Mr. Barker

6th grade STEM teacher at John Thomas School of Discovery.

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Go Sporting KC! We want a win!!!!!
#SportingKC #OneSportingWay

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Special moment for me with the disc golf club @jtsdnixa. Students had one shot at acing hole #2. I called the ace to @ManVsTeaching and nailed the ace with my Discraft Fierce. As you can tell, my students and I were pumped! @ppierce29190 @DiscraftDG #nixapublicschools #discgolf

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Today my students @jtsdnixa were able to experience hot air rising by watching the interaction of the cut paper plate with the hot air above the burner. Today was a fun day in Science. Check out the joy on my student's face! #nixapublicschools #science #STEMEducation

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

My 6th grade class @jtsdnixa has the amazing opportunity to participate in The Coders Project with @msucoders. Thank you @TammirdDavis for visiting with my students and coding using @scratch #nixapublicschools #edtech

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Saturday practice @InmanNixa for the @jtsdnixa Disc Golf Club. Students played 9 holes in groups of 4. Leading the disc golf club with @ManVsTeaching is a blast! #growthesport #discgolf #nixapublicschools

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

JTSD’s Disc Golf Club was working on their scramble game at practice this week. Forehand rollers! @ManVsTeaching #discgolf #growthesport #innovadiscs #discraft #dynamicdiscs #discmania #jtsdnixa #nixapublicschools

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Another great day at the week long MSU Coders Project training. We worked on coding with Scratch and an experiment modeling the flow of water in pipes using batteries, wires, bulbs, and an electrical current. This was so much fun! #jtsdnixa #nixapublicschools #msucoders #MSU

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Attending the 2021 Coders Teacher Launch @MissouriState. We are having a blast learning how to bring coding back to @jtsdnixa! #nixapublicschools #coding #education #edutwitter

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

@WeVideo Yes! This is what I've been hoping for!

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Check out my class! Presidential ad campaign videos created by students for a mock 6th grade election. They edited and wrote their own captions using @WeVideo.

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

My students made observations of brand new potting soil and soil from one of the school garden beds. They compared & contrasted the soil and made claims based on their observations. #jtsdnixa #nixapublicschools #steamschool #Science

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Helping students @jtsdnixa with their Me Projects has been a blast. I was able to help this student use the Glowforge to create a dog tag for her new puppy Jet! #nixaschools #glowforge

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Lots of fun today with @ManVsTeaching. We were able to play some disc golf with some students during recess.

[Mr. Shaughnessy @ManVsTeaching]

Suns out, ace runs out. Little recess round with some students. So fun getting more students interested in disc golf. @InnovaDiscs

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Working in the garden today @jtsdnixa. I love that we are back together and working on our garden at school! @nixaschools

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Thank you @chastainjjaca for supporting @ManVsTeaching and my dream of a disc golf club. Thank you @nefnixa for awarding our @jtsdnixa Disc Golf Club a grant that funded our new baskets.

Thank you @DiscGolfMonkey for you support and help. #discgolf #growthesport @nixaschools

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Thank you @nefnixa for the grant! We now have 4 baskets for the disc golf club and all students @jtsdnixa. Waiting for some good weather next week to put these bad boys in concrete.

Thanks @DiscGolfMonkey for all of your help! #growthesport #discgolf

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

I'm so through with distance learning. Covid-19 needs to just stop it! #nixaschools #teaching #teacherlife #distancelearning #COVIDー19 #TikTok

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

My son Chael helped me out with my part of some science videos my school has titled, "Science In The Parking Lot." My clip is part 3 of our 6th grade teachers experiment on popcorn. Check it out! I used @WeVideo and @tiktok_us to create my part of the video. #edtech #nixaschools

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

@ManVsTeaching Spreading the love!

[Mr. Barker @BeardedTeacher_]

Distance learning is a challenge and I hate not being with my students. That being said, @WeVideo is such a valuable resource! I can easily create how-to videos for my students to navigate assignments and Canvas. I also use WeVideo to help my students' parents. #distancelearning