180 Wired & Unwired Ideas for K-6 Teachers
Taught by Vincenzo LaRuina
I am currently a fifth grade teacher in Bay Shore with 11 years of experience. Before becoming a teacher, I studied psychology and elementary education at SUNY Geneseo and photography at FIT. After graduating college, I worked at an advertising agency in NYC for two years, where we created print, radio, and TV advertising for Advil. I then became a math and science teacher in Queens, as part of the NYC Teaching Fellows Program. After a year, I was hired at Gardiner Manor School in Bay Shore, where I happily reside. While at Gardiner Manor, I've travelled to Japan to visit schools in Tokyo and Hiroshima. I also visited polar bears in Canada and received over a dozen grants from small and large organizations for projects ranging from an Italian club to clay animation projects and extra field trips.
Whether you are a new or experienced K-6 teacher, this class will give you an abundance of new ideas to save you time and money in the classroom. Use some or all of the innovative 180 Wired and Unwired Ideas, with the purpose of becoming a more effective, creative, organized, efficient, and tech-savvy teacher.
All ideas are pragmatic and easily implemented covering classroom design, organization, routines, behavior, grading, homework, reading, writing, math, science, social studies, technology, and award-winning websites. You will even learn how to receive free money for class projects and possibly travel during the school year (and get paid for it) through the Department of Education and NOAA.
Above all, use the ideas to make school an exciting and inviting place for your students. This course is appropriate for K-6 teachers in all major subject areas, including art and technology. Bring a pen and notebook and get ready to take some notes because we'll be covering two ideas per minute!
