Barnett Elementary - Amaya Flint
Amaya Flint, a fifth-grade teacher at Barnett Elementary, stated, “I received a grant from the Nebo Education Foundation to buy headphones for all Barnett students. These headphones will be so helpful to students as we refine our practices with blended learning. We will use the headphones for iReady, math, and reading each day. We will also have students listen to books on MyOn.com, Sora, or Epic. In the younger grades (K-3), students will utilize headphones while completing their daily required 20 minute sessions of Imagine Learning. Students also have the opportunity to create videos on Adobe Spark that require them to record their voice to narrate a writing assignment. Also, we record students in their independent reading so they can hear themselves and increase their fluency, which is an important component for DIBELS assessments. As a teacher, I know how powerful blended learning can be, and I am so excited to be able to use more programs in my classroom with these headphones. We, as a Barnett faculty, are so excited to use the headphones in the near future and to the Nebo Education Foundation for giving us this wonderful opportunity!”