Sylvia Acevedo grew up on a dirt road in New Mexico. Her family was poor, living “paycheck to paycheck.” After a meningitis outbreak in her Las Cruces neighborhood nearly killed her younger sister, her mother moved the family to a different neighborhood. At her new school, young Acevedo knew no one. Until a classmate convinced her to become a Brownie Girl Scout. And from that moment, she says, her life took on a new path. On one camping trip, Acevedo’s troop leader saw her looking up at the stars. “I didn’t know that there were planets,” Acevedo remembers, “I didn’t know there were constellations.” Her troop leader pointed out the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and a few planets. Later, when the girls were earning badges, Acevedo’s leader remembered her fascination with the stars and suggested she try for her science badge. Acevedo writes about this pivotal moment in her new memoir, Path to the Stars. She went on to get a master’s in engineering from Stanford University, then became a rocket scientist with NASA, and then, in 2016, was tapped to head the Girl Scouts. She was in Washington, D.C., recently, where I spoke with her about her new book and the relevance of Girl Scouts in an era of declining membership but also national concern about the education of girls. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. In the book, you talk a lot about perseverance. Can you give an example of something you overcame? I’ll tell you about my high school counselor. When she looked at me she saw a female, but she saw a Hispanic girl. And so she said, “girls like you don’t go to college.” But you know what? Water off a duck’s back! I showed her. So don’t let anyone dissuade you with words. Don’t let anyone say you don’t belong. Don’t let anyone do that. Being a rocket scientist was my dream, but everyone has their own dream. I hope girls read this book and get the message, you can live your dreams. Now that Boy Scouts have allowed girls, are Girl Scouts still relevant? Because it’s a girl-only environment, it’s safe. We know how girls learn and lead. We’re the experts in that. The book is being published in Spanish and English. Why Spanish? In my family we spoke Spanish, so I wanted to make sure that girls from families that spoke Spanish would understand the advantages that Girl Scouts give them. When folks think of Girl Scouts, they often just think of cookies. You know we’re incredibly proud of our cookie program. It really is the best entrepreneur program for girls and it’s an amazing financial literacy program. I meet women constantly in the financial sector that told me they got their start through the great cookie program. So we’re very proud of it. It allows us to be independent as well because the money stays local to drive girl projects and also their local councils. But you’re right. You know a lot of folks don’t know about our STEM [science, technology, engineering and math]. We are helping girls learn about cybersecurity, coding and programming. Did you sell cookies when you were a Girl Scout? I was there going door-to-door — to all my neighbors. I was really excited because we were able to make our goal and do all the fun activities. There’s a famous sales technique that my troop leader gave me: She taught me that you never leave the side of a sale until you’ve heard “no” three times, and to this day I live by that. What it taught me was persistence, determination and resilience and I’ve kept that lesson in my life ever since. Favorite cookie? Thin Mints. I love opening a sleeve of Girl Scout cookies. It’s like aroma therapy for me, just smelling that thin mint. I just feel calm. What are some things you’re hoping to bring to the Girl Scouts? What does the future look like? Well, when girls are earning different badges they have all those job skills that are tied directly to what they’ve learned. So imagine, as you earn those badges, that a digital resume is created. So that when you’re going to an employer that you’re able to present your Girl Scout experience in a way that can get you hired. You’ve run your own business, you have made a budget, have great customer service. We’re also really excited about re-imagining how girls represent their affiliation with Girl Scouts. So we don’t even want to define ourselves by uniform. And right now there is a revolution going on in fashion and clothing and wearables. Imagine if we have technology embedded in a shirt. And when you came to another girl that was a Girl Scout that it would identify them. It’s such a great time to be a Girl Scout. Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
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The 21st Student Blogging Challenge beings on October 7, 2018. Registrations are now open! Find out how to register as a class, individual student, or commenter. via Tumblr Register For The October Student Blogging Challenge! Sylvia Acevedo grew up on a dirt road in New Mexico. Her family was poor, living “paycheck to paycheck.” After a meningitis outbreak in her Las Cruces neighborhood nearly killed her younger sister, her mother moved the family to a different neighborhood. At her new school, young Acevedo knew no one. Until a classmate convinced her to become a Brownie Girl Scout. And from that moment, she says, her life took on a new path. On one camping trip, Acevedo’s troop leader saw her looking up at the stars. “I didn’t know that there were planets,” Acevedo remembers, “I didn’t know there were constellations.” Her troop leader pointed out the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and a few planets. Later, when the girls were earning badges, Acevedo’s leader remembered her fascination with the stars and suggested she try for her science badge. Acevedo writes about this pivotal moment in her new memoir, Path to the Stars. She went on to get a master’s in engineering from Stanford University, then became a rocket scientist with NASA, and then, in 2016, was tapped to head the Girl Scouts. She was in Washington, D.C., recently, where I spoke with her about her new book and the relevance of Girl Scouts in an era of declining membership but also national concern about the education of girls. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. In the book, you talk a lot about perseverance. Can you give an example of something you overcame? I’ll tell you about my high school counselor. When she looked at me she saw a female, but she saw a Hispanic girl. And so she said, “girls like you don’t go to college.” But you know what? Water off a duck’s back! I showed her. So don’t let anyone dissuade you with words. Don’t let anyone say you don’t belong. Don’t let anyone do that. Being a rocket scientist was my dream, but everyone has their own dream. I hope girls read this book and get the message, you can live your dreams. Now that Boy Scouts have allowed girls, are Girl Scouts still relevant? Because it’s a girl-only environment, it’s safe. We know how girls learn and lead. We’re the experts in that. The book is being published in Spanish and English. Why Spanish? In my family we spoke Spanish, so I wanted to make sure that girls from families that spoke Spanish would understand the advantages that Girl Scouts give them. When folks think of Girl Scouts, they often just think of cookies. You know we’re incredibly proud of our cookie program. It really is the best entrepreneur program for girls and it’s an amazing financial literacy program. I meet women constantly in the financial sector that told me they got their start through the great cookie program. So we’re very proud