The 3rd grade GATE students at Glen Iris Elementary School are learning how to use their creativity and originality. They are learning to strengthen these skills by creating original inventions. The students know that originality and creativity are essential for progress and is also used to solve problems. They will use their originality and creativity in January 2016 to create and build their own, original inventions. However, they got a little taste of creating in December. Look at these original, creative inventions! Thank you to their teacher Mrs. McElroy for inspiring her students to think creatively!
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Students in Mrs. Acklin's GATE classes went to the Samford Planetarium on a field trip. Students reflected on their experience in field trip form. Thanks so much to Mrs. Acklin for sharing these comic strips with us!
This Thanksgiving my family gathered around after we ate and did something different. Instead of falling asleep, going to a movie, or beginning Christmas decorations we listened. We listened to the eldest members of our family, my grandparents MaryAnn & Bill who are both in their 90s. We asked them questions and revisited all of our favorite stories. And we now have the conversation on record. It is in StoryCorps' vast library of stories told by all kinds of Americans. To learn more about StoryCorps, watch this video by founder Dave Isay to understand more about their mission. What does this have to do with TED? Well- StoryCorps was a winner of the TED Prize, and with their prize they have created the Great Thanksgiving Listen, which inspired me to sit down with my family.
Check out this TED-Ed Lesson on this historic event: "What if Anne Frank hadn’t kept a diary? What if no one could listen to Martin Luther King’s Mountaintop speech? What if the camera hadn’t been rolling during the first moon landing? Actively listening to the voices of the past and the people who matter to us is important, and StoryCorps wants you to lend your voice to history, too. Here's how." |
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