There’s been lots to write about in the past few weeks, and not enough time to write about it all. I’ll have to play catch up next week sometime when things will be quiet around here. I’ve been super busy this week teaching a “Robotics for Middle Schoolers” class at the local high school. It’s [...]
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We had lots of tech problems yesterday but finally got started. I asked the kids if they remembered me from their trip to the college a few weeks ago and they said “yeah, you are Mrs. Emilee, Rachel, and Matt’s Mom!”
Stuff like this is AWESOME! This is why I teach
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Occupation Professor of Computer Science, Cerro Coso Community College
Previous board experience currently Site Council member & secretary, Inyokern Elementary School
Areas of expertise/contributions you feel you can make:
As a college professor, one of the biggest problems I see from students coming out of the traditional public school system is the inability to engage in [...]
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“It’s a very exciting time for learning. It’s the death of education. But it’s the dawn of learning.”
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On twitter, you can save posts you especially like to a favorites list. Here are some that have caught my attention recently.
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“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
~ Oscar Wilde 1890
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I got an email tonight asking for approval of a computer literacy course outline revision. I’m slated to teach a section of this class in the fall. In past discussions, I’ve expressed a strong opinion that this class should focus on basic concepts and not specific software, something that has been just as strongly opposed. [...]
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(20 mins/session * 77 5th graders/session * 3 sessions in a row) + (legos + robots) + candy = [you do the math!]
It happened again. Over 200 5th graders invaded the college. With a little help, I tossed legos all over a classroom, showed a few robots, talked about sensors, and told them to [...]
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I’ve been playing around with a lot of 2.0 toys lately, trying to wrap my brain around new and interesting ways I could use these in my classes to connect students to each other and to a larger network outside of the classroom. Every time something new comes along I try it out because I [...]
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Every once in a while something clicks and begins to make sense. This morning it happened on my way to work as I was driving on mental auto-pilot. I really am thankful for the 25 minute drive to work because if I lived closer I wouldn’t get the uninterrupted time to think that driving for [...]
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