As education continues to see budget cuts, one of the first things cut is art. Art is seen as something extra that isn’t necessary. Teachers are told to focus on Common Core Standards and critical thinking. There just isn’t time for things like art. This week, I had the incredible opportunity to witness a conversation […]
LearnStorm 2015
Last Saturday, some of our students had an incredible opportunity to attend Kahn Academy’s LearnStorm 2015 on the Google Campus. Riding a Google Double Decker Bus While the bus ride was the beginning of the day, the journey began much earlier. My teammate, Jen, wanted our students to learn to code. Problem was, she didn’t […]
Rise
Recently, I asked my friend and coworker, Jen Ellison, to write a guest blog post about Khan Academy and how she has used it to inspire our students. I also shared about a loss that we experience recently. Saturday we will be taking some students to a special event hosted by Khan Academy and Google. […]
Coding with Khan
I am lucky to be part of a wonderful team of Specialists. Our school schedule allows our grade level teams to collaborate daily while their kids go to Specials. We have Fitness, Art/Engineering, and Global Investigations as our specials. Sometimes students are referred to Surf Lesson (Intervention) with me during Specials time. Our Global […]