michigan appear in my inbox with the following timely information.  These are all worth checking out! From Karren Reish of the Library of Michigan - "Lansing Community College's 2nd Annual Open Educational Resources Summit was Feb. 24th. Some of the content discussed is appropriate to the K-12 community. Thanks to Rita Kohrman from Grand Valley State University for the following information about sites discussed. ______________________________ ____ OER Commons : https://www.oercommons.org/ OER Commons is a dynamic digital library and network. Explore open education resources and join our network of educators dedicated to curriculum improvement. A “hub” found in OER Commons: STEM Literacy : https://www.oercommons.org/ hubs/stem-literacy ...

MI Moot 2017 - Transforming Classrooms We've transformed the MI Moodle Moot conference to better meet the needs of all educators who are committed to implementing effective change within their classrooms. Our vision is to have a variety of sessions focusing on best practices in blended learning using FREE resources such as Moodle, Google for Education, or other tools. Save the Date We’re pleased to announce that MI Moot 2017 will be held on August 1st and 2nd, 2017 at Lansing Community College West in Lansing, Michigan. The purpose of this event is to bring educators together from K-12 and higher ed, to model how to transform instruction and support teaching and learning. This event is supported by the REMC Association of Michigan and the REMC Instructional Technology Specialists (RITS). Call for Presenters If you are interested in presenting, please use this form to apply . We encourage you to pass this on to anyone who you think would be interested presenting a gr...