C2C provides creative opportunities for teachers and students

Not only does Crayons to Computers serve area teachers by opening its doors for shopping days when educators can receive free supplies for their students, but it also partners with volunteers, businesses and other organizations to offer free educational tools and workshops.
 
Most recently, C2C partnered with Photo Pro Expo — the largest photography event in the Midwest — in an effort to support sixth- through 12th-grade teachers and students experiment with and learn how they might incorporate photography into the classroom.
 
In the “Capturing and Sharing” workshop for students, for example, participants spent time moving around different locations of the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, where the event took place, to practice their skills. Each individual also received a free point-and-shoot camera to take home so they can continue to build their skills through practice.
 
“The student workshop was such a great experience and offered the kids who participated an amazing opportunity,” says Susan Frankel, C2C’s president and CEO. “Using photography and technology to connect the students to each other and to the world around them was truly inspiring.”
 
With technology constantly evolving, Frankel says it’s particularly important to stay up-to-date and find ways to relate to and connect with students. By offering opportunities to students as well as to teachers — who learned how to use new technology and who became more comfortable with the idea of introducing it into the learning space — participants felt more at ease and also inspired.
 
“The photography workshops offered through our partnership with the Photo Pro Expo provided an invaluable opportunity for the teachers and students who participated,” Frankel says. “With technology changing at such a rapid pace, it is opportunities like this that help us to ensure that the students we serve through Crayons to Computers have access to the opportunities and information that will prepare them for future success.”

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