We have learned about how to write grants. I found this very insightful because to me writing a grant seems super intimidating. I like how Dr. Bracey broke it down so it seems doable now. I even want to look for some grants that I could possibly apply for! I really liked doing the activity with two of my colleagues from Fifth Street because I really learn from DOING and it really clicked by looking for possible exercise equipment for our "Fitness @ Fifth Street program. I think all three of us really think the idea would be food for our school, so maybe we could look for a grant to fund it.
After lunch, we learned the basics about coding. I did not realize the importance of incorporating coding into k-12 education before. Now that I see it is like learning a foreign language, especially with Spanish being my subject area, it makes sense to me to teach coding to students as early as possible. With that in mind, I was amazed and excited to see the code.org program that is FREE for teaching k-12 coding! I don't understand why we have not talked about this at our school yet!
I really enjoying doing one of the "unplugged" activities on building a foundation, and hearing about other activities for the courses.
