Owsley County Middle School/Owsley County High School
Mrs. B’s Library
 
https://bit.ly/3i21qG5
 
 

Oakview Online

 
Johnson County Schools Back to School Platform
 
https://youtu.be/pzdvwBgIGO0
 

Herald Whitaker Middle School Virtual Learning Center – Part 1
https://youtu.be/lHFN-IOfLEs
 
Herald Whitaker Middle School Virtual Learning Center – Part 2
 
https://youtu.be/vo4uQl4AsS4

Johnson County Schools Back to School Platform
 
https://youtu.be/pzdvwBgIGO
 
Presented by: Superintendent Thom Cochran, Sharon Music, Mike Whitaker and Lisa Salyer

Herald Whitaker Middle School Virtual Learning Center – Part 2
 
https://youtu.be/vo4uQl4AsS4
 

https://youtu.be/lHFN-IOfLEs
 

Floyd County Site for Parent/Student Device Training
 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bnMwJP86nWYtIdfGuTooG-GbRZiWF_YJ/view?usp=sharing
 

https://torreytrust.com/projects   A website with detailed information, tutorials, and evaluation criteria for 85 learner-, community-, knowledge-, and assessment-centered digital tools for educators. This site was designed by students in my EDUC 592A (Online Tools for Learning & Instruction) course in…   Read more»

The attachment includes all the Zip Codes for Kentucky.   You can type your Zip Code into https://broadbandnow.com/Kentucky and it will give you the Broadband Speed, Wired Coverage and Providers for your district.  I included all Kentucky Districts because…   Read more»

I truly believe that the educational and instructional advances be fostered through KVEC/FIRE/ARI are making a difference in the lives of our students and is transforming teachers practices and vision in and outside of the classrooms. This is truly an integral part of a “Regions Way Forward”. As a region we need to embrace the concept of an…Read More

Adding Podcast to our grant program (Ms. Rebecca Potter and I) has been a challenge with setting up the studio and training students in how to use the technology, conduct an interview, and to edit their production. The ARI grant have been great additions to our journalism and oral history projects here at Letcher County Central. It is our…Read More

Attempting to make documentaries can truly be a trying task. With this years interruptions with our schedules due to weather, sickness, and legislation it has been more trying than in the past, but we feel confident that by spring that we will have a quality production in place as we have done in the past. I will update you on our progress with…Read More

The Giving Room update!

To this point the Giving Room has produced multiple opportunities for our students to create something that has benefited others. Our AES Cares program have reached our students, their families and our community through four areas; Blessings Box, Homework Help, Family Resource Center Helpers and AES Care Cases. The…Read More

The Giving Room
“Giving Something of Yourself for the Benefit of Others”

Too often, many students choose not to be, or are not self motivated to be active learners due to a past traumatic experience where someone has stifled them or caused them to feel inadequate in creating, performing, or producing something on a acceptable level. Many of…Read More

We have received our ARI Grant materials! My students were so excited when they saw the Light Changing table and all of the manipulatives that came with it. I can’t wait to get started and watch them having fun playing while building those fine motor muscles at the same time!

We have received our materials this week! My students were so excited when they saw the light changing table! They can’t wait to get to play with it and all our new materials! I am also excited to see their faces light up and watch them play with the materials to build up their fine motor skills. We are ready to have some fun with Fine Motor…Read More

Application 2018-19 is turned in. The excitement for my class is beyond belief. 💕

Imagination library brings the love of reading to our little ones 💕

Application is turned in. Now we wait 💕

Just an update on Rebecca Potter and my documentary project: Heroes on Every Hand: They Just Never Told Us, is in the final editing stages. We are behind the projected schedule that we had for ourselves, but that is not uncommon in a production such as this. We have so much more footage this year than in last years documentary: Piling Up…Read More

I am so happy with how the project went! My students loved the devices and I loved watching them learn about Science. I think by incorporating the hands on activities with the devices helped my students get a better understanding of Science. They were full of curiosity and wonder!
One thing I would have liked to have thought of before was…Read More

We have been sending our PBS Tablets home with several students for the weekend. They have got to enjoy working on Science Applications with their parents at home. We introduced this to the parents During a Parent meeting and introduced the skills we were working on in Science. The parents and children both were so excited to get to take the…Read More

Here is a sample video of our students performing in our Christmas program using the ARI Grant materials. Listen closely for the sleighbells and watch closely as the students control the lighting as well. Thanks KVEC!

“I Can Perform My Way” Update

January update on “I Can Perform My Way”. Our autism unit performed was able to perform on the devices purchased through the ARI grant. The students were amazing as they controlled lighting as well as played sleighbells to the song “Sleighbells”. At this time we are in the process of building three perform…Read More

Project Title: I Can Perform My Way

Area of Focus and/or Research Question
Are all students capable of performing? Are all students provided the opportunity to perform? These two questions have weighed on me for the past 20 years of my teaching career. Yes, all students are capable. However, not all students are provided the opportunity.

