by Lisa Maples | Sep 17, 2025 | Education, Faith, sin
During one of my third grade classes recently, I focused my lesson on how sin entered our world. In the previous lesson in our Makerspace, students created a “snake repellant hat” based on the book “Rosie Revere, Engineer”. After seeing their amazing and fun hats, I...
by Lisa Maples | Sep 7, 2024 | Education, Faith, Heart, Prayer
Teaching at a Christian school is new territory for me. I was a public school teacher for 31 years, retired at the end of the last school year and became a STEM Makerspace Facilitator at a private school as of August 1. Adjusting to a new school takes some time, but I...
by Lisa Maples | Mar 18, 2024 | Education
“At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” ― Maya AngelouWhen you’re a teacher standing with dozens of other teachers at a conference and you hear, “You were my teacher!”, you may not think...
by Lisa Maples | Nov 7, 2022 | Education
Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade either in person or on TV is a tradition of American households. It all began in 1928 when Macy’s asked puppeteer, Tony Sarg, to design the high flying floats that evolved into what we see today. Beloved book and...
by Lisa Maples | Mar 8, 2020 | Education, Effectiveness, future
“It is a dangerous game when in the name of innovation we decide that the skills of the past have no place in our future.” by Weston Kieschnick, March 5,2020, NCTIES Keynote 2020 I experienced an amazing speaker at the #NCTIES2020 Conference on March 5 and...
