Once Upon a Tech

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-eight

In today’s #MorningMeeting Day Twenty-eight our special guests, Izzy, Spicer and Ms. Holden from St. Anne’s-Belfield School share their experiences doing distance learning, being part of a collaborative Robot Design Project with K-4 and their student-led Quest about exploring food insecurity in Charlottesville. The daily challenge is to make a Robot Zine. Find resources here.

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-seven

In today’s #MorningMeeting Day Twenty-seven our special guests, Lily Lin & Raeann Giannattasio from UVA Society of Women Engineers (SWE), share their passion for engineering and how they work to inspire girls in K-12 interest in engineering fields through hands-on activities, design challenges, tours, and speakers. The daily challenge comes from the Virtual STEM Guide they created for doing engineering activities at home. Find resources here.

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-six

In today’s #MorningMeeting Day Twenty-six our special guest, Paige Lindblom, Wildrock Early Childhood Program Director, shares all about the therapeutic nature of play including lots of ideas for family bonding, creative play, and quiet reflection time outside. Resources include the iNaturalist City Challenge and Blue Ridge Builders Lego Challenge. The daily challenge is to create a nature mandala. Find resources here.

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-five

In today’s #MorningMeeting Day Twenty-five our special guest, Debbie Mickle, VPM’s Science Matters Director, gives us a snapshot of how they use the power of TV, radio and the web to “inspire everyone to think about science, to value science and to understand its importance to our future.” Learning Plus TV & VA TV Classroom, Hot Shots & Hot Jobs and the new Social Distance Assistance podcast are just a few of the resources highlighted. The daily challenge is to check out the PBS Design Squad Stuff Spinner. Find resources here.

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-four

In today’s #MorningMeeting Day Twenty-four we are all about books with special guest Kit Ballenger, librarian and book recommender for Wow in the World and Kids Place Live. We also highlight resources from Jason Reynolds and School Library Journal and our challenge is to create a book spine poem or story. Find resources here.

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-three

In today’s #MorningMeeting Day Twenty-three, our special guests Amira, Bela & Linlee (our sign-off challenge winners) share what it’s like from an elementary student perspective to be living and learning during the pandemic. Today’s challenge is to make a mask and we share  resources from Girls Talk Tech, Cville Craft and the CDC to inspire and help you on your way. Find resources here.

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-two

In today’s #MorningMeeting Day Twenty-two we share #PBSKIDSRead with Michelle Obama, Let’s Draw the Gruffalo with Mike Rawls, Code with AR, After the Storm with artist, Kadir Nelson and a creative challenge from Bennett’s Village to draw your favorite place to play!

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Morning Meeting: Day Twenty-one

In today’s #MorningMeeting #DayTwenty-one, our special guest Kayla Wilson, K-4 Science Teacher at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, shares all about the importance of being outside to play and learn. She also offered a bunch of ideas to spark your imagination and including the challenge of the day - a blindfold challenge! Find resources here.

Morning Meeting: Day Twenty

In today’s #MorningMeeting #DayTwenty, our special guest Janine Dozer, executive director of the Virginia Discovery Museum, shares lots of cool resources they have created and shared online including Discovery Detectives, Teddy Bear in the Window and VDM @ Home challenges!

Morning Meeting: Day Nineteen

In today’s #MorningMeeting #DayNineteen, we share learning resources from Amazon Future Engineer program with free CS courses and what it takes to be a Kidpreneur! The creative challenge is the “Unselfie” Idea Challenge from @WagiLabs.