Tag Archives: Technology

NorthEast Wi-Fi Center @ Wellington Chew Senior Center

For Cobra families in the 79904 the City Parks & Recreation will launch Wi-Fi centers for those without access or with limited access. Below is a map of where to find the NorthEast location to connect which is at the Wellington Chew Senior Center located 4430 Maxwell Avenue. For more information contact (915) 212-0423. Wi-Fi centers will be available from 8AM to 6PM, Monday – Friday and 9AM to 2PM on Saturdays. There are a number of other locations throughout the city that will provide access as well. Please see the following link to the article titled ‘City Parks & Recreation launches Wi-Fi centers for those without access’ posted by KTSM: CLICK HERE

Virtual Beat Making Workshops for Youth

The following are virtual beatmaking workshop opportunities for students ages 10-18 provided by a non-profit group Today’s Future Sound. During the 2017-2018 school year, the El Paso Independent School District launched their Power Up initiative providing 15,000 MacBook Airs for high school and middle school students throughout the city. This provides students in our district with a way to access digital resources and a unique opportunity in 2020 to connect with Today’s Future Sound, a non-profit educational program that develops and enhances the student experience with technology through creative expression techniques such as beatmaking.

The trainings below provide students with the opportunity to learn from educators that work with children and youth all over the world. Today’s Future Sound provides hands-on beat making and music production instruction as an outlet of creativity, personal expression and critical thinking. More information is available at their website todaysfuturesound.org. Below are fliers and registration links that detail the days and times that the program is provided during this pandemic time virtually. Please keep in mind that the times noted on the fliers are Pacific Time which for Mountain Time would be one hour ahead in El Paso. So 11AM start time, is 12PM (noon) here. If you’d like additional information or need help completing registration I’d be glad to help. You can reach me at mrLeebooks@gmail.com or Ltrhyane@episd.org…especially for students attending Canyon Hills Middle School, I teach at Canyon 6th grade Cobra Tech Academy and 7th Grade English.

Registration Ages 13-18: click here

 

Registration Ages 10-12: click here

 

Registration Ages 10-17 (Girls & Female-Identified Youth): click here

Age of Distraction: Why It’s Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus

Here’s a quote from Daniel Goleman, a psychologist, author and science journalist. You can read the entire article by visiting this link click here. It’s important to encourage children to think about ways they can focus or pay close attention to activities connected to reading, writing, and focusing on a specific tasks that will benefit their learning. Especially during this age of distraction.

“The real message is because attention is under siege more than it has ever been in human history, we have more distractions than ever before, we have to be more focused on cultivating the skills of attention,” said Daniel Goleman, a psychologist and author of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence and other books about social and emotional learning on KQED’s Forum program.

Age of Distraction: Why It’s Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus click here