Wayne Kroeplin

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Wausau, Wisconsin, United States

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Marathon High School, Marathon WI 2023-present Teacher - Building Trades, CAM, Manufacturing Horace Mann Middle School, Wausau WI, 2003-2023 Teacher - Career and Technical Education (CTE) grades 6-8 Department chair - Business and Technology Education Enhanced CTE engagement by designing robust lessons, activities, courses and enrichment opportunities for all students Partnered with area businesses to bring engineering and vocational trades experiences into the classroom Initiated conversations with Duke University and UC Berkeley to engage in best practices discussions around the teaching of engineering to teenagers Coordinated collaboration with the nano technology labs at Northcentral Technical College for the creation of a nano technology curriculum Conducted extensive research for ID Avatars to examine the effectiveness of character animations used in virtual education 2016 Wausau Foundation grant co-recipient for 3D printers Created R&D lab to include CNC and laser technologies Developed one of the first district online teacher portals Programmed the first district online interactive homework “hotline” Facilitated technology training and support for staff Student council adviser (2003-2006) Project Lead The Way (PLTW) certified Trainer for Academic Career Planning (ACP) and Xello college and career readiness

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Engineering Roller Coasters (online AND classroom Learning unit) 10+ hours

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Wayne Kroeplin

Don't spend all your time creating online curriculum for your students. I did it for you! Just send the lesson links to your students (I'll show you how) and your students will have everything they need to immediately start learning...independently and at their own pace (or at the pace you set).Product Description Don't spend all your time creating online curriculum for your students. I did it for you!DISTANCE LEARNING: Fully online and self-paced unit for (grades 6-9) that introduces students t

5th - 9th

Engineering, Science

Also included in: Thinking Like an Engineer (45+ hours) Exciting Online AND Classroom (Grades 6-9)

Building+Programming a Virtual Robot (online AND class learning unit) 20+ hours

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Wayne Kroeplin

Don't spend all your time creating online curriculum for your students. I did it for you!NO NEED TO PURCHASE EXPENSIVE ROBOT KITS WHEN YOUR STUDENTS CAN BE BUILDING AND PROGRAMING ONLINE!DISTANCE LEARNING: Fully online and self-paced unit for (grades 6-9) that introduces students to basic concepts around Robotics & Automation. Students do the following: Build a virtual robotProgram a virtual robotIncludes:Interactive lessons (each lesson is an interactive Google presentation that students cl

5th - 9th

Engineering, Science

Introduction to Engineering (Online AND Classroom) Grades 5-9 (5 hours)

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Wayne Kroeplin

IMPORTANT-This is a companion unit with the one year course bundle, Thinking Like an Engineer D on't spend all your time creating online curriculum for your students. I did it for you! Just send the lesson links to your students (I'll show you how) and your students will have everything they need to immediately start learning...independently and at their own pace (or at the pace you set). You will also receive presentation slides that you can modify and use if you want to teach these lessons t

5th - 9th

Engineering, Science

Also included in: Thinking Like an Engineer (45+ hours) Exciting Online AND Classroom (Grades 6-9)

NanoEngineering (Online) Grades 5-9 (3 hours)

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Wayne Kroeplin

5th - 9th

Engineering, Science

Also included in: Thinking Like an Engineer (45+ hours) Exciting Online AND Classroom (Grades 6-9)

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Awards & shining teacher moments

HomeSchool.com Top 100 Educational Resources Award, 2018 & 2019 The Old School House: -Favorite Middle School Product Award, 2017 -Favorite Science Curriculum Award, 2017 WTEA Middle School Program of the Year, 2007

My own education history

B.S. Technology Education M.S. Information & Learning Technologies Elearning

Additional biographical information

Owner, Innovators Tribe LLC, 2011-present CTE online curriculum at www.InnovatorsTribe.com Developed a unique CTE online curriculum to help meet the curricular needs of our nation's home and private school community (has grown globally) Designed an educational assessment for helping students measure current innovative abilities Consulted for SIMA International (ongoing) and helped inform the design of the TruMotivate© motivational assessment Partnered with Chief Architect, Chronic Logic, Asynth, SpaceDesigner, and other software companies and negotiated free educational software options for home and private schools. Connected students with authors and researchers in various disciplines to help support learning (Coppenhagen, Seattle, Milan)