
Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT
@sayuri_neko
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2022 Hawai‘i State Teacher of the Year
Hawai'i Island educator and parent, committed to sustaining ‘āina, community, and their inherent bond.
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What a great experience it was to present today ISTE #ISTELive24!! Our participants were wonderful to talk to! I am grateful to my wonderful team for being so INCREDIBLE!! Starian Porchia, MA, MEd 🌈✊🏽 Mr. Ahmed Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT Digital Promise #PlaceBasedLearning #ReinventTheClassroom


I had a great time today presenting about #MinecraftEdu and place-based learning at my first ever #ISTELive! Shoutout to my amazing team Starian Porchia, MA, MEd 🌈✊🏽, Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT, and Sebastian Basualto and thank you to Digital Promise for this opportunity! #ReinventTheClassroom


always a fun time to check in with Autumn Rivera and learn about all the amazing things happening in her life!


love to see hawai‘i educators sharing their stories! Hawai‘i Public Schools

Mahalo to Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT and Hoʻoulu ʻĀina for engaging beginning teachers in making bokashi. It’s amazing how these effective microorganisms can help plants and forests thrive! Just like we intentionally create conditions for our students in our schools to thrive and grow.


Beyond excited to join my #AANHPI sisters as we raise up one of our own! Kamala Harris fights for us, inspires us & empowers us! Join us on the call as we get energized & organized to help elect her President! #OurTimeIsNow 💪



⬇️⬇️ this right here. so ready for the LILA framework to be a common experience for language acquisition. an abundance of languages makes our classrooms fuller and much more joyfully loud. thanks Natalia Alvarez Benjamin, EdS, NBCT (she/her/ella) for bringing this into existence!!

we are so grateful to NOAA NOAA Ocean Exploration for inviting us Waiakea High School to visit the #OkeanosExplorer during their dock in Hilo. it is truly amazing to learn about the research being done *under the sea* and right here around us while respecting the culture.


Join me on November 14th for the Elevating Innovation Conference with Digital Promise! Let's talk about our places and how they help us build community in our classrooms.


Attending the Evaluating Innovation Virtual Event? Check out the keynote by Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT, author of Place-Based Science Teaching coming in 2025!

ICYMI: All of the presentations from #ElevatingInnovation24 are now available to view on demand on #VerizonInnovativeLearning HQ! It's your second chance to learn from #educators like Crystal M. Watson, The Madwoman in the Classroom, @limitless__lady, Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT and more! vz.to/3N7PRQ9




I love that I get to celebrate being a #PAEMST Awardee with so many amazing educators! Linda Flohr Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT Dr. Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber, PAEMST Rebecka Peterson and Johanna Brown! Congrats to all!

what a great day to start off our whirlwind trip to philadelphia! tomorrow we release our #PlaceBasedScienceTeaching book cover! 📚 Kirstin Milks (KEER-stin, she/they)

want to read a whole chapter on this topic? sign up for updates about our upcoming book, #PlaceBasedScienceTeaching. tinyurl.com/PlaceBasedScie… Kirstin Milks (KEER-stin, she/they)

We must teach students to navigate digital spaces with the same responsibility and care as physical places to ensure online platforms can serve as meaningful sites of knowledge and community. Whitney Aragaki, PhD, NBCT explores #PlaceBasedLearning in a digital age: bit.ly/3DZddWT