Teacher Profile: Bonnie Thoe-Austin in Minnesota
Bonnie Thoe-Austin is a high school shop teacher that uses skateboard building as a way to engage struggling students by applying math to “real life” using the Roarockit method.
Board Building and technology
In a Moscow classroom, Denis Piskunov combines hand-made board building with high-technology tools to give his students a well-rounded education.
Teacher Profile: Marcus McKinnon in Australia
My goal for this unit was to show students how timbers could be manipulated into curved shapes and how that might be used in everyday society.
Real World Results in Education
Co-teacher Lauren Hortie manages a 96% success rate among the at-risk students in her high school.
Home Schooling in Arizona
Crawl out of that box and give them real world skills to be proud of and carry on to adulthood!
Home-school mom Debbie Gillespie encourages other educators to get creative!
Student Success at the Oasis Skateboard Factory
Students who were failing with traditional school programs are now doing well at this TDSB alternative school. (Daily Vice video)
Chill inspires youth!
Through snowboards, standup-paddle boards and skateboards, CHILL engages youth in Toronto.
Student Profile: Zachary Shillolo and Dunbat Skate Shack
Oasis Skateboard factory is an alternative school in Toronto that uses Roarockit technology to build boards in the classroom. Does this school prepare students for the real world?