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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The last post should have said presenting. Nothing like autocorrect.

Amber Maggard and I have been conducting an empathy instructional study this semester. We hope to have some findings from our fall semester research by the end of December. We plan to replicate the study with a larger class in the spring semester.

The Summit today was an excellent event and I look forward to the work ahead to prepare for April. I feel blessed to be working with a great partner Rebecca Potter and great students at Letcher County Central High School.

We, Ms. Rebecca Potter and I, recorded a podcast today and should have it downloaded soon with a more detailed explanation of our grant project.

Piling Up Stones: A Collection of Mountain Memories and Wisdom

Ms. Rebecca Potter and Dr. Michael C. Melton, Letcher County Central High School

We have a rich history and culture in central Appalachia that we have not or very rarely promoted to the world outside our hills. With the inevitability of time, we are losing members of our…Read More

Rebecca Potter and I are preparing to begin our documentary project at Letcher County Central as a part of an ARI Grant. I plan on keeping you posted on our progress. Wish us luck. Ms. Potter’s Journalism class is super excited.