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Hello and hope you enjoyed reading about all the making and learning that took place this summer. Not sure who had more fun, me or the kids!
My name is Monica Encarnacion. I'm a bilingual elementary school teacher who has been teaching technology to K - 2 students for the past two years. This coming September I will be returning to the classroom as a 2nd grade teacher at Ps274 - The New American Academy at Roberto Clemente State Park in the South Bronx. I feel honored to have been given the incredible opportunity to work with Hive NYC and Maker Corps members this summer as part of my NSLA Summer Pathways for Innovation Teaching Fellowship.
My goal in participating in this project was to learn some new skills and gather some really cool ideas to take back to my classroom. I hope to use these new acquired skills and ideas to foster new and engaging connected learning experiences in my own classroom and provide innovative hands-on experiences for all my students. In addition, I hope to incorporate activities from this summer into my interdisciplinary units of study and align them to NY State Common Core Learning Standards. I think my students will really enjoy exploring and learning about their interests in new ways. I can't wait to bring "making" into my classroom.
I also plan to share my experiences and created materials, videos, lessons, etc. with colleagues on my teaching team and school-wide. Our school model at The New American Academy encourages students to explore the world around them through an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on collaborative inquiry. Our emphasis is on small group activities, peer to peer learning, and team problem solving in order to build critical thinking skills, confidence, voice, self-awareness and communication. All of the hands-on activities that I've taken part in this summer truly lend themselves to the type of learning that we provide for our students at The New American Academy. It is my hope that by sharing all that I've learned I will inspire others within my school community to join the "maker movement" in some way and bring connected learning experiences to their own classrooms.
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