Tritt Elementary School's STEM journey began six years ago. We use the word journey to describe the changes we’ve seen over the past six years because STEM education is a process which takes time to develop.
Regardless of geographic home base, time constraints, or budget, every teacher and student has the imagination to explore an unknown place in space or time.
Referred to as a “redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture,” Dr. Maya Angelou gave people the freedom to think about their history in a way they never had before.
At Dunwoody Elementary School, we are always striving to bring real world solutions to real world problems. As the computer science teacher, I take seriously that students come to me for a heaping dose of technology.
From professional learning communities to professional development, teachers are in constant collaboration to create common units and assessments, measure and compare data, and engage in reflection all to better the learning of their students. Collaborating regularly with teachers outside of one’s own school or even grade level, however, can be difficult when planning times are limited and staggered.
All students at King Springs Elementary School attend Art. We are divided into two campuses and I teach our 2nd-5th graders, which is approximately 600 students every 4 days.
Dunwoody Elementary School in DeKalb County is the third elementary school to be Georgia Department of Education STEM Certified. We began our process to become STEM certified in 2011 and became state certified in 2014.
When Downton Abbey finished its run in March of 2016, a chapter of my life ended too. Before I became the Chief Blogger of the Desperate for Downton blog and hosted live online chats during broadcasts of the show, I was a mild-mannered Web Content Editor.