Teacher, essayist, slam poet, and one of the founding instructors of the Atlanta Young Writers Institute. Fine has facilitated writing seminars nationally in the US and internationally around the world. He's looking forward to bringing his love for creative writing to Singapore.
The course will nurture and support young writers as they explore the art, craft, and practice of storytelling. Writers may grapple and experiment with storytelling in its more classic forms—the novel, the short story, or the poem, for example—or its more eclectic varieties—the graphic novel, flash fiction, or story written in stanza form. While the form will be up to the writer, students will engage in collaborative mini-lessons to guide their independent writing projects.
In her eighth year at SAS and her third year teaching Summer Semester, Jill Carpenter is passionate about math, problem solving, and integrating technology while encouraging students to experience the amazing world of Augmented Reality.
Your child can experience what it feels like to hold a hologram in their hand as we take a journey into the future. Combining Merge Virtual Reality (the place where the physical and digital worlds merge together) with the intuitive educational technology CoSpaces Edu, students will be able to build their own 3D creations, animate them with code and explore them in Virtual or Augmented Reality. Using revolutionary technology to physically connect with any curriculum areas of passion, students will create their own content and use technology in a way that goes further than just consuming multimedia.
Introduction to Merge Cube and the world of augmented reality.
Understanding Merge Cube through the use of apps/games.
Implementation of the Design Thinking process to connect students' areas of passions with Merge Cube creation.
Introduction to CoSpaces and Merge Cube coding.
CoSpaces coding. How to maneuver in 3D space. Introduction to Merge Cube materials. How to Group, Lock, Show Labels, and View Inside.
The CoSpaces Library. How to add 3D figures, animals, buildings, transportation and more to your 3D environment.
CoSpaces animation within the Library.
CoSpaces Uploads. How to add video, audio, and search/add 3D content from the web.
Students will be given time to build their Merge Cube, ask questions, and problem solve.
Coding the Merge Cube using CoSpaces.
Movement, Color Changes, Adding Pop-Up Speech Bubbles, Adding Pop-Up Fact Panels, Setting a Timer to Events, Activating Sound, Multiple Actions at One Time.
Final touches. Uploading and sharing created content.
Students that sign up for additional weeks can continue with Design Thinking and Merge Cube Creation. Students can have multiple "spaces" for their Cubes. Additional weeks will extend students' knowledge of coding, allowing them to create Cubes with multiple scenes and across various content areas.
Kris Munden has been teaching at SAS for five years. He teaches sixth grade math and is passionate about learning.
Have you ever wondered how Apple became…Apple? Would your child like to know what they might need to do to start a successful business? Students will learn the foundations of starting a business and marketing. We'll explore product design, marketing through social media, and more to get a business on its feet.
Idea Generation: What are your interests and passions? How might you take those ideas and transform them into a business?
Market Research: How might you understand your market? Who is your audience, and what do they want? How much are they willing to pay?
Pitching: How might you "sell" your business ideas to others?
Advertising: How might you publicize your product and encourage consumers to buy it?
Business Models and Business Plans: What different models are there to have a profitable business? How might you implement them for your business idea? What needs to go into an effective business plan?
In her fourth year as a Summer Semester teacher, Leah Llamzon currently works with SAS students on their speech, language and social communication skills from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Learning how to cook simple but tasty, cost effective healthy meals and snacks is more important than ever because of the social and advertising pressure of instant, high-fat, high-sugar, low-nutrition fast food. Students in this course will learn how to prepare food that isn't just better for their bodies, but also easier on budget. Students will learn to plan, organize and execute a well-balanced meal as they explore the diverse cuisine of cultures across the globe.
The APEx personal fitness course will be taught in our state of the art conditioning gym and will allow all students to become acquainted with and utilize resistance and functional equipment with the goal of formulating their own fitness program. It will be closely monitored and logged so that students will be able to ascertain their exact fitness levels both before and after training. Training will be modified to fit our students' age and development levels. Our nutrition course will allow students to learn about healthy eating choices and to actually prepare simple meals. Ingredients will be purchased and analyzed for specific healthful qualities. Preparation and cleanup will also be taught.