Tenth grade student Alex Taylor was recently interviewed about what it’s like getting ready for the upcoming Service Learning WE/Free the Children trip to Nicaragua. Alex joined LEADPrep after being in a Lake Washington SD choice middle school. What will your group be doing in Nicaragua? Alex: We are going to be helping and learning while… Read More »
Month: January 2018
Archives for January 2018
STEM Cakes!
Cakes aren’t just for gourmets anymore; they are for students of STEM! When you make a cake you use flour, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients. When Dinara Kasko makes cakes, she uses algorithms, mathematical principles, and parametric design! She makes STEM Cakes! Cake Design Dinara is a pastry chef and culinary artist from Ukraine. After… Read More »
The Definition of a Flipped Classroom
The clearest definition of flipped learning that I have seen comes from Robert Talbert on the website Flipped Learning Global Initiative. His definition: Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approach in which first contact with new concepts moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space in the form of structured activity, and… Read More »
