I 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!

I 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]

I received the items that I ordered through the grant yesterday. I ordered Pretend Play toys through Melissa and Doug. I got a grocery store, diner, lemonade stand, and food and accessories to go with each setting. I plan to use these resources to give my students increased opportunities for pretend play to improve their language and social…[Read more]

This year for my grant I want to incorporate the Tiggly and Osmo learning systems and games (Tangible Learning and Play) into my resource room to improve both academic and social skills.

So far I have only received the Osmo Learning System with the grant. I am still waiting on the iPad and the Tiggly Learning System. I started using my personal…[Read more]

The Character in Me project is underway!! Auditions complete, roles cast, scripts disseminated. Anxiously awaiting arrival of new ARI funded items for students to start learning about lighting and sound before rehearsals begin.

Bringing Programming to Life with Legos is a way to introduce my students to programming and robotics while fostering problem-solving abilities in the areas of Science and Technology. My students lack problem solving skills. Programming is an interactive hands on way for students to solve problems and is an important part of learning and…[Read more]

I’m very excited to be bringing a little bit of engineering back to my hometown. I have ordered the robots using the money I got from the innovation grant and should have them in soon. I hope the kids enjoy it as much as I will!