This year my students participated in the entrepreneurship challenge. They were separated into teams and came up with their own businesses. One of my groups called the loom room got to compete at Hazard. They learned how to make their product, calculate the cost of their supplies, and calculate their profit. They had so much fun with this…Read More

Bringing Coding to Life with Robotics…. Students have been learning coding skills with the Dash and Dot robots. Many students even have these robots at home now. They had never been exposed to computer science or coding skills until I introduced these into our classroom. TIme was the biggest factor that I would run into with the implementation…Read More

Hand in Hand completed the first versions of their app to provide support for women who suffer from SUD so that complications for babies born with NAS can be minimized. The app can be downloaded at johnson.kyschools/CmPS. On Wednesday, May 16 Appalachian Witeless reps are meeting with the team to help them figure out how to expand their app so…Read More

Our game of science has been modified into two separate games and has gotten a new name, The Game of Alchemy. One version is being adapted into a board-type of game where the players will answer questions about chemical elements as they move toward chemical stability. The other version is a card-based game for multiple players that combines the…Read More

What a wonderful experience it has been to watch my students engage in coding and robotic activities. Lego Mindstorm has encouraged my students to explore a whole new avenue of creative and technological sides of education. The students learned and taught each other through this first year process. They are now asking when we can do that again.…Read More