Yay! I have completed my final product for my Kenan Fellowship and I am ecstatic! After completing my product, I began to reflect on my educational journey and personal goals of my past and those of the future. About four years ago, I started a company called United Technology Center. I provided technology training to various clubs and after school… Read more »
Two weeks ago, my students began research for their wearable devices projects. I explained how it worked and charged each team with gathering quality information for their research projects. This week the students actually got to explore the Arduino. As soon as the students got the devices in their hands, they began to make connections. They were coming up with… Read more »
My mentor was and still is instrumental in fulfilling my expectations of my Kenan Fellowship in Wearable Devices at NC State University. His staff and student workers were extremely helpful, patient and knowledgeable during the summer internship. To date, if I email them with any questions they respond promptly. Dr. Jess Jur is scheduled to visit my class in February to… Read more »
The institute that I found most valuable during my Kenan Fellow professional development were the session held in Cullowhee, NC. This professional development was most valuable because I was provided with specific skills, strategies and tools that I could implement in my classroom. Also, the opportunity to learn away from home and build relationships with my cohort was an amazing… Read more »
I have implemented infographics this year into my robotics classroom. Often times, people think there are no literacy skills are required to be successful in Automation & Robotics. This is a false assumption. In order to be successful in Automation & Robotics, students must acquire and use various literacy skills. At the beginning of the course, students learn basic vocabulary,… Read more »
This year in partnership with the Howard N. Lee Institute 7th and 8th grade STEM Scholars will engage in a Shark Tank: Wearable devices project-based learning activity. Students will be engaged in the engineering design process through a Shark Tank competition for wearable devices. These wearable devices will assist healthcare professionals in monitoring the human body. Students will (1) perform research… Read more »
My experience as a Kenan Fellow has not changed my outlook on education;it has provided me with the tools to continue developing my ever-evolving teaching style. Primarily, at the first professional development session held in Cullowee, I learned about new instructional tools and concepts that I may use to engage my students. These sessions were extremely powerful because I was… Read more »
Knowledge management is a term that I learned in one of my undergraduate business courses while studying at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Knowledge management can be defined as efficiently handling information and resources within a commercial organization. In a time where teachers are constantly transitioning to new schools or leaving the profession, knowledge management is a concept that we… Read more »
This week provided with me with the best professional development sessions I have ever attended in my teaching profession! I have so many resources and instructional strategies that I will be using in my class. I can’t wait to share with my coworkers! A great teacher is always trying to find ways to make their classroom and instruction better. This… Read more »
Today, I had the pleasure of white water rafting for the first time with an awesome group of teachers! What an awesome experience! The water was 50 degrees! The Nantahala river is the primary power source for the Duke Power hydroelectric plant. Each morning water is released from the bottom of dam, which is why the water is so cold…. Read more »
