Past projects 11
Essential 8 Technologies Shaping Our Future
Funded Sep 22, 2020The boxes keep rolling in. I feel like it is Christmas everyday. The stem teacher and I are thrilled with everything we received so far. Of course, remote learning has changed our school environment but we are trying our best to set up the items we received.
The robots are amazing, we are adding Cue to our collection of Dash and Dot and we received more Dash robots so that more children can get involved with coding. with such a variety of robots we can use various levels of expertise and scaffold the learning. The ozobots are wonderful for the older grades and because of their smaller size, we can work easily in one room together. There are countless other robots and stem/tech items that we are still unboxing and displaying.
We can't wait to get the 3D printer working and have the children make some fun school items. The 3D Pen/3D Printer Filament will change art completely. To be able to design something in 3D is going to be a wonderful experience. Of course, once the nice weather comes back around we will use the drones. I know the children will love going outside to program them.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
This classroom project was brought to life by PwC Charitable Foundation.Robots - Inspiring Future Engineers
Funded Jun 26, 2020My dream of continuing to grow our collection of robots is happening! The more variety the better!
The Kinderbot is loved by my little ones. There little faces light up just knowing that Kinderbot is in the room. He will definitely help them and inspire them to independently problem solve. As a matter of fact I can't wait to get another one of these robots. He is so colorful, easy to use, sturdy, and well spoken too.
The GraviTrax interactive track system will be used to design and build your own race tracks and experiment with engineering, gravity, magnetism, and kinetics to propel your ball to the finish. I will be sharing this with our Stem teacher as well
Thank you for all of the robots.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
We Love Dash
Funded Feb 5, 2020These robots are wonderful and my students enjoy programming them. Unfortunately, we went full remote so they didn't have a chance to really play with them. Hopefully they will this year. When they do I am sure they will love these robots. I played around with them and I now have an idea of how they work. I also have the programming cards that will come in handy.
Thank you everyone for the wonderful donations. I can't wait until we are all back together in the classroom and can play with the robots.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
This classroom project was brought to life by Endless and one other donor.We Love to Code!
Funded May 6, 2020Thank you so very much for all the donations, love, and appreciation. Especially, when we are all dealing with our own struggles.
I know that these robots will be put to good use when we can finally be together again. I have been playing around with "Dash" and I can't wait to share all the new projects we can do with these robots.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 4 other donors.Computer Science/Stem Books and Subscriptions
Funded May 6, 2020Thank you so very much for all the donations, love, and appreciation. Especially, when we are all dealing with our own struggles.
I know that these books will be put to good use when we can finally be together again. Can't wait to show you all the wonderful donations that we were given.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 5 other donors.Say Hello to Ruby: CS Books & Technolgy Books.
Funded Sep 22, 2019The children are enjoying the books. Thank you very much for the donations. I have read a few so far to them. Click Clack Moo was a big hit! They keep asking me to re-read it!
I plan on starting to introduce the "Ruby ADVENTURES in Coding" soon. I know the children will fall in love with Ruby and her friends. The "Hello Ruby" series is the world's most whimsical way to learn about computers, technology and programming.
I also showed my students the scratch workbooks that we will be using later in December and they can't wait to create some of the projects. They love scratch and they love looking through the many ideas that the book introduces.
Once again thank you for giving the children the opportunity to enjoy the projects and for making the work that we are trying to acheive much more engaging!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
This classroom project was brought to life by Charles Schwab Foundation and 4 other donors.More Robots
Funded Jan 25, 2020My students were thrilled to receive the dash robot as well as the activity cards. Thy can't wait to get started. I can't wait either. This will be a great addition to our botley collection.
The younger children will enjoy the mouse coding math math. Definately a fun unplugged activity. The maze maker mat was also a big hit, my little ones will have hours of fun creating and running through mazes.
I have a couple of students playing around and trying to figure out the Modular Robotics Cubelets Robot Blocks. Looks interesting!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
This classroom project was brought to life by Endless and 12 other donors.Working with a Partner Is Much More Fun!
Funded Sep 18, 2019Wow, what a difference your donation has made to this project. When the children first saw the splitter cables, they were intrigued. They naturally asked "What is that?". I plugged it into the desktop computer and asked two children to plug in their earphones. I pressed the play button on an audio book and they looked at each other and smiled. I did the same thing with three Kindergarten children on the ipads. Same reaction and the the response was "Wow, we can share, thank you!"
The earphone splitters keep partners together through the whole project and accountable. They have to make decisions together, like listening to the book again for better understanding or interpeting the directions they listened to together. I love the splitter cables because sometimes computers go down and when that happens I can have two children sit together and work together easily on one computer.
Two heads are really better than one in our tech lab. The children love working together with a partner on many projects. Especially, Computer Science Scratch projects where they make music and add sounds to their projects. They do not have to pass earphones back and forth anymore. Instead, they sit together, listen, laugh, smile, and react!
Thanks again! We love these splitter cables, it has definitely improved the way we work in the lab.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
Who Wouldn't Want to Code a Robot!
Funded Oct 30, 2019Computer Science week went off without a hitch thanks to your generous donations. My students loved playing with the robots.
The smiles on their faces when they first saw the activity center and Botley was priceless. They programmed Botley to get through an activity center, measure perimeter and area, and to spin.
Some of our older students taught younger students how to program Botley. True learning at its core. I can't wait to continue programing and building robots. And the children can't wait to create more memories and activities with Botley.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 18 other donors.Accessorize the Computer Lab
Funded Sep 18, 2019Thank you very much for all your generous donations for my project "Who doesn't love to sit down and have everything they need already waiting for them." The mouse pads and earphones make it so much easier for the children to get right to work. The children were thrilled to receive these accessories and use them constantly.
In the past, the children had to find, transport, and plug in their own earphones every time they entered the lab. Now, they enter the lab and everything is there for them. which means they will get more time on the computer.
We used to have mousepads but when I took over the lab many were missing or falling apart. The children would get frustrated because navigating without a pad was sometimes difficult. But now, the mouse pads look great and make navigating the mouse much easier. The younger children laugh whenever I say "Make sure your Mouse is in its house."
Once again, thank you for contibuting to the tech lab and for keeping the lab fashionable.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Scalise