The MUSIC CITY GEEKS SXSWi Adventure!

The Kids Say Thanks!

He Geek She Geek — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:28:37 +0000

Just when we thought our SXSW adventure was totally behind us, we got a great package in the mail yesterday! Teresa Fleak used her donations to purchase supplies and new learning games for her kindergarten class at Tom Joy Elementary. Looks like the kids liked them because they drew the Music City Geeks a whole stack of Thank You art! We don’t have a refrigerator big enough to display them all, so we figured we put them here and share them with everyone.

Thanks, kids, for your beautiful art and letting us be a part of your class!

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Road Trip Welcome Party

He Geek She Geek — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:29:34 +0000

Video of Our First Classroom Visit: Teresa Fleak

He Geek She Geek — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:48:47 +0000

Chevy’s theme for this year’s road tip was inspiration and innovation. When we visited Teresa Fleak and she told us about her teaching style and about what she did for the kid’s art project, we were floored. It was like she read Chevy’s collective minds. Check out the video, and then click her banner on the right of the screen to help support her classroom!

SQUEEE! We Interviewed Joss Whedon!

He Geek She Geek — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:10:41 +0000

As Brenda and I were walking past the Parmount Cinema, she looked over and saw Joss Whedon getting interviewed by the press for the premier of “The Cabin In The Woods”. We jumped in line and started snapping our own pictures of him answering questions for Fandango, MTV, and others. Just as he was about to enter the theater he approached us and was great enough to let us ask him a couple of questions!

Do the Letter Pop!

He Geek She Geek — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:01:30 +0000

By popular demand, here is the video of Ray dancing LETTER POP with Mrs. Fleak’s awesome kindergarten class. This song has been running through my head every day since!

Yes…We ARE There Yet!

He Geek She Geek — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:16:26 +0000

Music City Geeks Have Class with Karen Fry

He Geek She Geek — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:11:30 +0000

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Thanks for staying after school for us, Karen, and thanks for the great art! You have some very talented kids in your bunch!

Cari Sturch and Her Third Grade Class

He Geek She Geek — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:24:40 +0000

Mrs. Sturch’s passion for technology is what drives her. She explained to us how today’s kids learn in a different way than previous generations, and her kids resoundedly agreed. You ought to have heard the chant for Active Desks!

Please help them meet their goals by clicking here and donating to her classroom.

Visiting Teresa Fleak and Her Kids

He Geek She Geek — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:54:12 +0000

What a joy visiting this class for AdoptAClassroom.org! Their artwork was amazing. Teresa had the kids listen to classical music for 10 minutes and then asked them how the music inspired them. Some felt like dancing, another was scared, some felt like laughing, while others wanted to cry. It was a fantastic study in how the same music can inspire different feelings in everyone.

She teaches ELL (English Language Learning) students to read by putting their “sight words” to music. They spell the words out to songs that not only Teresa teaches them, but songs the kids create themselves.

They sang songs to us, danced for us, and even taught Ray to do the Letter Pop dance. Yes…video is coming!

That’s The Second Largest Bucket We’ve Ever Seen!

He Geek She Geek — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:26:04 +0000

Just kidding! Murfreesboro, TN is actually home to the World’s Largest Cedar Bucket and we were there before heading to Austin! Jealous much?