This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I teach STEAM to some of the most creative, curious, and innovative students. All of my students are on free lunches. Outside of school, most of the student's lives are affected by the injustice of poverty. My goal is to provide tech experiences to our students to promote 21st century learning and skills, but to go to the next level with STEAM and create STREAM. Science, Technology, Reading, Art and Mathematics.
Dash & Dot transform the way students learn about coding & computer science.
My Project
Less than half of our students have access to technology at home and are eager for any opportunities at school to use technology and the Internet. My goal is to provide tech experiences to our Kindergarten to promote 21st century learning and skills.
My Kindergarteners want to expand into coding and learning through experiences and authentic problem solving.
Dash & Dot are a great tool to be used with Kinders to introduce coding and PBL and align with Common Core. Dash & Dot will encourage my students to think at a deeper level! They would be able to create dialogue between two characters in the story and write a code to navigate the conversation and the story structure. Dash & Dot can be tailored by various tools such as LEGOs and more. Dash & Dot instrumental in teaching students empathy, cooperative play, teamwork, patience, resilience, persistence, and taking risks. My students will begin to discover and cultivate their creativity as they begin to apply their unique gifts and talents and allow them to become the innovators and global leaders of tomorrow with the stories they will be able to create and tell.
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