Episode 19:
The Empowered Student
iTalks 19: The Empowered Student
Current and Former Anderson Five Students
April 2022
The podcast intro music was composed by Jayden Acker, an 8th grader at Southwood Academy of the Arts.
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"The teachers that showed that they cared about my passions and what I really cared about made me more eager to start the project they wanted me to do, and made me do a better job for them." ~ Lila Cromer
Empowering with Music
Fractions? Ancient Egypt? The Dearth (and Death) of Recess? No problem; any topic goes.
Put it in song and transform your classroom, all while reinforcing an important unit AND providing a stealth creative writing exercise.
Flocabulary has hundreds of lessons, aligned to standards, which infuse the power and engagement of hip hop music into the curriculum. For Anderson 5 teachers Flocabulary is free and accessible in Classlink. For other is not free but it does have a free trial which give you access to hundreds of videos and activities.
Want more premade songs??? Click here for Songs from Kim Bearden of the Ron Clark Academy and some of our very own Anderson 5 Teachers.
Content and Grade Levels vary.
Want to EMPOWER students with music in a different way read THIS ARTICLE from Edutopia.
Empowering with Video Creation
Anderson Five Teachers: DON'T FORGET WeVideo and Flipgrid our free for you and your students video creations!
Snap Circuits® teaches basic engineering, electronics and circuitry concepts by using building components with snaps to assemble electronic circuits on a simple “rows-and-columns” base grid. The resulting projects function like the printed circuit board found in most electronic products.
Snap Circuits are available for all Anderson Five teachers. Reach out to your Digital Integration Specialist to find out more.
