Illuminated Heart Boxes In today’s post we are honored to have Catie Nasser sharing her Illuminated Heart Boxes, an origami project that students of many ages may enjoy (with varying levels of scaffolding). Catie Nasser is a tech-savvy K-6 art educator who dabbles in a variety of creative pursuits, ranging from papercutting, printmaking, paper engineering, […]
Shiela Lee’s Top 10
A List to Teach By Recently, we caught up again with Shiela Lee, STEM teacher and technology coordinator at Beekman Hill International School, PS 59, New York City, and picked up where we left off with the Featured Educator writeup. This time we opened up the discussion so we could learn more from her on […]
Featured Educator – Shiela Lee
Master teacher and coding instructor Shiela Lee works in New York City. A certified special education and general education instructor, she spoke with us about her teaching practice, her professional networks, and work she’s done with paper circuitry in her classroom. As she says, “teaching and coding require patience, persistence, and creativity.” CHIBI: Tell us […]
Featured Educator – Darshell Silva
Longtime crafter, educator, and recent Chibitronics Teaching Ambassador Darshell Silva joined us this year at the Pathfinders 2021 Summer Institute, enrolling in the Level 2 track. Enjoy this Q&A and learn how books, paper, information skills and a deep appreciation for multiple literacies in Maker Education comes together in her work at a middle school […]
Featured Educator – Trish Ryan
Introducing Trish Ryan, our first Chibitronics Ambassador from Australia and award winning educator! My name is Trish Ryan and I have been teaching for more than 20 years. I have taught K-12 in many different disciplines. Since 2012 I have been teaching at Wilkins Public School in Marrickville, NSW, Australia. I am a classroom teacher and […]
Featured Educator – Phet Pease
We recently asked a few teachers who attended our course at Infosys Pathfinders’ Winter Institute to share some advice with the teachers attending our Virtual Summer Institute course. Khamphet “Phet” Pease is an award-winning STEM teacher, who has taught at Wilson Middle School in San Diego for the past 14 years. She teaches 6th-8th grade […]
Featured Educator – Chris Awad
We recently asked a few teachers who attended our course at Infosys Pathfinders’ Winter Institute to share some advice with the teachers attending our Virtual Summer Institute course. Chris Awad has been teaching for eight years. He currently teaches technology to pre-K through 8th-grade students in an urban inner-city district in New Jersey. He has […]