Highline School District issued the following announcement.
Distance learning does not stop Highline students from tackling at-home projects and hands-on learning. It just takes a lot of planning, extra support, and well... technology!
Computers and home internet connections allow teachers like Tyee High School’s Nancy Pappas to connect with and teach students in her Trades Academy class.
“Surprisingly, our Trades Academy class is going well – we are finding creative ways and partnering with local businesses to make learning happen,” Pappas says.
She teaches pre-project safety training and the tool identification and operation components online using Zoom and YouTube.
The actual, hands-on building is trickier. 22 students received work gloves, safety goggles, carpenter pencils, nails and pre-cut lumber to make birdhouses and planter boxes. Pappas relied on some amazing volunteers and donated scrap lumber to put together the take-home building kits.
Pappas is planning for more at-home projects in the future including building a tool carrier and an outdoor chair made out of 2x4s.
“We are having fun in spite of not being in the shop with all the cool tools and materials!” she says.
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