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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 […]

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 […]

From a STEM Student’s Eyes: Darrington-STEM

Guest blogger: As I look outside the bus window in the morning, the scenery flies by. We pass by more industrialized cities with Targets, Boeing plants, and large stadiums. Soon, the landscape morphs into gorgeous views as we drive by flowing rivers and giant Douglas fir, and even spot two bald eagles. This is how […]

MinecraftED by students

Tesla STEM High School and Darrington Middle School have started something mutually beneficial. We are partnering together to create more opportunities for mentoring and delivering effective training and future planning. High school students from our high school traveled to Darrington Middle School students and broke into teams to teach coding applications, and provide a community […]

Drop Down Menu for Rubrics

I consider myself an evangelist when it comes to Excel. I love it when teaching students the application and they get excited about the charts they create. I was making bedazzling charts long before infographics. That being said, after all this time, I have finally started creating drop-down lists in Excel. I love the functionality […]