Welcome to my blog! My name is Angelica and I am a first-year elementary school-based technology specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). Prior to this new role I taught second grade for seven years at Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). During my years as a second grade teacher I gained experiences and knowledge with integrating technology into the classroom curriculum. I love teaching students especially when it involves integrating technology. Throughout those years I not only taught students about various computer science tools but I also coached and mentored teachers and teammates in how to integrate those tools into the curriculum. In addition to teaching second grade, I also led an after school program, called PROPEL, for fourth and fifth grade teachers that provided students with STEM opportunities while developing higher-level thinking skills. PROPEL students were able to gain knowledge and experience with coding and robotics. All of these experiences allow me to be knowledgeable with coding, robotics, and computer science programs and tools. With my new role at FCPS, I'm able to use that knowledge and experience to teach, mentor, and coach both students and staff about these wonderful computer science programs and tools.
In these series of blogposts, I will be discussing the book Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas (2nd generation). I am looking forward to reading the book and discussing how computation offers a practical way of developing problem-solving and quantitative reasoning skills for children. With technology changing everyday, I am excited to read about and discuss the ways computers can help us learn and gain computer literacy through computation. I'm interested to read how computation teachers children to think creatively and clearly. I'm so excited to read Mindstorms and apply what I learn from the book to my new role as a school-based technology specialist! Join me in my journey as I discover how computation teaches children to think creatively and clearly, in addition to allowing children to develop problem-solving and quantitative reasoning skills!
Congratulations on the new role Angelica! Your enthusiasm and excitement shows in your blog. this combuned with your knowlede ensures that you'll do well!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mike! I've had my first two weeks and it's been wonderful learning about the district, role, and how I can support teachers as an SBTS!
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