REMC13 News and Events

You are invited to attend the REMC Technology Showcase on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Genesee ISD/REMC 14 in Flint, Michigan. The REMC State Acquisitions Project and the REMC/GenNET Online Project is hosting this event in partnership with REMC 14 and the Genesee ISD. There is no charge to attend this event. There will be many promotional giveaways for attendees every half hour. You must be present to win.

The purpose of the REMC Technology Showcase is to provide an opportunity for Michigan educators to see:Items available on the REMC Bid Online courses available on the REMC/GenNET Online Program Talk with vendor representatives face to face.

To register for the REMC Technology Showcase, please go to http://www.geneseeisd.org/remc/default.html and click on the attendee link. Your name will go into the drawing for the wonderful promotional giveaways.

If you have any questions, please contact Lori Banaszak at lbanaszak@geneseeisd.org or (810) 591-4463.

Inspired by Discovery Channel’s landmark Atlas series, Discovery Education™ streaming gives you a unique video guide to our world. Featuring exclusive clips from Discovery’s Atlas series, this interactive map provides thousands of videos that show off the wonders of countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Zoom in to each country and learn about its culture, government, history and the natural world.
The Atlas is especially useful if you have an interactive white board. With an interactive white board you can have your students touch different parts of the world and see videos related to the country and its culture, history, government, or natural world.

If you are using Assignment Builder you can… Right-click on the Discovery Atlas Interactive link and in Firefox “copy link location” or in IE “Copy Shortcut.” Then open up the Assignment Builder and create an Assignment. In the add web links section, paste the link.

Donated by the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, this “Truth About Drugs Education Kit” contains a series of 10 easy-to-read publications covering the drugs on the street: crystal meth, cocaine, “kiddie cocaine”, crack cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, and painkillers. An additional booklet, “The Truth About Drugs,” provides an overview and introduction to the subject. Informal but well written and factual, these publications contain compelling real-life stories from former drug users and accurate information about why drugs are harmful, all fully researched and documented. Also included in the kit is an easy-to follow guide that takes the reader through the booklets, an activities manual, and a DVD, “Creating a Drug-Free World: Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life Program.” Four-week checkout period.