Austin Nowak

12th Grade Government and Economics and 10th Grade Global History teacher at United Charter Schools Advanced Math and Science III

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

Had some great presentations from the 10th graders these past few days about Mexican, Latin American, and Haitian Revolutionaries. #AlwaysLearning

[AJ Juliani @ajjuliani]

As John Spencer and I wrote in our book, Empower. "What decisions am I making for my students that they could be making for themselves?"

If we want engagement, we need agency.
If we want deeper learning, we need agency.
If we want Next Gen schools, we DEFINITELY need agency.

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

All star group of 5th grade learners today showing the visitors of the @DPLeague around the coding center today very #MineolaProud !!! @MineolaMS

[Mineola Fab Lab @techtchrMsG]

Mineola Robotics at the FLL Long Island Championships. They competed against the top 30 teams on long island. We had such a blast competing! @MineolaUFSD @MineolaMS @AustinNowak5 @MSFabLab @FIRSTLongIsland @firstlegoleague #Mineolaproud

[Mineola Middle School @MineolaMS]

Super #MineolaProud of the Mineola Monkeys 🐒 & the Cyber Mustangs 🐎 for their hard work & competitive spirit during today’s @FIRSTLongIsland Robotics Championship today! 3…2…1 #LEGO 🤖

[Mineola Fab Lab @techtchrMsG]

More fun from today!

[Mineola Fab Lab @techtchrMsG]

Mineola middle school robotics volunteering at the First Lego League explorer competition! Lots of fun going on here helping out the younger engineers! @FIRSTLongIsland @firstlegoleague @AustinNowak5 @MSFabLab @MineolaMS

[Mineola Fab Lab @techtchrMsG]

Mineola Middle school robotics 🤖featured in @nassau_news! These learners put in hours of work and we are so proud of their success. Next stop First Lego League championship! @firstlegoleague @FIRSTLongIsland @MineolaMS #mineolaproud @MSFabLab @AustinNowak5

[Mineola Fab Lab @techtchrMsG]

Congratulations to the Mineola Cyber Mustangs on advancing to the First Robotics Long Island championships as well as winning 1st place for their innovation project! 🎊🙌 @MineolaMS @MineolaUFSD #MineolaProud @FIRSTLongIsland

[Whittney Smith @whittneysmith_]

Sunday Funday with the @MineolaMS Robotics Teams on Day 2 of Competition! #MineolaProud 🤖

[Steve Benner @BennerMineola]

@MineolaMS is at @FIRSTLongIsland robotics again today competing with the #OneEyedJackbots and the #MineolaCyberMustangs! #MineolaProud @MineolaUFSD @techtchrMsG @MSFabLab @AustinNowak5

[Carole Polney, Ed. D. @cpolney]

Congratulations on a well deserved honor today at @litechsummit @whittneysmith_

[New York Islanders @NYIslanders]

Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of the Farmingdale community and all involved in today’s terrible accident. ���🧡

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

As someone who had the pleasure of working in this district,I’m devastated by the news. Keeping you guys in my thoughts. #farmingdalestrong #dalerstrong

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

@Jennmaich @spencerideas @whittneysmith_ A roadblock I faced when teaching was when a lesson I created was boring. I knew the lesson needed to change, I got over the roadblock by adding a debate at the end. I realized that students should engage in the lesson more rather then listen. Besides, teenagers love arguing!

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

@Jennmaich @spencerideas @whittneysmith_ It is important for students to generate their own ideas because it is what we are preparing our students to do. If students all turn in the same project then they have learned to follow directions. Creating involves collaboration, problem solving, ideating all skills they need.

[Jennifer Maichin @Jennmaich]

This week's #liuedtech @spencerideas #launch book #slowchat

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

@Jennmaich @spencerideas @whittneysmith_ The way I would address media literacy with my learners would be to practice and model the research process with them. Being able to walk through the steps and find credible texts is essential for students to improve their media literacy. #LAUNCH #LIUtech

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

@Jennmaich @spencerideas @whittneysmith_ The way we can keep our students curious is by allowing days of wonder. I love the idea of learners being able to research topics they are curious about, asking their own questions while researching and improving on their critical thinking skills all at the same time! #LIUtech

[Austin Nowak @AustinNowak5]

@Jennmaich @spencerideas @ajjuliani @whittneysmith_ The benefits of a failed project is how much they learned along the way. A failed project could mean the end goal of solving a problem was met, however if learners were able to impact community members or a person in office the project was a success even if they “failed”.