by Mrs. Nerkizian | Jun 3, 2016 | 21st Century Thinking, Cool Stuff, Games
Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. In 1931, the Merriam-Webster dictionary adopted the phrase “Rube Goldberg” as an adjective which means accomplishing something simple through complicated means. You can...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Oct 25, 2014 | 21st Century Thinking, Technology
Infusing Tech Into the Common Core FETC Edition – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Oct 24, 2014 | 21st Century Thinking, Technology
Check out this post called 21 Things Every 21st Century Teacher Should Do This Year by Carl Hooker, Director of Innovation and Digital Learning in Austin, Texas. Which of these concepts or ideas would you find relevant and want tackle...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Oct 11, 2013 | 21st Century Thinking, Holidays, Social Studies
Monday, October 14th is Columbus Day. It is a national holiday to celebrate Christopher Columbus and his arrival to the new world. Before we started working, the children were asked to think about their preference about working on tasks. They were...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Oct 7, 2013 | 21st Century Thinking, Collaboration
Off the top of your head, how many things can you think of that are red? The same question and challenge was posed to the children last week as the gateway to an ongoing activity to facilitate their discovery of how people successfully with...
by Mrs. Nerkizian | Apr 29, 2013 | 21st Century Thinking, Math, PBL
We have been spending the last few weeks learning about data analysis through a learner-active approach called Problem Based Learning. In this case, the "problem" that the children are working on is surveying their classmates to find out which supplies...
