I am a teacher in a rural, low-income/high poverty school. My students are faced with many challenges both in and out of the classroom. Due to our rural location on an Indian Reservation my students lack exposure to life outside their immediate neighborhood. I would like to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences that stretch their thinking.
I hope to inspire learners to continue to work hard to reach their goals.
My students like to move, they love to dance and love lots of positive attention. Many of them are being raised in single parent households or by grandparents and all receive free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from learning to their fullest potential and many lack life experiences which many of us take for granted. In my classroom I focus on their potential and growth in a positive way. I may not be able to control their struggles outside of school, but I can control their experience during their time in class by teaching in a creative, interactive, and positive way.
My Project
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields are more and more in demand but seem to be an area students in rural schools lack exposure to. By providing students with meaningful STEM experiences, I hope to expose students to a wide variety of engineer and design experiences for their future successes. It is essential that students maintain their curiosity and creativity while pairing it with their growing skills of practicality and problem-solving. I want to help students learn to work through a way to bring a solution to problem. In a rural, high needs school, students often do not have access to the types of technology and resources that would provide them with problem solving experiences. Most of my students do not have access to any technology, besides a video gaming system, at home. This makes it even more essential that we provide them with these experiences at school.
To even the playing field and give my students exposure to technology, and engineering problem solving, my students need access to technology that encourages them to explore and create through hands-on experiences.
A Makey Makey is a system based on the idea that everyone is an inventor. Using a series of circuits, students can code and invent anything they can imagine. I believe in order to support my students in their academic growth, creativity, and excitement for learning, they need to have opportunities to use technology and hands on learning.
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