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Frankie Mechell Puckett posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 11 hours, 40 minutes agoThe students really enjoy using the Ipads, Kindle Fires and Chromebooks to help with their learning. The Ipads and Kindles have increased my students’ fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. It has allowed them to listen to the stories numerous times in order to help them with comprehension and fluency. My 5th grade student enjoys t…[Read more]
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Danielle Masters posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 2 weeks, 4 days agoFor my grant I got an iPad and apple pen. I have been working with my students to improve social skills. They are recording themselves and each other and watching videos– we talk about what is appropriate and what can be done differently. Some of my students can create trailers and edit the movies. The children are very motivated by this. They…[Read more]
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Misty Delong posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 1 month 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 1 month 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 month, 1 week 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 4 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 9 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 9 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 10 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 10 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 10 months, 2 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 10 months, 3 weeks agoReading our very own published personal narratives!💕💕 -
Emely Sanders posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 10 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 10 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 10 months, 3 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 10 months, 3 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 10 months, 3 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 11 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 11 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 11 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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Appalachian Renaissance Initiative
Public Holler 11 hours, 40 minutes 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).
