Show Notes:

Episode 121 features Leon Tynes (@LeonTynesJr), an ISTE award-winning STEM educator from Phoenix, Arizona. During the episode, we discuss how educators can use pandemic teaching and learning to their advantage, how to best prepare students to be ready for the future, and best practices for implementing STEM and project based learning.

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About Leon Tynes

Leon Tynes is the technology and computer science lead educator at the Academy of Math and Science Desert Sky in Phoenix, Arizona. For the past eleven years, Tynes has used a flipped classroom approach to maximize learning in the realms of 3D modeling, digital media, mobile app development, and computer science courses. Dedicated to immersing his students in all aspects of technology, he has successfully integrated science and engineering concepts, which has led to numerous student awards. He has a passion for habitat and climate issues and wishes to develop authentic projects to broaden students’ global awareness in STEM.

“My focus has always been in urban education and equity in computer science and technology,” Tynes says. “I have a significant amount of experience with students creating nonfiction media dealing with contemporary social issues. Imploring students to research contemporary issues that directly affect their communities and their potential to explore college and substantive careers is a priority of my pedagogy.”