Hi Guest,
My husband and I moved into our new home a few weeks ago and in that short amount of time we have gone from being able to see straight through the woods with no barriers (except for barren branches) to hardly being able to see past the first few trees now with everything blooming and growing in the lush Spring rain and sunshine. Sometimes we can see the path ahead clearly for miles. Sometimes we can’t. But regardless, we know the visibility will get better if only we keep moving forward. MAD-learn is here and committed to keep moving forward with you, in the service of all of our students, especially in these uncertain and changing times for K-12 education in our country. Please reach out if you want to chat!
– Alefiya Master
We were honored to have two of our MAD-teachers share their brilliant ideas for implementing MAD-learn in their classrooms. Attendees walked away with lots of ideas for how to use mobile app development with elementary and high school students (further proof that you really can use MAD-learn across content areas and grade bands) thanks to Dr. Cassie Zielinski, a STEM teacher at Mountain View Elementary School in Georgia and Victoria McNaughton, a certified CTE teacher in New York who teaches Business and Game Design at Wilson Tech.
Hear them share their insights in our Teacher Takeover video below:
Students in Heather Miller’s engineering class at DeKalb County School District’s Chamblee High School visited Washington, D. C. last week for the annual #HouseOfCode event after winning the Congressional App Challenge for Georgia District 4. Their app, Voting Buddy, provides information on how to register to vote in Georgia, including the process and documents you need to become a registered voter. We’re so proud of these talented students!
Check out more information about their app here.
Summer is right around the corner, which means it’s camp season…app camp season, that is! If you are interested in learning more about the variety of camps we offer, please pick a time here to meet with us to learn more. We offer fun, creative, and engaging camps on everything from career-focused app development to creating an app you wish existed and seeing it come to life. But, don’t take our word for it. One of our campers had this to say about their experience, “I feel great about this project because I was able to make an app that I actually take pride in…”
This past month, we had the pleasure of attending lots of events for the DeKalb County School District, including judging student-created apps for the NFTE Southeast StartUp Tech Showcase with DeKalb County and attending a DeKalb CTAE Advisory Board meeting, where our CEO & Founder, Alefiya Master, got to try her hand at a CAT driving simulation. We also hopped all over New York, visiting MAD-schools from Long Island to New York City as well as the ASSET conference and a Girls Rock STEAM Rockland event.
What do apps and the economy have in common? In Sherilyn Narker’s class at Lakeside High School, everything! MAD-learn had the pleasure of reconnecting with Sherilyn, a former Public Affairs Senior Advisor at the Federal Reserve, who recently decided to head back into the classroom. We had the chance to work with Sherilyn at a professional development, and we were wowed by the app she created – an economics review based on monopoly. Her goal was to use it as a model for her students to create their own economics apps, many of which included a gamified experience for users. Other student-created apps teach users about financial literacy, budgeting, economic rights and the stock market and investing.
Fun Fact: One of our MAD-learn teammates met Sherilyn more than a decade ago during a field trip at the Federal Reserve, when she was still a classroom teacher in Atlanta. We love a full circle moment!
… submitting your student apps for our Annual MAD-learn App Contest! If you are a teacher who has students building MAD-learn apps, this is for you! Submit their apps here by the May 7 deadline. The judging rubric can be found here, for your reference.
