This school is so cool! It is an Ag-Tech school, meaning agriculture and technology. It is in the middle of America's bread basket. This school is all about project-based learning. Each classroom has a farm family that adopts them and they go out to those farms and have meaningful, relevant hands on lessons that incorporate both the sciences and math. Classrooms are outfitted with SmartBoards, Elmos and laptops. The school has a Weather Bug that is connected to the local news station so that students can get real-time information. Here is a link to a video made by the school that explains what they have to offer to their students.
What I love about this school is how engaged the kids are. It seems that they are really into meaningful learning. The teachers and kids seem eager to be there and the school also seems to have strong family values. I was so interested in this school that I googled it for more information. This is the kind of place that I would love to work at!
I love the idea of an Ag School! How cool is that? Growing up in a big city you don't realize that more people grow up in a rural areas than not. I would love to have a class like that! Don't they have family vacations that you can work the farm but with no technology? How about a family farm vacation with technology!? Huh? Right!!! (This is my fun comment. I'll try to be responsible in my other comments!)
ReplyDeleteOh Annie. You are too funny! I can totally hear you saying that! Wouldn't it be great to work at a school like that? I have always wanted to live in the country! We actually went to a "working farm bed and breakfast" with the kids last year. It was so much fun! I am sure there must be a techy farm out there that we could visit...maybe a computerized dairy farm??
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