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Karrin Burns

River Forest SD 90
3rd Grade Teacher
Karrin Burns is an Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) and novice iOS app developer. She is a Grade 3 teacher at Lincoln School in River Forest, Illinois. Karrin enjoys using inquiry-based learning and design-thinking in her classroom to maximize student learning as well as encourage connections between students and communities. She is the author of Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration and Creativity in the Classroom and co-author of Literacy: The K-3 Literacy Project (both available on Apple Books). She believes #EveryoneCanCode, and teaches coding to her students. Karrin also develops iOS apps with her students that help solve community problems, such as mood management in children. Download Mood Monster's Yoga Workshop by Karrin Burns and students (available on the App Store).Karrin has an undergraduate degree in French from University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master's degree in Teaching Elementary Education from National-Louis University.