REMC 2 South MOISD Supports

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REMC 2 SouthMOISDSupports ServicesPresenter
Wendy Musselman, REMC 2 South Manager
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REMC 2 South Partner Districts

• Wexford-Missaukee ISD
• Cadillac
• Heritage Christian
• Lake City
• Manton
• Marion
• McBain
• Northern Michigan Christian
• Northview
• Pine River
• St. Ann
• Mecosta-Osceola
• Big Rapids
• Crossroads Charter Academy
• Chippewa Hills
• Evart
• Morley-Stanwood
• Reed City
• St. Michaels

FactREMC 2 covers the largest geographic area
of any other REMC in the state
New Partner District for 2007-2008

• Mason-Lake ISD - Baldwin - Freesoil -
  Ludington - Mason County Central - Mason
  County Eastern - Pentwater

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REMC 2 South Information

• REMC 2 South works on behalf of the local
  districts by being involved with many local,
  state, and national committees and
  organizations.  REMC 2 South is part of the REMC
  Association who's mission is "The REMC
  Association of Michigan believes that it must
  provide proactive leadership to the Michigan
  educational community by participating with other
  organizations in building a vision that supports
  quality teaching and learning and provides equity
  to Michigan's Pre K-12 students."   
•   REMC 2 South is a member of the following
  committees
• REMC Instructional Technology Specialists which
  developed the 8th grade technology assessment
• REMC Digital Collection Selection which works
  directly with selecting digital content and
  Discovery Education  
• REMC Online committee --- bringing cost-saving,
  standard-based distance learning opportunities to
  the local districts
•  REMC Online Grant Writing Committee (E2T2
  2007-2008 Grant)
• Local Committees
• REMC 2 South Advisory Committee
• REMC 2 South Professional Learning Committee
• Curriculum Technology (Campus
  ISD-Wide) committees for both Wexford-Missaukee
  Mecosta-Osceola ISD
• Distance Learning PLC - Wexford-Missaukee ISD
• Web Committee - Wexford-Missaukee ISD
• WMISD - GE School Improvement Team
•     Sub-committee Technology, Achievement, Data
• State
• Michigan Association in Media (MAME)
• Michigan Association for Computer Users in
  Learning (MACUL)

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REMC 2 South Collection

• Access to 9000 educational items aligned with
  the Michigan Curriculum Framework Standards and
  Strands. Materials include VHS, DVD, audio
  books, Ellison dies, AIMS science and math
  workbooks, Atlases, ELA MEAP Prototypes and Genre
  Units, approximately 700 classroom sets of books
  and over 5400 digital titles and other digital
  content .

• All materials can be ordered via the web, with
  REMCs Online ordering system Webmax

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REMC Advisory Council

• Support group of Media Specialists and library
  personnel from the REMC 2 South service area.
• REMC Advisory Meetings (twice a year)
• Library Media PLC (meets monthly via distance)
• Professional development designed around the
  literacy standards and the METS supporting the
  needs of school library programs
• - Daily Communication support for literacy needs,
  cooperative purchasing, video streaming,
  technology, criteria for a curriculum integrated
  library program, etc.
• Professional and Respected work relationships
• Advocate for the Library Program and all that it
  does, can and should be doing to support the
  education of children
• Webpage dedicated to the library staff and
  programs.

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REMC Cooperative Bid Project

• The REMC Statewide Cooperative Acquisitions
  Project is provided as a service of your REMC for
  the schools of Michigan. The project provides
  large volume bid prices on a variety of
  educational resources. As a result of this REMC
  Statewide project, local schools within the REMC
  2 region saved more than 1.2 million in 2006.
  Each tax dollar saved through this cooperative
  effort represents another dollar that will be
  available for additional instructional needs.

For 2006, schools within Mecosta-Osceola saved
163,037
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Professional Development

• Video Streaming Training
• Webmax Training
• Distance Learning/Videoconferencing
• Library of Congress
• MEL
• Using Instructional Technology Tools in the
  classroom
• Web-Based Offerings
• Technology Trainings such as Word, Excel,
  PowerPoint, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage,
  Outlook
• Instructional Technology Trainings Integrating
  technology into the curriculum
• Using video streaming in the classroom
• Designing lesson in Word PowerPoint
• Developing lessonsCustomized Outreach PD

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Additional Services

• Curriculum Support
• -Assist teachers with finding resources (all
  content areas) for use in the classroom
  -Making connections for writing -Web-based
  resources, lessons, activities
• Technology Support
• -Troubleshoot software and hardware
  question and problems
• -Assist with hardware/software
  purchasing -Assist with library
  concerns/needs

• Researching Recommending Emerging
  Technologies
• Internet Research Standards Based Needs
• MEL Delivery
• Videoconferencing Support/Assistance -
  Virtual Field Trips - Collaboration among
  districts/partners
• Classroom Performance Units Assistance and
  equipment to loan

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REMC 2 South Webpage
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Quick Guides to Webmax Videostreaming

