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Dissertation Proposal Approved!!

I cannot say enough about these people and how much I enjoy working collaboratively with these youth leaders except Thank You!

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#inclusion in PowerPoint

PowerPoint is adapting and including and I appreciate it. If you have not upgraded to Office 2016, there are some new inclusive features. I have been inspired this week after listening to Kat Holmes on MarketPlace and the launch of her new book: Mismatch: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/mismatch. The cover is decidedly high contrast and her presentation for […]

Dr. Wrenchey? Done!

I was able to leverage a program I love into years of graduate coursework at Northeastern University and an action research plan and dissertation.

CS Education Week 2019

This is a wrap-up of a successful community outreach week of CS activities, and a preview to see what we will …But this is also an open invitation to help you replicate this kind of leadership in your own community.

Northeastern Research

It is a privilege to get to practice at Tesla STEM High School and do research at the same place with students and former students. For adult alumni, you have been directed to this website. Will you complete the survey below? (please see the unsigned consent before completing) If you feel able to participate in […]

STEMReach grants

For years we have hosted a community based outreach program. Students volunteer to lead programs and we have hosted middle school programming workshops for girls, maker events, and even some challenge activities for elementary school students. My high school student leaders would deliver the content and attendees would experience the inspiring, relevant programming instructions by […]

Genius Hour: Reflecting on a successful student-driven solution

To cap off my 2017-2018 school year, I attended ISTE in Chicago and delivered a poster session on a Genius Hour adaptation I did with my 9th grade students taking AP Computer Science Principles. What was remarkable about that event is that I was blessed with two gifts: Microsoft Education program has an application process […]

Arduino+Maker Project Iterations

I am learning each year how to improve the project and how to adjust the workload for these emerging project managers

Guest Blogger: Anne Lee

Anne Lee wrote the post below before she knew her team’s work would be featured on HuffingtonPost: “We can’t vote, but we can have an impact”, 2/22/17 She has a sincere desire to improve the world in which she lives. These are her words: ******* A polar bear cub. Stranded on an Arctic raft of […]

Virtual Reality Applications

My brain started swimming with possibilities with using VR in elementary and middle school classrooms