I am going to withhold a long and drawn out discussion here, and instead will drop my Prezi that I gave to my internship supervisors on my last day. Before accessing, I will state what isn’t obvious in the Prezi: The main idea is to utilize cotton as a common thread (ha!) that stitches through all three grades of middle… Read more »
My time this summer at Cotton Inc. has brought about some new things learned in my life, though the shocker is that it is the result of being cooped up given a great opportunity to have my own desk and office, without any minions from Hades students nearby. As I continued to sit at my desk this summer and reflect… Read more »
The ellipses in the aforementioned title is intentional. I’ve heard the statement given numerous times, but it is one that never gets old. Whenever you walk into a graveyard and look at tombstones you typically visualize two dates given. However, it is in between those dates you find the generic hyphen; a dash, as some might call it. That hyphen… Read more »
Lately, I’ve felt a lot of frustration; mainly because I set myself up for it. The frustration has come from two ends: from my internship perspective and my educator perspective. In the beginning, I had this amazing idea (so I thought) about how to create this cross-curricular unit between grade levels in middle school that would tie back to cotton…. Read more »
Over the past week, I have become inundated with more information on cotton that I had no clue existed. What has been fascinating is to see how my mind is beginning to connect the dots on where cotton relates to current curriculum and standards that teachers must already approach in the classroom. Of itself, this is where Cotton Inc. can… Read more »
My work here at Cotton Inc. has the ultimate goal of creating curriculum that can be used in classrooms to help students understand the importance of Cotton. At this point, I have identified that this type of material can be achieved through a cross-curricular and cross-grade level/cross-content area design. As an educator, this internship will prove to challenge me in… Read more »
Hello world! Welcome to today’s edition of “KFP News.” Today, we have the distinct privilege of sitting down with local cotton “unxpert” (an un-experienced expert) and local educator, Doug Price to talk with him about his upcoming Fellowship with KFP and partnership with Cotton Inc. Cottonman: Where do you teach?? Doug: I am currently teaching at Voyager Academy Middle School,… Read more »
This is my second experience at NCCAT. While the format was slightly altered because this was hosted by KFP, the end result was still as wonderful as my first visit to NCCAT. I have come back from the week reinvigorated about teaching and the classroom. The biggest contributor to my enjoyment of the week came from sharing a week with passionate… Read more »
The irony of me having to keep this blog all year long is that I have my students do the same thing. AND THEY LOVE IT!!! [enter sarcastic chuckle here] There is much I believe I could write about regarding what I hope to experience and gain from this fellowship both over the summer, and throughout the course of the… Read more »