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Misty Delong posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 5 days, 7 hours agoTrauma Informed Painting
Our project is growing exceptionally well. I, initially, identified 15 students with at risk indicators to participate in the weekly painting activities. The interest in painting grew quickly among the group of students who were referred to extended day programming due to course failures, truancy, and disciplinary…[Read more]
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Jessica Mullins posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 5 days, 11 hours agoOpportunities with Ozobots: Coding with Colors
I initially had plans to only use the Ozobots with students in grades 3-6th, however my younger students were very interested in them so we gave it a try! Ozobots are great for all ages from Kindergarten all the way up to 6th grade. I have designed my STEAM lab into stations which allows me to work…[Read more] -
jeffcoots94 posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 1 week, 4 days agoMy students have finally begun working on our Raspberry Pi kits. We hit our first major roadblock with them where we do not have a way to represent 8 kits at the same time due to output issues, but we are making due with what we have in the classroom. We are currently doing one system at a time, learning the basics and will continue to grow with… -
Latonya Taylor-Rowe posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 3 months, 3 weeks agoThinkers of the Future
As I stand in front of my classroom each day looking at my students I can’t even conceive the future for them. I wonder what unthinkable gadgets will unfold. I question if schools are progressing quickly enough to make significant contributions in the preparation of our students for what is yet to be. Will they have t…[Read more] -
David Sparks posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 8 months, 1 week agoThis year has been amazing. Getting to work with Mark on our project has been an eye opening experience. The students got to do some great things in and out of the classroom using the programming skills they have learned.
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Mark Harmon posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 8 months, 1 week agoAs we wrap up this year, I am looking forward to further implementing and continuing to grow my project next year. My students created a lot of really awesome projects and the results look really promising. Moving forward, we plan to continue monitoring student progress to continuously measure student progress and hopefully seeing tremendous… -
andrea rowland posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 1 week agoSo excited to gather all this information and data, ready to share at the fire summit. We made some major growth ❤️!
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Mark Harmon started the topic
Programming a Better Understanding of Mathematics Grant Update in the forum Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 1 week agoToday is the FIRE Summit! At this point the project is full go. We have had a lot of success outside of our intended goal and after looking at our data, it looks promising towards our intended goal as well. Our initial data showed greater growth among our participating students than nonparticipating students! While the growth was small, it is a…[Read more]
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Melinda Thompson posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 3 weeks agoWould anyone will willing to e-mail your Power Point you submitted? I am nervous that mine isn’t in the correct format and I want to make changes before the summit?
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Emely Sanders posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 3 weeks agoReading our very own published personal narratives!💕💕 -
Emely Sanders posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 3 weeks agoWe love our new published books we received through Student Treasures Publishing!❤️ -
Amanda Turner posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 3 weeks agoStudents have loved working with our STEM kits while using the design process to solve problems. -
Jeanne Reed posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 4 weeks agoOur production date is almost here. The technical crew is making sure the lighting is ready to go! -
Autumn Chapman posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 4 weeks agoMy advanced students have received their airbrush kits and have began practicing with techniques. Stay tuned!
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David Prince posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 9 months, 4 weeks agoMy students have used our new A/V equipment to conduct numerous interviews with community members that have attended or taught in one room schools in our county. Now we are staring down the arduous task of editing all of those interviews into one coherent story. The more we learn about our county the more we find that we are barely scratching the…[Read more]
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Jeanne Reed posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 10 months agoThe student tech crew for our Peter Pan production was exciting to open and explore our new equipment -
Elizabeth Harmon posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 10 months agoMy speech students have loved using our pretend play toys. They are great for working towards so many goals. My kids often think they’re getting reward time, but are still working on social and/or language goals while we play!
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Jenny Mead posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 10 months agoLego WeDo Robotics! I can’t say enough about how this has been such a game changer in my classroom. Students are strengthening their communication skills and learning to work as part of a team. We look forward to learning to do even more with our tools.
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catcon112 posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 10 months agoWe are coming closer to having our project finished, as students are submitting their interviews of unsung heroes. This has been an enlightening project that has involved not just the students, but people from the community. Students are coming up with innovative ways to use the A/V equipment that we acquired through this grant. We can’t wait…[Read more]
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Belinda A Lester posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 10 months, 1 week agoI feel that every day we are finding new ways to use the Kindles in the classroom, and they are proving to be more useful than we originally ever could have dreamed. Michelle Stambaugh and I attended an Escape Room training a couple months ago (so fun!) and found several different ways in which we could incorporate the Kindles into those lessons…[Read more]
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Appalachian Renaissance Initiative
Public Holler 5 days, 7 hours ago
A consortium of 21 rural school districts made the commitment to share resources and professional learning opportunities and also work to affect policy and protocol in an effort to connect learners to highly effective teachers every day. This resulted in the development of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI).
