Happy New Year!
I hope that you all have a happy, healthy, and productive 2019! As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction! -Irish Blessing
Donorschoose Yearly Challenge: Mission Accomplished!
Through projects funded on Donorschoose.org, my students participate in various classroom activities such as STEM competitions, hands-on makerspace building, and BreakoutEDU challenges. My classroom is well organized and clean. We even have “unplugged” days to play board games that reinforce financial literacy skills. All of these opportunities have been made possible thanks to projects that came …
NGPF Tech Tool Reviews
From NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF): Teachers who attend our Summer Institute in Palo Alto become NGPF Fellows the following school year — this Fellowship includes presenting with us at PD sessions, offering NGPF feedback on products, writing guest blog posts, … the list goes on. Today features a Tech Tool Review from Jacqueline Prester of Mansfield …
It’s #GivingTuesday: Help Replenish Our Makerspace Supplies So We Can Keep Making!
After the hype of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, today is Giving Tuesday. It’s a day for us to give back. If you are looking for a way to do just that, may I suggest a donation to my students? They create products in their Entrepreneurship class that are sold to learn …
How to use Google Forms for co-creating kahoots with students
After posting about my excitement over “Kahoot! & Google Forms,” Kahoot! got in touch and asked me if I’d like to expand on my blog post for their website! I’m happy to share that my post has gone live today. Yay! How to use Google Forms for co-creating kahoots with students