🚀Changing the world by teaching coding👩‍💻 I have been teaching students computer science for 2^4.6 years and am always glad to learn how to do it better!💜

Rhode Island, USA
Joined March 2015
Just when I thought I was finally getting my ducks in a row, THIS. #artisticswimming #olympics2024
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New month, new bewildered rabbits! Tradition says if your very first words of the new month are "RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT", good luck will come your way. Here's a free 12-rabbit-foot bonus, so you are definitely covered luck-wise. #rabbitrabbit #rabbitrabbitrabbit
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Three cheers for Mrs. Patterson who was honored this past weekend in Providence as the 2023 Carol Giuriceo RI Computer Science Teacher of the Year! We’re so proud of you! #PatriotPRIDE
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Love this message I spotted in a classroom this week! #JoyfulLeaders
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CONGRATULATIONS to PHS's very own Ms. Patterson who recently received the @CstaRhode Dr. Carol Guiriceo Computer Science Teacher of the Year award! Ms. Patterson will be recognized at Providence WaterFire on 9/30 for this impressive accomplishment! Way to be Ms. P! #PatriotPride
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CS50x Puzzle Day 2023 is Friday, March 31 – Monday, April 3! Fun. Friends. Fuzzles. Register at cs50.ly/register. Open to all, whether taking @CS50 or not. See cs50.ly/puzzles for all details! #education #community
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When lower regions of the brain are integrated and organized, we can then access the cortex where learning occurs, but we need to feel safe and felt!
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Spotted in a classroom this week. I even noticed a student reading something off of it while working. So good! #JoyfulLeaders #GrowthMindset
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Excellence isn’t... -Doing what you’re told. -Being perfect. -Winning or being the best. -Pretending, playing games or being something that you’re not. Excellence is... -Being your best -Striving to improve. -Doing more than expected. -Working hard at things that matter to you.
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#Maker tip I've shared before - #orbeez water beads conduct. Great for @makeymakey with no/less mess than water.
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The 4 Stages Of Curiosity: Stage 1--Process Student mindset: “Tell me what to do.” From Procedural Knowledge To Self Knowledge: The 4 Stages Of Curiosity bit.ly/2IK1iLh
Replying to @EPPHS
@EPPHS gives out Erasers for the best mistake of the day to her HS Students! Brilliant! Learning how to move from Tech Consumer to Tech Innovator using @scratch @MelrosePS #masscue
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“No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value.” Bertrand Russell #EdChat #SusanColton
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6 Messages Every Student Should Hear On The First Day Of School - bit.ly/2eVczLp
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E Patterson retweeted
What Math Teaching Strategies Work Best? 16 Math Education Experts Share Their Suggestions: bit.ly/2yqYaje Featuring: @joboaler, @alicekeeler, @misterwootube, @mraspinall, @mathgarden, @mathletepearce, @mathdenisnj, and more! #MTBoS #edchat #iteachmath
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How did I not know about this? If, like me, you didn't know, easy @scratch screenshots for class resources: scratchblocks.github.io
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Help us test the Microsoft #MakeCode Offline App this week! microbit.org/testing It's a downloadable version of the online editor - aimed at users with limited or no internet - that can be installed on individual @Windows & @Apple machines & used offline. #microbit #Testers
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The Power Of I Don't Know bit.ly/2vc3yDV
#programming #joke of today! Check out ProgrammingMax.com and take my #scratch beginners programming course!
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And we are eager for Rhode Island to meet Angélica Infante-Green, an educator, leader, and advocate who has dedicated her career to expanding educational opportunity for all students!
I’m thrilled to announce Angélica Infante-Green as my recommendation for Rhode Island’s next Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. ri.gov/press/view/35464
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