Program Extras
Breakout Activities
I have developed breakout rooms alone and in collaboration with Kalama Teachers. Devising the puzzles to align with curriculum presents quite a challenge, but I think it's a blast. Breakout games I worked on included Global Read Day 2016 (Suehiro, Thomas and Farm participated), The Giver with Renee Ostermiller and Shannon Spicola, and The Outsiders with Mrs. Ramirez and Mrs. Ostermiller. Breakout rooms have become one of my most popular services. I love to create challenging puzzles based on your curriculum!
Spheros Maze
Chromadepth 3D Art Activity
Hour of Code
Optics Kit
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Holocaust Museum
The purpose of the Holocaust Museum is to foster a personal connection with someone who experienced the Holocaust firsthand. Students choose a person, carry their card from station to station, and read about their life chapter by chapter. As their story unfolds, the student answers thought questions intended to build a human connection, foster empathy, and make the learning experience immediate and engaging.
The project was sparked by a conversation with 8th grade English teacher Shannon Spicola last year while we collaborated on her Holocaust unit. I originally wanted to do the activity in Aurasma Augmented Reality app, but its image recognition software was too rudimentary so I had to switch to QR. I am using materials developed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, with permission, of course, and sourced from https://www.ushmm.org/ . I have chosen and curated stories from the lives of young Holocaust victims from a variety of different backgrounds, both survivors and those who did not survive, to give students a personal experience of their lives. My Virtual Holocaust Museum is an experiential learning activity in which students view a short film about the Holocaust, then get an I.D. card, then follow that person's story through four chapters posted in stations throughout the library. The Students answer thought questions after each station and at the reflection station at the end. I have also developed a playlist of classical music to set the tone (wistful, sad, sometimes hopeful, but never maudlin) while students are visiting the museum.
