This week at Casey we built our ideal community with the students, it seemed to be a big hit. They all had great input into the design and throughout the process we incorporated sustainable design principles to help them understand the process as a whole. I also went to Columbine Elementary School and did a similar activity with second graders at this school. They were enthusiastic about working with me and the three other CU students. They had limited knowledge of sustainable principles in design, but they all had great ideas of how to make their city efficient. There was also a lecture that was relevant to our class taking place at CU. This week our class watched a lecture by Michael Dufflin. His work is centered in New England and focuses on shifting early education away from the No Child Left Behind strategy. His work promoted learning through programs that are focused outdoors and using methods that inspire real life application to classroom work. His lecture was a good example of how programs like the ones we are conducting at Casey and Columbine are popular and successful all over the country.
-Brett
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