It is hard for me to believe that most of the cohorts in this fellowship have only spent a single week together. Friendships were formed and bonds created among the members of this truly amazing group! Over the course of the week, we spent the time talking, learning, experiencing and laughing together. While each of the cohorts is involved in… Read more »
In applying to become a Kenan Fellow, I had a number of goals in mind. First, I have now worked as a teacher for 12 years, with a number of years of experience outside of education prior to that. While I love what I do, there is something about seeing what goes on outside of education where employers/employees use many of the skills… Read more »
What a great start to my Kenan experience! I am enjoying taking in all the information our group is receiving from Jess Jur and his fellow staff members at NC State’s Assist center as well as interacting and sharing with the other educators who are involved in the wearable devices group! I have already learned a lot about sensor devices, gotten… Read more »
Well, yesterday we were introduced to a couple of new sensing devices: the Texas Instruments (TI) CC2650 Sensor Pad and the Arduino Lilypad. I already have some great ideas on how to use the TI sensor in my classroom, though it will take a little more exploring to make it work. The Arduino, on the other hand, was more problematic…. Read more »
This morning, I woke early, like I normally do on a workday. But, today is not the typical workday for me. For today, I was driving from Durham into Raleigh to start the internship portion of the Kenan Fellowship Program! What could I expect? What should I expect? This was a new thing for me and I had no real… Read more »
