Alana Lopez
Bio
Alana has 13+ years in training, teaching, and curriculum/program development. After graduating from San Francisco State University with a BA in Child and Adolescent Development, Alana has designed curriculum for a variety of in school and after programs focusing on Environmental Science, Sports, Life Coaching, Dance, English Language Arts, and English as a Second Language. Alana is a life coach who traveled around China conducting workshops for youth and adults on how to empower oneself to ensure future success. After working and living abroad in Africa, South America, and Asia, Alana decided to go back to school to pursue her Masters. She is currently studying International Education and Educational Technology at New York University. While attending school, Alana works at New York University Stern School of Business developing online trainings for the Undergraduate Advising Department. Alana believes in fostering a hybrid-learning environment using traditional teaching methods intertwined with the use of technology.Locations
Johannesburg 1 Johannesburg 2 Jane Furse Singita Nelspruit Swaziland Durban East London Cape TownI believe a classroom is successful in supporting the achievement of students when it combines both sound pedagogy and technology. The foundation of what was good teaching in the past remains good teaching in the present, and will continue to be good teaching in the future. However, our students today are the Create Generation; they would rather be making something to communicate their thinking rather than other methods of assessment like tests. Technology has the ability to provide many new and innovative ways for students to use their creativity to show what they know.
Workshops
From Paper to YouTube: Giving Students a Voice
Stories are embedded in our social fabric and have been used to teach others formally or informally since the beginning of time. Storytelling is a viable tool in the classroom that can be used for teaching, learning, and assessment. In this hands-on workshop, teachers will learn how to implement Digital Storytelling (DST) in the classroom through the use of mobile devices. We will begin by incorporating storytelling basics that require little to no technology and transition to techniques and tips on how to use your mobile devices for storytelling in your classroom.