Empowering Students Through Art: Computer Programming and Becoming Authors
My students need 17 Samsung Chromebooks to create animations through computer programming, using websites such as Scratch. Each student will also publish a book created throughout the school year.
Benjamin Franklin once said "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and remember. Involve me and I learn." Students need to be involved in their learning so that they can take ownership of what they are doing. Through this project, students will be able to get their hands "dirty" by using them to research and create.
I teach 22 eager, energetic 3rd grade students in my classroom this year.
We are a Title I school with 100% participation in the reduced- price/free lunch program. Many of our students have never left our community and experienced anything outside of area. All of our students are eager to learn and need experiences that they do not get at home. Their socioeconomic status or language barriers should not hinder or keep them from being able to solve any of the world's issues.
My Project
Third grade can be very taxing on our students. The children spend most of their time testing, to make a pathway that will allow them to go to fourth grade. Students spend most the year stressed and anxious.
I want to include more exciting, educational experiences for my students that will help them remember learning is fun.
I want to empower my students through art by having them create throughout the year about topics we have learned. I also want to teach my students to create animations through computer programming, using websites such as Scratch.
Our school has a set number of computers, which 18 classes have to share. We are only allotted a short amount of time on the computers each day, and with that time we have to go on a remediation website.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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