Help me give my students the technology to smoothly and comfortably transition back to full-time in-person school—by using this iPad to create more dynamic connections.
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
I teach in a very special school—the majority of the students are minorities (and did I mention 90% females?). Most of the students come to my school for the special majors that we offer. Not only do these students work hard on the academic courses, but even more so on the major classes they are passionate about. These students have visions: they want to be designers, businessmen/women, entrepreneurs, models, artists, and photographers.
I love how they incorporate the skills they learn from my math class to help them with their work in their major classes, such as using various geometric shapes to aid their fashion design inspirations, manipulating rates/percents to create investment portfolios, etc.
Lastly, I am always moved by how these smart, brave, motivated young ladies work extremely hard to break the barriers of being a minority and/or a female.
I love my students!
My Project
The students have been learning virtually behind the computer screen and relying on the chatbox and emails to communicate with teachers and others. It would be an extremely tough and scary transition for a lot of these young people in September.
I would like to use this iPad to create some activities that we can do to help "break the ice" and slowly build interpersonal relationships with one another.
And at the same time, still provide the virtual option for students to participate if they are not ready to do so in front of the class. Activities that they are familiar with, such as letting them take selfies in captioning their feelings (social-emotional activity), Jeopardy, Kahoots (allowing students to complete activities on the iPad).
More than three‑quarters of 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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