We created a google doc that we will be sharing tomorrow with some of the videos that we have created and information that we have collected from the survey we conducted. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19HbQLElYHlEmZAF8ShuWN7GWDQ_np1gnohvxTP_aT2M/edit?usp=sharing

Student Voices of Appalachia: Podcasting from the Elementary Classroom

Tara Howard, Ashley Gamble

Our idea to implement podcasts in the classroom came about after talking about the influence and popularity podcasts have on society. It is important to explore trends in teaching and podcasting has become a popular tool in the classroom in all…Read More

My students are enjoying working with their hands on activities to help build a strong reading foundation. They are actively using different modalities of learning to help improve their academics. I love watching them learn and grow!

Update on Google student certification. Our 8th grade students have been working on several different apps over the first semester: Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Students have been creating presentations about the colleges they want to attend and sharing documents with other students

Our goal is that the teacher and student both will have the app and be able to use it for different things. The student may want to keep his or her digital notes online in a google folder or work in groups were they share information with their peers, where as; for the teacher he or she will be able to collect digital mathematics sample writing…Read More

So the Rocketbook app is how you make everything work, once a students finishes has work, you can upload it using the rocket app, which is free. Using it you can set up to 10 different destinations that the material can be uploaded. Multiple Emails, google drive folders, One drive folders, and a whole lot more…

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Here is the Rocketbook Fusion, It has a variety of pages that the student one does not. The student version only has the dot version, where as the fusion has calendar, objective, idea and project templates. Both come with pen and eraser sheet. Also, you can use water to erase the pages so you can start over again and again.

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Rocketbook student edition

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In November we finally got our Rocketbooks in. We got over 30 Rocketbooks and 3 Rocketbook Fusion books in for teachers to use. I’m going to share the student version in this post

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Trajon Campbell, KVEC Senior Student Senator was sworn in tonight as the new student representative on the Hazard Board of Education by the board attorney. Student representation/student voice was a primary goal of the HHS KVEC Student Senate three years ago. Trajon Campbell is the fourth student to serve on the board. Congratulations Trajon!…Read More

Just wanted to take a quick moment to thank everyone (Teachers, Students, Principals, and administrators) in the KVEC region for doing such a great job this year. I was so impressed with all the presentations going on yesterday and I hope to see even more great things next year. Thanks again, have a wonderful rest of the year.

Students in Mr. Thompsons class are using digital tools to created videos. Today, I meet with the students on what they could do to improve their products. Items like adding sound and graphics where so of the things that we discussed. I’m very proud of our students they are doing a wonderful job creating these resources.

Students have used VR headsets to learn about career pathways, earth/space science, etc. AR overlays have used to produce 3D models for a better understanding of content standards. Students have created videos using the technology purchased from this grant to teach content standards.

“A New Reality for the Classroom”

Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality in the Math/Science Classroom
How will the implementation of VR/AR affect student performance?

According to research, some concepts require abstract thinking that can be difficult to understand without proper visualization.
With the majority of students being classified as…Read More

What does the day look like for chicken farmers, well at JCS students are getting to learn just what it’s like. Students in Mrs. Back’s agriculture class are getting there hands dirty finding out what it takes to raise chickens: Here is a video our crew worked on that showcases just that. https://youtu.be/qUjdBaWpgv0

Thanks to all who attended the 1:00 virtual meeting today. We will repeat at 3:30 today for those that couldn’t attend the 1:00 meeting. See email for link!

Today our group worked on seeing if we could live stream through the SlingStudio onto our Youtube page. We are very excited to say it worked very well. This will lead to more things that we can do with our new technologies.

In addition to our leadership team working on the “Celebrating Educator and Student Success at the Capitol” they were very interested in showcasing all the leadership activities that our school is involved in. We invited “The Holler Boys” to come and speak with our students about creating several videos that would showcase all they have done. We…Read More

Hazard 606
The 606 Coffee/The 606 Safety Net
Made possible by The KVEC Student Senate Community Challenge Grant

One only has to drive down Main Street in Hazard, Kentucky to see the burned-out buildings and empty storefronts. Legal offices, the Judicial Center, banking institutions and the lone “Broken Spoke” Lounge are the only visible signs of…Read More

Grant Recipients are starting to get some of their items they ordered. A lot of great things will be happening because the teachers care so much about their students. We are all so proud of them.

Today, I meet with our ARI Grant Recipients and discussed purchasing, responsibilities, posting, and upcoming dates that are required of them.

We are so proud of all our teachers who submitted applications this year. This is going to be a great year at Jackson City.

