Fall 2006
BrainPop.com - Official Sponsor of PS261 LEGO Robotics Team NanoRama
Spring 2006
Teacher's Network - Power to Learn Ready Set Tech Grant
LEGO Robotics: Measuring Speed
http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/reilly
These grants were recently cited in an article in New York Teacher:
At the recent annual awards ceremony held at the McGraw-Hill headquarters, Teachers Network again honored projects chosen as ěrepresenting the creativity and commitment of New York City public school teachers.î
Just such a project in the category of classroom-tested, Web-based curriculum units is Maureen Reillyís LEGO Robotics: Measuring Speed. And now it, too, is part of the gold mine.
Reilly, a 4th-grade teacher at PS 261, Brooklyn, who became a teacher after 10 years as a writer and producer for commercials and Web sites, designed her plan to develop math, science, technology and literacy skills for grades 3-6. All the details of the plan, which she describes as ěgrounded in real-world problem solving and fun,î can be found at www.maureenreilly.com/robotics.
Like many of the stars in the Teachers Network, she is a multiple winner. She panned the Network gold mine to ěgo creativeî with a pre-existing unit and won Teachnet Adaptor Grants for her Celebrating Explorers and Help Save Wilbur. Reilly, a second-year teacher, said, sheís at work on another project for the spring ěbecause I love writing curriculum.î
Teacher's Network - Adaptor Grants
Celebrating Explorers
http://teachersnetwork.org/adaptors/reilly/reilly1.htm
Help Save Wilbur
http://teachersnetwork.org/adaptors/reilly/reilly2.htm
Spring 2006 & Fall 2006
Donor's Choose.org
iPods for Struggling Readers Part 2 - 2 iPod Shuffle's to load audio books to help struggling readers
iPods for Struggling Readers Part 1 - 2 iPod Nano's to load audio books to help struggling readers
December 2005
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE - Teamwork Award
PS 261 Team "WaterWorks" @ FLL Brooklyn Tournament
Download story from the PS 261 PTA Newsletter
