As a parent, I care deeply about how my kids own their habits of learning. In grade school, I received the gift of violin lessons from age five through high school. Looking back, my capacity for music making has become one of my most cherished life skills. Music is just Read more…
Hello, friends. As our family tries to adapt to the new normal and the COVID pandemic, I wanted to start reflecting on how our family plans to promote a learning culture. Over the years, InspiredToEducate.NET has taken on the mission of helping students love learning through making, tinkering, and engineering. Read more…
Hello. In this post, I wanted to share a word of thanks to all teachers and professors. Over the years of being married to a college professor and writing this blog, I continue to grow in respect and appreciation for all teachers. The world has become a hard place. The Read more…
In my view, one of the best educational and community hacks of all times is the library. Why? They are organizations devoted to growing minds through books. Books have the ability to send us to new worlds of adventure, help us consider diverse perspectives, and exercise our imagination. Today, I Read more…
In November 2017, I had the honor of speaking at DevFest Florida, a community organized developer conference focusing on Google technology. I had an amazing time at this conference. You can check out my reflections on this experience at GDGCentralFlorida.org. Readers of InspiredToEducate.NET know that we’re passionate about helping students Read more…
I wanted to give a shoutout to one of my favorite “hands on” learning organizations in Macon: Real Impact Center. Real impact center focuses on helping to inspire the next generation of young ladies to consider careers as science and technology professionals. Given that women are underrepresented in STEM career fields, Read more…
I have to confess that I love music and code. When I get to share my two favorite things in one package, it gets me excited. In previous blog posts, I had talked about an amazing tool called Sonic-Pi for introducing music theory and computer science. While preparing this blog Read more…
Happy Holidays everyone! We wanted to share a few memories and pictures from our community outreach in 2016 and workshops. We’ve also included pictures from our road trip to Atlanta Maker Faire. We’re very thankful to our team and community members who continue to grow Macon as a Maker Read more…
Hi, friends! Hope that you and your family have a very Merry Christmas. Last week, we celebrated National computer science week. In schools over the world, kids and adults had their first exposure to the fundamentals of computer science: putting commands in order, looping, breaking problems into smaller parts, and Read more…
In our classes for young makers, we discuss how digital fabrication technology will be a game-changer. In future work, more jobs will involve converting digital content into physical things through technologies like 3D printing, CNC, and other similar technologies. Students love playing video games and enjoy the opportunity Read more…