of it. It allows us to be independent as well because the money stays local to drive girl projects and also their local councils. But you’re right. You know a lot of folks don’t know about our STEM [science, technology, engineering and math]. We are helping girls learn about cybersecurity, coding and programming. Did you sell cookies when you were a Girl Scout? I was there going door-to-door — to all my neighbors. I was really excited because we were able to make our goal and do all the fun activities. There’s a famous sales technique that my troop leader gave me: She taught me that you never leave the side of a sale until you’ve heard “no” three times, and to this day I live by that. What it taught me was persistence, determination and resilience and I’ve kept that lesson in my life ever since. Favorite cookie? Thin Mints. I love opening a sleeve of Girl Scout cookies. It’s like aroma therapy for me, just smelling that thin mint. I just feel calm. What are some things you’re hoping to bring to the Girl Scouts? What does the future look like? Well, when girls are earning different badges they have all those job skills that are tied directly to what they’ve learned. So imagine, as you earn those badges, that a digital resume is created. So that when you’re going to an employer that you’re able to present your Girl Scout experience in a way that can get you hired. You’ve run your own business, you have made a budget, have great customer service. We’re also really excited about re-imagining how girls represent their affiliation with Girl Scouts. So we don’t even want to define ourselves by uniform. And right now there is a revolution going on in fashion and clothing and wearables. Imagine if we have technology embedded in a shirt. And when you came to another girl that was a Girl Scout that it would identify them. It’s such a great time to be a Girl Scout. Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
From Poverty To Rocket Scientist To CEO, A Girl Scout’s Inspiring Story syndicated from https://buyessayscheapservice.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr From Poverty To Rocket Scientist To CEO, A Girl Scout’s Inspiring Story The 21st Student Blogging Challenge beings on October 7, 2018. Registrations are now open! Find out how to register as a class, individual student, or commenter. via Tumblr Register For The October Student Blogging Challenge! This year I have made an conscious effort to spend more time exploring the free tools that teachers and students can use. One of those tools is the Microsoft Edge browser that includes built-in features for highlighting, annotating, and sharing webpages with your colleagues and with your students. In the following video I demonstrate how to use the highlighting, annotating, and sharing features built into Microsoft Edge. I think you will find that these tools are easy to use, perhaps even easier than using Chrome extensions for sharing webpages. This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers How to Highlight, Annotate, and Share Pages From Microsoft Edge syndicated from https://buyessayscheapservice.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr How to Highlight, Annotate, and Share Pages From Microsoft Edge This year I have made an conscious effort to spend more time exploring the free tools that teachers and students can use. One of those tools is the Microsoft Edge browser that includes built-in features for highlighting, annotating, and sharing webpages with your colleagues and with your students. In the following video I demonstrate how to use the highlighting, annotating, and sharing features built into Microsoft Edge. I think you will find that these tools are easy to use, perhaps even easier than using Chrome extensions for sharing webpages. This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers How to Highlight, Annotate, and Share Pages From Microsoft Edge syndicated from https://buyessayscheapservice.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr How to Highlight, Annotate, and Share Pages From Microsoft Edge Last week I featured some accessibility extensions for Google Chrome. For those who prefer to use Microsoft Edge there are some excellent accessibility options built into that browser. Those options include a read-aloud function and a simplified reading view of webpages. Watch my video that is embedded below to learn how to use the read-aloud function that is built into Microsoft Edge. This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers How to Use the Read-aloud Option in Microsoft Edge syndicated from https://buyessayscheapservice.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr How to Use the Read-aloud Option in Microsoft Edge Last week I featured some accessibility extensions for Google Chrome. For those who prefer to use Microsoft Edge there are some excellent accessibility options built into that browser. Those options include a read-aloud function and a simplified reading view of webpages. Watch my video that is embedded below to learn how to use the read-aloud function that is built into Microsoft Edge. This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers How to Use the Read-aloud Option in Microsoft Edge syndicated from https://buyessayscheapservice.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr How to Use the Read-aloud Option in Microsoft Edge I have t-shirts made from recycled plastic bottles and I bet that your students do too. How did those bottles become the material for t-shirts? Why didn’t the recycling company just make more bottles out of the recycled bottles? And why are those numbers on the bottom of the bottle important? Those questions and more are answered in a new Reactions video, How Plastic Recycling Actually Works. This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers The Process of Plastic Bottle Recycling syndicated from https://buyessayscheapservice.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr The Process of Plastic Bottle Recycling Twine is an open-source program for writing choose your own adventure stories. You can use Twine online or you can download the software for Mac or Windows. I used Twine online to create a short story. To write a choose your own adventure story with Twine online start by giving your story a title. After titling your story you will be taken to a grid canvas on which you can write short passages in a series of sticky notes. Each sticky note should be given its own title. To link elements of your stories you place brackets around the title of note within a note. Each note can be linked to two or more other notes in your story. When your story is complete you can read through it and click through it in your browser. If you use Twine online there are a couple of things you should know before you start. First, there is not a log-in or registration option. Your work is saved in your browser. To save your work permanently, use the “publish to file” option to download your work. Your Twine file can be opened later in your web browser where you can edit it further or simply read through your story. Second, to share Twine stories you will have to email the file to the person you want to read your story. Applications for Education This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers Twine – Write Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Stories syndicated from https://buyessayscheapservice.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr Twine – Write Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Stories |
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