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Mrs. Shinshiro's Classroom

  • Waiakea Elementary School
  • Hilo, HI
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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  • STEM, STEM, STEM for Our Future!

    Funded Oct 18, 2017

    Thank you for all of your help in funding our first project on Donors Choose. We are preparing our students for a bright and successful future by providing them with diverse exploratory learning opportunities. Our 21st century learners absolutely loved coding their new Dash and Dots with the Kindle Fires and were thrilled about applying what they have already learned about electrical circuits with their new Snap Circuit sets. I am confident that we have sparked a fire in our students curiosity for computer science.

    All of your donations has positively impacted our classroom! The students were so excited to hear that our first project was funded and are anxious to write for more projects in collaboration with me!

    Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much) for your support in helping me to create the most engaging learning opportunities on campus!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Shinshiro

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and one other donor.
  • Snap into STEM Projects!

    Funded Oct 26, 2017

    Thank you for all of your help in funding our first project on Donors Choose. We are preparing our students for a bright and successful future by providing them with diverse exploratory learning opportunities. Our 21st century learners absolutely loved applying what they have already learned about electrical circuits and applying it with their new Snap Circuit sets. I am confident that we have sparked a fire in our students curiosity for computer science.

    All of your donations has positively impacted our classroom! The students were so excited to hear that our first project was funded and are anxious to write for more projects in collaboration with me!

    Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much) for your support in helping me to create the most engaging learning opportunities on campus!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Shinshiro

  • Kindle Fires to Fire Up Our Dash & Dots!

    Funded Oct 18, 2017

    Thank you for all of your help in funding our first project on Donors Choose. We are preparing our students for a bright and successful future by providing them with diverse exploratory learning opportunities. Our 21st century learners absolutely loved coding our Dash robots with the Kindle Fires your generous donation provided. I am confident that we have sparked a fire in our students curiosity for computer science.

    All of your donations has positively impacted our classroom! The students were so excited to hear that our project was funded and are anxious to write for more projects in collaboration with me!

    Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much) for your support in helping me to create the most engaging learning opportunities on campus!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Shinshiro

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and one other donor.
  • Coding Dash and Dots: Preparing Our Students for Their Future

    Funded Oct 6, 2017

    Thank you for all of your help in funding our first project on Donors Choose. We are preparing our students for a bright and successful future by providing them with diverse exploratory learning opportunities. Our 21st century learners absolutely loved coding these Dash robots and I am confident that we have sparked a fire in our students curiosity for computer science.

    All of your donations has positively impacted our classroom! The students were so excited to hear that our first project was funded and are anxious to write for more projects in collaboration with me!

    Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much) for your support in helping me to create the most engaging learning opportunities on campus!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Shinshiro

Today, teaching means preparing our students for jobs that do not even exist yet. The traditional job markets are evolving and becoming very technology-driven and dependent. Industries outside of technology such as: finance, manufacturing, health care, information technology (IT), data analyst, artistry and design, and engineering now have job demands with computer coding skills. This shift has made coding a core skill for our students to be successful in their future. In class my students have been exposed to a very basic level of coding using a free educational website. With these Dash and Dot robots my students will be able to make a physical connection of coding and begin their journey of robotics. Robotics is then offered as an extracurricular next year as a 5th grader, in intermediate, as well as at the high school and collegiate level here in Hilo. Please help me prepare my students for a successful and meaningful future.

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Today, teaching means preparing our students for jobs that do not even exist yet. The traditional job markets are evolving and becoming very technology-driven and dependent. Industries outside of technology such as: finance, manufacturing, health care, information technology (IT), data analyst, artistry and design, and engineering now have job demands with computer coding skills. This shift has made coding a core skill for our students to be successful in their future. In class my students have been exposed to a very basic level of coding using a free educational website. With these Dash and Dot robots my students will be able to make a physical connection of coding and begin their journey of robotics. Robotics is then offered as an extracurricular next year as a 5th grader, in intermediate, as well as at the high school and collegiate level here in Hilo. Please help me prepare my students for a successful and meaningful future.

About my class

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