Also, I spoke to my Original Trainers and asked them how many videos they had created this year since the training. They had stated that they had created over 100 videos this year. A lot of hands on training going on with this group. A lot of their work focuses around a high school entrepreneurial grant that focuses on building a video…Read More

Educational Reform has made major impacts within education within the past 20 years.
But not until recently has the impacts driven the way we evaluate student achievement and success. There have been several major players who have helped this movement, such as KDE, Gates Foundation, and ARI. Teachers no longer are waiting on state test…Read More

Our JCS Leadership team created this for the March 6 event in Frankfort.

I created this cool reminder for our ARI grant recipients using a google chrome app: animaker

ARI Student Senator Brittany Vires was sworn in as the new student representative on the Hazard Board of Education by board attorney Sam Collins at the February meeting. Student representation is a component of the HHS Student Senate “Plan”.

Here is our latest video on “Sources of Strength” . Finding what gives you strength. Family Support. https://youtu.be/EyZooio1pCw

Resolutions.  It’s a great time for them.  Even though they get a bad rap since they are seldom followed through, the beginning of a new year is an opportunity to reflect on past successes and failures and to beg […]

We are still in the middle of our research project. We are working on developing doodle notes to help increase retention of math concepts. I look forward to sharing my results!

It almost looked like spring as blue shirts bloomed across the KVEC region December 4-10th for the Hour of Code.  Teachers who signed up their class to participate were awarded a blue KVEC Hour of Code shirt to […]

KVEC Hour of Code 2017

Highlights, KVEC

January 5, 2018

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It almost looked like spring as blue shirts bloomed across the KVEC region December 4-10th for the Hour of Code.  Teachers who signed up their class to participate were awarded a blue KVEC Hour of Code shirt to wear...

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The JCS Leadership Team attended the Teen Prevention Conference @ Lees College Campus on HCTC sponsored by KRCC

Attended the October 31 Jackson Independent Board of Education meeting and spoke about the teachers who presented at the Fire Summit on October 25 in Pikeville. Also, spoke about our student senate members and their presentation. Finally, brought up about our students getting the opportunity to participate in the Drone Build/Fly program…Read More

JCS teachers and students are looking forward to attending the Fire Summit tomorrow. It’s going to be a great day tomorrow.

ENGAGE YOUR BRAIN BY DOODLING IN CLASS
An integral part of my Math classroom has always been the “Math Journal”. Research shows that students learn and retain information longer when they write their notes by hand. In order to prepare students for the next level of mathematical learning, I need to ensure that they are retaining the information tha…Read More

Tara Howard
Magoffin County/Salyersville Grade School
Math/Science 4th/5th

Full STEAM Ahead:
Preparing our students for a global economy

Area of Focus:
As a concerned parent, educator, and citizen of a low-income community, I am interested in increasing the number of students ready for the future workforce. Statistics released by the U.S.…Read More

Lights, Camera, Action” are words that are now being heard more and more around the Kentucky these days. “In fact, Jay Hall the executive director of the
Kentucky Office of film and tourism says that state has seen a whopping 600%
growth since 2015″1• With this being said, our STLP working with our middle and high school Language Arts teachers w…Read More

The ARI Hazard High School Student Leadership Team attended a Youth Leadership Training at the Hazard Community Technical College. The HHS Leadership Team is partnering with The U.K. College of Education Health Education, U.K. College of Nursing, Breathe, Kentucky Youth Advocates and Youth Empowered Solutions with the TAP project. TAP,…Read More

I look forward to sharing the results from my action research project with you at the FIREsummit! I don’t want to spoil the outcomes yet, but let’s just say the students agree that, “There’s No Place Like Their Learning Space”! =) I will post an updated blog for you to view after Wednesday!!!

Goal: To address critical teaching shortage areas and improve teacher effectiveness in the KVEC/ARI region.
The ARI Teacher Tuition Assistance Program is a RTTT-D funded project that targets teachers who are […]

KVEC/ARI TEACHER TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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February 27, 2017

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Goal: To address critical teaching shortage areas and improve teacher effectiveness in the KVEC/ARI region. The ARI Teacher Tuition Assistance Program is a RTTT-D funded project that targets teachers who are completing, or plan to complete, course work to secure...

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This video shows how some high school science teachers work through planning for the through course task Coral Bleaching.  It shows their work through the “Planning for Implementation” phase of the task faci […]

Through Course Task Planning in High School

ARI, Featured, Highlights, KVEC, TCT, Video

February 27, 2017

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This video shows how some high school science teachers work through planning for the through course task Coral Bleaching.  It shows their work through the “Planning for Implementation” phase of the task facilitation and their thinking through the misconceptions...

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