Blended Learning Certification

Developing Innovative Digital Educators Since 2014

What is MADE?

Macomb County Academy for Digital Educators is the MISD’s premier blended learning academy designed to help participants develop and facilitate a personalized learning environment for digital age teaching and learning.

What is MADE Blended Learning Certification?

“Blending” means combining digital technology resources with face-to-face classroom instruction in a way that empowers students and promotes achievement. Almost all educators are now using digital resources in daily classroom activities. This FREE one-year certification program will promote and support the pedagogy of technology integration using the resources you already have as well share other resources available to make classroom use of technology more effective.

Who Should Participate?

Any Macomb County K-12 educator (in any subject area or grade level), media specialist, instructional coach or district technology leader seeking to better understand how to embed technology into their current practice in order to help students become active creators, collaborators and critical thinkers rather than passive consumers of technology. District educators who are 1:1 with technology are especially encouraged to apply, however participants do NOT need to be technology experts. All technology skill levels are welcome!

Participants will be able to

• Use the technology available to them and understand best practices for implementation
• Understand the pedagogy of blended learning and models of implementation
• Tie the use of technology to best practice instruction
• Hone instructional technology skills for communication, collaboration, and productivity
• Implement technology to promote student achievement
• Engage students with technology to achieve instructional goals

• Recognition as a blended learning expert in Macomb County including certificates, signature badges, etc. from MISD
• A deeper understanding of MITEC - Michigan Technology Standards as well as the ISTE standards for educators and the ISTE standards for students guiding the use of technology in the classroom
• Opportunities for collaboration with other like minded educators and instructional technology leaders in the county as well as MISD staff
• Feedback from MISD consultants to assist you on your instructional technology journey
• Exposure to a wide variety of free and easy to use technology resources for the classroom
• Free books from well-known experts in the field of instructional technology
• Creation of a portfolio that can be used as evidence in teacher evaluation

• Four online courses in Schoology; each approximately 3-5 hours of participant time
• Creation of a digital portfolio artifact for each course; approximately an additional two hours
  
• Work at your own pace
• Courses designed in smaller chunks; start and stop when it works with your schedule.
• One “year” to complete the courses and digital portfolio artifacts (8/20/25 - 04/24/26)
• Three after school networking and sharing sessions (dates & locations listed below)
  
• 33.5 SCECHs pending for Schoology coursework and portfolio submissions

1. Register through the MISD at events.misd.net.
   
2. Visit the Success Stories page on the MADE Website. It contains screencasts from past participants demonstrating their successes with blended learning.
3. If you need more information, please contact Kate Grunow kgrunow@misd.net.
4. Courses open August 20, 2025 and will close April 24, 2026
   

2025-26 MADE Meet-Ups (Required)

• August 20, 2025 - 4:30-5:30 - virtual kick-off
• April 8, 2026 - 4:30 - 5:30 - virtual portfolio prep
• May 13, 2026 - 4:30 to 6:00 - virtual portfolio share-outs