Action…Read More

January update on “I Can Perform My Way”. Our autism unit performed was able to perform on the devices purchased through the ARI grant. The students were amazing as they controlled lighting as well as played sleighbells to the song “Sleighbells”. At this time we are in the process of building three performance units that can be adjusted to…Read More

what an amazing change in literacy practice. Using the coding for literacy tablets was an awesome and worth while investment. The children are engaged and learning has accelerated!!!!

Ms. Rebecca Potter and I have been conducting interviews and working with the Letcher County Central Journalism Class preparing our documentary entitled “Heroes on Every Hand: They Just Never Told Us”. We are preparing to start the editing process in the next few days. We are hoping to add a couple more interviews to this piece and more…Read More

We enjoyed a nice winter day outside with our PBS playtime tablets! We worked on the PBS app Outdoor Family Fun With Plum and observed at different insects outside with magnifying glasses! My students loved getting to work on the app and explore and then exploring their surroundings outside!!
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Children have been using their new tablets to code and make stories on PBS scratch Jr. They have learned about plot,setting and characters. We are still looking for an awesome coding app that is age appropriate that focuses on letter identification and phonics.

Children have been using their new tablets to code and make stories on PBS scratch Jr. They have learned about plot,setting and characters. We are still looking for an awesome coding app that is age appropriate that focuses on letter identification and phonics.

Children have been using their new tablets to code and make stories on PBS scratch Jr. They have learned about plot,setting and characters. We are still looking for an awesome coding app that is age appropriate that focuses on letter identification and phonics.

Children and I are so excited waiting on our new tablets!!!! We have been talking about coding and how much fun its gonna be to use them for literacy projects.

Children and I are so excited waiting on our new tablets!!!! We have been talking about coding and how much fun its gonna be to use them for literacy projects.

Today we had so much fun while learning on our PBS tablets. We love the app Ready Jet Go! Space Explorer. We got to explore the solar system and visit different planets. They loved that we lived on a planet and that they could see what it looked like from other views. After using the device they drew their observations and made predictions about…Read More

Today we had so much fun while learning on our PBS tablets. We love the app Ready Jet Go! Space Explorer. We got to explore the solar system and visit different planets. They loved that we lived on a planet and that they could see what it looked like from other views. After using the device they drew their observations and made predictions…Read More

I am a Head Start Teacher at Duff-Allen Central Elementary. I have worked in Head Start for over 10 years. I have noticed in the past few years that my students had little interest in Science. They rarely like to go to the Science Center during Free Choice and this is something that I have wanted to change. Science and critical thinking skills…Read More

We have received our PBS Playtime Tablets and we are beginning to work during small groups on Sid’s Science Fair! They are so excited!!

Thanks to all of you. You made the FIRE Summit a huge success.

Project Title: I Can Perform My Way

Area of Focus and/or Research Question
Are all students capable of performing? Are all students provided the opportunity to perform? These two questions have weighed on me for the past 20 years of my teaching career. Yes, all students are capable. However, not all students are provided the opportunity.…Read More

Coding the Literary Future
Children within the Head start classroom show little interest, and very little engagement in the writing center. The children are using this center freely, with a blend of intentional teaching by the teacher, to improve each child’s literacy skills. The students find this method of teaching lack luster, and boring. The s…Read More

Coding the Literary Future
Children within the Head start classroom show little interest, and very little engagement in the writing center. The children are using this center freely, with a blend of intentional teaching by the teacher, to improve each child’s literacy skills. The students find this method of teaching lack luster, and boring. The s…Read More

I am a Head Start Teacher at Duff-Allen Central Elementary. I have worked in Head Start for over 10 years. I have noticed in the past few years that my students had little interest in Science. They rarely like to go to the Science Center during Free Choice and this is something that I have wanted to change. Science and critical thinking skills…Read More

Just wanted to take the time to update you on what Ms. Rebecca Potter and I are trying to do this year. We are working on another documentary with even a greater number of students involved in the filmmaking process. Actually, we are working on 2 documentaries: the main production is titled “Heroes On Every Hand: They Just Never Told Us” which…Read More

Ms. Rebecca Potter and I would like to invite you to view our students journalism documentary, Piling Up Stones: A Collection of Mountain Memories. Ms. Potter has uploaded it to YouTube and you can access it by searching Piling Up Stones. I hope you enjoy. Here is the YouTube link that might make it easier to access:…Read More

Love seeing all these wonderful posts!!

Ms. Rebecca Potter and I would like to invite you to view our students journalism documentary, Piling Up Stones: A Collection of Mountain Memories and Wisdom. Ms. Potter has uploaded it to YouTube and you can access it by searching Piling Up Stones. I hope you enjoy.