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Crystal Smallwood posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 days, 12 hours agoIf you haven’t tried Google Applied Digital Skills, you may want to take a look. I love this site! There are so many wonderful lessons you can do with your students. I am using it to have my students write their own FAKE News articles. This goes perfectly with my Innovative Grant Project. Go to:
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Susan Adams posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 5 days, 14 hours agoI’m still awaiting my order for my dry erase tables for my classroom. The first set that came in were the wrong size and had to be returned. However, I have been collecting data for my project when my tables come in.
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Elizabeth Harmon posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 6 days, 17 hours agoMy students are loving the Melissa and Doug pretend play centers in my room. They are showing great social skills with it. They do struggle with playing together vs. parallel play. We also have a hard remaining focused with the toys in the room when we are doing a different lesson. I will have to figure out a way to cover the centers when we…[Read more]
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Michelle Stambaugh posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 1 week agoWe are super excited that, because Belinda Lester and I attended an escape room training last Friday, we will be able to use our Kindles to be QR code readers, etc. for our escape room activities coming up! It will take awhile to plan these escape room lessons, but I know the Kindles will be super useful when the time comes.
I have had some…[Read more]
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Courtney Kingsmore posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 1 week agoMy students have been loving their white board tables that were purchased through my grant. I have been able to increase my collaborative learning time and my students are more engaged. I have also used the kidney table during remediation with struggling students. My kids were so excited when we received the tables. I try my best to incorporate…[Read more]
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Belinda A Lester posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 1 week agoMy students have been utilizing the kindles provided through my grant “Kindles for Kids” since late October. They are used in class almost daily and the students are really enjoying them. The students use them in a variety of ways in the classroom and they have been extremely helpful to have.
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andrea rowland posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 1 week, 1 day agoMy project “Phonics VIP” is well underway. Students have been using phonics flashcards in school along with the Micheal Heggerty Literacy Program since the first weeks of school. The materials are now in and individual flashcards should be sent home this month after a parent meeting to model their usage. We ordered 12 Kindle Fires for our class… -
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Victoria Howard posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 2 weeks agoFor my second innovation grant, “Write On! Increasing Student Performance through Book Publishing” is also underway. For the first cycle of authoring students have been split into small groups to go through the book writing process together. We are using WriteBrainBooks. This is a program that allows students to collaborate with professional… -
jessicadavis posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 2 weeks agoI was privileged enough to receive two grants this year. One was for a mobile science station with a sink! This purchase arrived just before Thanksgiving! It has been very handy to have in a science classroom.
A Challenge that was unforeseen (In my thinking) was the power source. It does have a grounded outlet that will stop power from going to…[Read more]
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Victoria Howard posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 2 weeks agoMy innovation grant project, “Raise Your Voice! Increasing Participation and Engagement in the Classroom” is in full swing. We are having a blast and my classroom has become much more interactive with the implementation of this project.
Challenges: In my original grant, I had requested a Smart KAPP board that would have to have a stand to enable… -
Maggie Roll posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 2 weeks, 5 days agoChallenges
My grant project, “Personalized Learning: Engagement on Fire” is underway. I have definitely encountered some challenges. I had found kindle fire tablets on Amazon for $49 each, but was required to order them through a technology company our district uses. The tablets were more expensive, and it took much longer to order and receive…[Read more] -
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Jeff Phillips posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 2 months, 1 week agoWe in the Harlan County School District are proud of our Director of District-Wide Programs Mrs. Jeanne Ann Lee who was selected and featured in the November 13 edition of “Education Week”. Mrs. Lee joins two of her Gifted Education colleagues from other remote communities to talk about issues specific to identifying and providing quality…[Read more]
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Belinda A Lester posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 3 months agoI received all of the Kindles for my classroom I ordered through the grant last week. The students and I have set them up, established ground rules for their usage in the classroom, and began using them today as we started reading novels in class. The students are loving them!
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Michelle Stambaugh posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 3 months, 1 week agoI received the Kindles for my grant last week. I have them all charged and the FreeTime settings established. I have attempted to download The Odyssey for my Eng I class and get it to download on each device. No luck so far, but I’m still going to work on the settings and so forth to see what these things are capable of! More to come on how we…[Read more]
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Appalachian Renaissance Initiative
Public Holler 4 days, 12 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).
If you are a member of Donors Choose, you can earn a 300.00 gift card to apply toward one of your projects. All you have to do is have your students complete one of the lessons.