“The Miracle of Life”
In my first grade class we will do a unit on different life cycles. I want my students to experience this first hand with the lifecycle of a chicken. I want to not only capture the hatching of the chickens through technology, but also engage my students through the daily progression by helping to monitor the temperature and…Read More

TITLE: Creative Connections, an ensemble approach to student creativity through jazz improvisation.
In music ensemble courses, students are generally engaged in performing and responding to quality music, but what about CREATING? Through jazz improvisation 9 students can “compose while performing.” This project focuses on developing stu…Read More

Project Summary: We Speak Robot
As an enrichment to the Introduction to Computer Coding enrichment opportunity for grades 3-5, students will be introduced to the Dash and Dot robot and be given the challenge of completing a multitude of tasks utilizing their gained skills and knowledge of computer programming. Students will work in small…Read More

Here is a podcast that one of my Journalism students put together. Dr. Michael Melton and I are discussing the grant we will be collaborating on.

Project Title: Social Studies Comes Alive!

I love Social Studies. I love every detail when it comes to learning about our history and heritage of how and where we were started. This grant is for my students’ success in applying all different types of learning styles in the classroom. With this grant, I will be able to bring Social Studies…Read More