September 2012
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WatchLOOK WHAT’S COMING TO WORLD MAKER FAIRE - The Nerdy Derby is a Pinewood Derby-inspired no-rules* car building and racing competition brought to you by students from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. This will be the first ever Nerdy Derby and everyone can build a car and enter the race. Awards will be handed out for: The Underdog, The Tricked Out, The Delicious, The...
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Tips for Teachers
The final post in our back-to-school tips for teachers comes courtesy of Scott Wayne Indiana, a Content Developer in NYSCI’s Design Lab:
I taught high school math for ten years and the first day of every class involved very little math. I wanted to get to know the students as individuals, as fellow humans. I wanted to hear from each of them. The seeds for the classroom community were...
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Tips for Teachers
Our next back-to-school tip for teachers comes courtesy of Deliz Vasquez, a fifth grade teacher in Hunts Point:
One thing which I find very helpful is having a “Best Practice” notebook when I visit classrooms, attend meetings, conferences, or professional development. This way I can implement some strategies in my own classroom.
See the complete series of teacher tips here.
For more...
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WatchLOOK WHAT’S COMING TO WORLD MAKER FAIRE - The Power Racing Series makes its NYC debut at NYSCI, with teams from across the country racing power wheels cars that they’ve stripped down and rebuilt using open source technology and tools. The catch? The budget for the build can’t exceed $500.
Like all great Maker projects, it’s wild and it’s educational. Encouraging...
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Teacher Tips
Week two of the school year! We kick off with another installment of back-to-school tips from teachers for teachers. Today, from Amanda Solarsh, 7th Grade science teacher at Simon Baruch Middle School:
Revamp rules, routines and procedures and rethinking classroom setup to start fresh.
[[MORE]]For instance, take a second look at how labs are setup to make sure bumpy transitions are minimized....
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LOOK WHAT'S COMING TO WORLD MAKER FAIRE - Speakers...
Bre Pettis and Chris Anderson headline the World Maker Faire speaker series. Check out the highlights of who is speaking at World Maker Faire, with talks and how-to workshops from the leaders in the maker movement speaking about science, technology, art, and more.
Bre Pettis from MakerBot Industries and Chris Anderson from Wired and 3D Robotics, and author of Makers: The New Industrial...
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Tips for Teachers
Our third installment of back-to-school tips from teachers for teachers, courtesy of Gina Tesoriero, 7th Grade Special Education teacher at Simon Baruch Middle School:
One thing that I like to do to prepare for the upcoming year is to identify one thing that I did well last year and one thing I would like to improve. This way I can set a professional goal for the school year and start thinking...
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Tips for Teachers, from Teachers
Today’s back-to-school tips courtesy of Jill Fonda, teacher at The Beacon School:
While I’m by no means a veteran teacher (this will only be my fourth year), I’m happy to share some of my thoughts for the high school teachers out there: —Smile. A lot of teachers will be super-strict the first few months of school to ensure that students don’t take advantage, but...
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Day One: Buy-in, Breathe, Begin
It’s back-to-school season! To all the educators out there, welcome back and good luck. To kick off the year, NYSCI asked some of our teacher collaborators for tips and tricks that set the tone for a successful (and sane) school year.
We’ll check in a few times over the next few days. If you want more classroom resources from these teachers, all of them are also contributors to Teachers...
