February LITT

Bring game design to your students!

Bloxels is a powerful way for students to create video games, game characters, game art, and game stories to share with their class or the world.

AVAILABLE ON CHROMEBOOKS!

Gamify any learning using Bloxels:

• Retell a story or important moment in history through the game using story blocks.
• Create Pixel Art and make it come alive in a video game.
• Create animal characters and their video game habitats for science.
• Engage your students in learning about natural disasters through game design.
  
• Review basic operations and numbers while building a video game in math.
• Create a problem your students will need to solve in a video game.
• Use the Bloxel colors to create ratios and convert the ratios to decimals and percents.
  
• Connect your SEL lesson to a character build and game design.

If you are interested in learning more please contact me!

Blog Post: How to create your own Wordle in Google Sheets

Custom Wordle

Explore at your own pace! Join one of our open courses to learn about a new tool or resource.

March is a great time to learn something new and find out about tools that make your job easier. REMC offers instructor-led virtual courses that provide 10 free SCECHs, and are open to all Michigan school personnel.

Registration deadline is Friday, March 4th. Through the support of REMC SAVE’s vendor partners, all courses are FREE and there are no SCECH fees. Don’t miss out on these virtual courses that are a great way for educators to learn, connect, collaborate and grow from the convenience of your home. Make 2022 the best ever!

Check out March 2022 courses here:

• Making the Most of Your Google Classroom

• Coding in the Classroom

• Foundational Elements of Literacy Instruction & Technology

• Gamification for Student Engagement & Learning

• Media Literacy Toolkit

• Media Literacy: Fake or Real?

• OER to Support Early Literacy

• Practical Differentiated Instruction

• Using GSuite Tools to Design Authentic Learning Opportunities

• Using SeeSaw to Inspire Learning

Register by Friday, March 4th. You will receive a welcome email with the course login and other information prior to the course starting on March 7th. If you have questions or need further assistance with your course registration, please contact Erin Rommeck, REMC Event Coordinator.

Thanks for taking time to visit the LITT Network newsletter! My name is Ann Smart, I am the EdTech Consultant for the Lenawee ISD and REMC 19W Director. I also serve as a MACUl Board Member and act as co-project manager for the REMC Classroom Maker project. Prior to my current position, I worked as an EdTech Consultant for Jackson County ISD, Instructional Coach for Adrian Public Schools. I have also taught Reading and PE in Silverthorn, CO, Deming, WA, and Adrian, MI

I am passionate about educational innovation, maker-centered learning, STEAM educations, student-centered learning, and of course technology integration. I believe that every child should have the chance to inquire, create, innovate, and play every day.

How can I support you or your district:

• Consulting and Resources- Provide an opportunity for a brainstorming session to bounce ideas off of one another. Hunt for resources and activities to match the needs of your school or classroom.
  
  

• Team Teaching Experience-After planning cooperatively, teach a lesson together involving an innovative idea, technology, STEAM, or makerspace.
  
  

• Co-planning-Collaboratively plan a lesson or series of lessons that use technology, innovative idea, STEAM or makerspaces, and meets best practice.
  
  

• Demonstration Lesson-Demonstrate a makerspace or STEAM activity, or a piece of technology in your classroom while you observe.
  
  

• Classroom Engagement and Customization Support-Help design and implement engagement activities and design technology choice assignments or tiered activities.
  
  

• New Teacher Support- Assist new teachers in topics such as classroom management, classroom engagement, innovative teaching ideas, understanding and handling student behaviors, how to manage stress, mentor/mentee relationships, curriculum expectations, and network support.

Email: ann.smart@lisd.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/lenaweeschools.us/litt/home
Phone: (517)920-1714
Facebook: facebook.com/LISDPDCenter
Twitter: @AnnSmart17