Can We Do Something Fun? with Amy Waters
Certified: Certiport Educator Podcast
English - October 18, 2023 06:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEducation Technology business career technology certifications education educationconference educationcourses educators students teacher Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How many times do students walk into your classroom and ask, “Can we do something fun today?” Chances are you hear that often. So why not make your class more fun? Amy Waters shows us how.
Amy Waters is a 34-year veteran classroom teacher who currently works at Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana. Throughout her career, she has proven her nerd force bona-fides by teaching diverse subjects from Latin to computer programming. Amy is passionate about constantly creating, adapting, and improving lessons to reach all students. She currently teaches classes in business computer applications; Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator; and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Programming.
In this episode, we talk with Amy about her CERTIFIED 2023 breakout presentation. She talks about why it’s important to incorporate fun in the classroom. Amy gives some of her best fun project successes and failures, plus some advice for how you can keep your students excited and engaged.
“Sometimes you have to give up what you think is going to work and just listen to your students.” If you want your classroom to be more fun and engaging, Amy is here to help.
Connect with Amy for additional ideas and brainstorming: [email protected].
You can catch Amy’s full presentation from CERTIFIED here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGxwoI5kFM.
Get other fun ideas for your classroom on our blog: https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/blog.
Connect with your fellow educators, like Amy, in our CERTIFIED Educator Community here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8958289/.
Don't miss your chance to register for our annual CERTIFIED Educator's Conference here: https://certified.certiport.com/.