Dawn Olson, NBCT
@dawnolsonaz
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Wife, Mom, Hiker, National Board Certfied Teacher, Tech Geek, Gifted Specialist, AZ Wildcat for Life, Learner! Views are my own; retweets are not endorsements.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined September 2009
Elf games are in progress all over @NorterraCanyon this morning!Thank you Principal Glitter Sparkles (aka Mrs. Milks) & our @NCPTSA elves for bringing holiday magic to campus today!☃️🎁❄️❤️
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What a #CSWeek for @NorterraCanyon SPARK! Multithreading w @MSMakeCode for @chibitronics clips;student-led simple circuit holiday cards & today another @DonorsChoose for robotics kits fully funded thx to @InfyFoundation & @azedschoolsz So many 🎁 to our gifted program in 2022! ❤️
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$62 to go, might u help with this @DonorsChoose for my 1-5th gifted Ss in Phoenix,AZ. We’ve done a lot of hi tech #STEM work this year & now we need to go old school/ask questions, get out in the field/make observations/collect data/answer questions.
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Help me give my students opportunities to go afield with science. We want to explore our campus for insects, birds, and other wonders of nature with tools scientists use to explore, inspect, observ...
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Yesterday @NorterraCanyon honored veterans with a breakfast & assembly. ❤️ when @DVUSD staff & students bring their own veterans to school, as I hold dear the time my dad came & my son presented him. To all who served to protect the freedoms we hold dear, thank you! 🇺🇸
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The sun set (beautifully we might add) on our final night of @SENG_Gifted Model Parent Group @NorterraCanyon. Thanks to the families who came out on this cold & wet evening. Thanks Adam Laningham @BrightChildAZ for facilitating our group to meet the need of @DV_Gifted families!
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🎉🎉🎉We're celebrating and GIVEAWAY 20 of our STEAM Sample Packs for #NationalSTEMday! Follow and RT by 11/9. Tag a media specialist, instructional coach or teacher friend who you think would love to get a taster of Strawbees! #STEMeducation #giveaway #win
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A great interactive&informative PD last night from @BUILDNational & the #BUILDdesignchallenge! Shared w/@NorterraCanyon & @DVUSD friends too! Thx too for the @DonorsChoose gift card=materials to make the ideate/prototype/test/pitch steps of the design thinking journey more real!
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Great fun @NorterraCanyon 5th & 6th SPARK w/ @CodeJoyEdu live interactive Robotic Haunted House event. Ss saw how robotics from @birdbraintech work & their code ran the robots! Good preview of what’s next-servos & sensors here we come! Thx @InfyFoundation for the opportunity.
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My @NorterraCanyon 1st & 2nd SPARK Ss said “Eureka! Let’s make science labs.” So we did & learned basics of electricity & fluorescence to light them so Esther 🧚♂️ can do nighttime experiments! Thanks again @ashleyspires for your #FairyScience books. They magically inspired us! 🪄
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Oct. is National Principals Month, so 5th SPARK completed a top secret project:Mission Milks! They ❤️ our @NorterraCanyon principal & used microbits to relay that message. One S even coded the tune of A Pirates Life for Me!🏴☠️#extraordinary @DVUSD @microbit_edu @CodeJoyEdu
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1st @NorterraCanyon 22/23 IBMYP Gifted Workshop today!Gifted 7th/8th Ss learning about self-advocacy & rights/responsibilities in their own education. Thx to advocates who joined us: Mrs. Murray @BGHS_DVUSD; Mrs. Yates,SDOHS; Mrs.Baker, Parent; Ms.Tollefson, NC Counselor @DVUSD
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#WorldTeachersDay saw the 🌟✨align @NorterraCanyon SPARK (literally w/microbit starry night coding & figuratively w/funding thanks to: @goguardian Gives for selecting us this month; @Verizon Up for DC gift card codes; & @azedschools for a 2x match maximizing donations! @DVUSD
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“EUREKA!” @ashleyspires 🧚♂️Your gracious gift of 2 fantastic #FairyScience books, autographed to my @NorterraCanyon @DV_Gifted Pirates, arrived!Ss are going to flip out as these 📚, along with The Most Magnificent Thing, will SPARK us to explore, examine & enjoy! Many thanks!🧚♀️💜
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When you hear ice cream truck music outside your class, take a peek! Dreamsicle makings delivered by @NorterraCanyon admin to thank us for “crushing it” in Q1! Top it off w/@CodeJoyEdu Project Trix & @microbit_edu for Gr.5&6+ @KEVAplanks arriving thx to #Lubriderm=1 sweet day!
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Great discussion about Ch.3 Communication & Relationships at the @SENG_Gifted Model Parent Group Meeting @NorterraCanyon! Thanks to Adam Laningham @BrightChildAZ for facilitating our group & to the @DVUSD growing together in this learning.
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Now fully funded with a final donation coming from a student’s piggy bank ❤️ thanks @NorterraCanyon SPARK families, Seed to Read, The Kirkpatrick Family, AKJ Education. DonorsChoose & @twosmartbunnies for alerting me to this matching funds offer for books.Bring on the @WorryWoos!
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Just $18 to go with the 2x match in place for a great collection of social emotional books for my primary grade gifted learners!
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