• Webmax is an online ordering system used to order
  materials and now includes Video Streaming
  titles. It features full annotations of the
  entire REMC 2 South media collection. Please
  note Video Streaming titles cannot be searched
  in Webmax by subject, standard, strand, or GLCE,
  at this time. To search Video Streaming titles
  using the above criteria go to www.untitedstreamin
  g.com.
• Go to site - www.wmisd.org
• Click REMC 2 South (Under the General Education
  heading)
• Click the Webmax Icon
• In the User Number box type in your user number.
  If user number is unknown please call
  231-876-2270
• In the Password box, type BOOKING
• Click the Submit button
• At the search page, enter a keyword, select media
  type, grade level (if needed) and then click on
  go
• Select the desired titles, place a check in the
  select box (if a video streaming title see below)
• Click order form or the order tab
• Select the first available date or change the
  date
• Click next or the confirm tab
• Enter your email address in the box provided
• Click on click here to finish
• The items will not be booked until the click
  here to finish button has been selected. A
  confirmation notice will show on the screen
  confirming that the media has been booked.
• Please note Subscription Necessary. Contact
  the district media specialist for information.
• Follow the steps for searching Webmax, click the
  video streaming icon located below the title
  you would like to view.

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Building Partnerships with Students Parents
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Parent/Caregiver/Student Resources

• MOISD www.moisd.orgREMC 2 South
  www.wmisd.org, select REMC 2 South
• Michigan Information www.michigan.gov
• Michigan Department of Education
  http//www.michigan.gov/mde
• MEL (Michigan Electronic Library) www.mel.org
• The Michigan eLibrary is an anywhere, anytime
  information gateway to selected Internet
  resources, full-text magazines, newspapers,
  electronic books online practice tests and more.
  Access is available to all Michigan residents.
  Login can be done at the public library,
  schools, or at home with a valid drivers
  license.
• Library of Congress www.loc.gov
• The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest
  federal cultural institution and serves as the
  research arm of Congress. It is also the largest
  library in the world, with nearly 128 million
  items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves.
• HELP MY CHILD READReading ResourcesEd.gov
  http//www.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/edpicks.j
  html
• Bridges4kids http//www.bridges4kids.org A
  non-profit parent organization providing a
  comprehensive system of information and referral
  for parents of children from birth through
  transition to adult life.
• Internet Public Library http//www.ipl.org/
• The Internet Public Library is a public service
  organization and a learning/teaching environment
  at the University of Michigan - School of
  Information.
• Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation
  program for children in grades K-8. Children
  create their own book lists from over 6,000
  recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes
  on the books they've read offline, and earn
  points and prizes for their literary successes.
  Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning
  Foundation and is sponsored by Sylvan Learning,
  Inc. --- http//www.bookadventure.com/index.asp

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Parent/Caregiver/Student Resources (cont.)

• Scholastic www.scholastic.com
• Familiesencourage the love of learning at home.
• 25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers
• http//www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson035.
  shtml
• Michigan Author Patricia Polacco
  http//www.patriciapolacco.com/
• Mr. Falker is the authors true life story of
  her struggles with not being able to read. This
  website offers the reading of the book as well
  as lesson plans and activities for the
• Discovery School Homework Helpers and more
  http//school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinch
  beck/
• Fun Educational Websites
• USA World Newspapers http//www.refdesk.com/pap
  er.html
• www.google.com (actually this is a search engine)
  - (translation tool)
• Teacher Tube http//www.teachertube.com/channel_d
  etail.php?chid66
• Wikis - A wiki is a collaborative website which
  can be directly edited by anyone with access to
  it. Wikipedia is an excellent example of
  one--- http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
• Michigan Association in Media (MAME) Wiki
  http//mame.pbwiki.com/
• Blogs Blogs provide commentary or news on a
  particular subject such as food, politics, or
  local news some function as more personal
  online diaries. A typical blog combines text,
  images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and
  other media related to its topic.
• Kathy Schrocks Edublogs http//www.kathyschrock.
  net/edtechblogs.htm
• Podcasts A podcast is a digital media file, or a
  series of such files, that is distributed over
  the Internet using syndication feeds for
  playback on portable media players and personal
  computers.
• REMC Podcasts http//www.remc3-9.org/educ
  ation/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetaili
  d144sc_id1166043273
• Variety of Podcasts http//www.podcast.net/
• Online Collaboration 60 Tools Resources
  http//mashable.com/2007/07/22/online-collaboratio
  nWikipedia http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
  Free, Online, Editable, encyclopedia

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Shift Happens
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REMC 2 SouthCenter Information

• Contact Information
• Center Phone [phone]Center Fax
  231.876.4801Web address www.wmisd.org, select
  REMC 2 SouthSchool Year Monday thru
  Friday 800 a.m. 430 p.m.Summer Monday
  thru Friday 830 a.m. - -300 p.m.(Days/Hours
  vary in the summer.  Calling is recommended.)

• Staff
• Karen Emond, SecretaryPh 231.876.2270kemond_at_wm
  isd.orgWendy Musselman, ManagerPh
  231.876.2269  wmusselman_at_wmisd.org