Sierra+Atkins



Sierra Atkins was born in California and grew up in Bend, Oregon. She earned a BA in Spanish from Boise State University and a Master's in Education from Eastern Oregon. She was able to spend a year in Costa Rica as an exchange student during high school. While earning her undergraduate degree, she was also able to spend a semester in the Dominican Republic and Cuba. She loves experiencing our diverse and culturally rich world. She was inspired by her high school Spanish teachers because of their fascinating stories of living and traveling abroad and she hopes to inspire students to experience and enjoy other cultures as much as she does (and be as inspirational as her own Spanish teachers were for her). She has been teaching for the Boise School District for six years. She loves her job because it always keeps her busy. It is new and exciting every day. She values cultural awareness and she challenges her students to look beyond their own non-diverse worlds to experience the wonders that are available, esp. in our ever more connected technologically advanced world. Of course, she would also encourage them to travel as much as possible as well.

Spanish II students will add to this google doc as a warmup activity to their childhood essay. media type="custom" key="8501728" [|Click here to add to this document] Here is an example of a ToonDoo: media type="custom" key="8429456" media type="custom" key="8499986"

Here is an example of a Voki: media type="custom" key="8429470"

Here is an example of a Prezi: media type="custom" key="8429488"

Here is an example student Toondoo: media type="custom" key="8500076"Here I give student feedback using GoView:media type="custom" key="8501810"

Sierra's class wiki links: http://atkinslesbois.wikispaces.com/ http://atkinsspanish2.wikispaces.com/ http://atkinsspanishi.wikispaces.com/Senora