Students love to come to the computer lab, but many times they think computers are only to play games. Through my innovation grant, “Engaging Students Through Creative Technology”, I plan to help my students delve into a deeper understanding of technology and its many uses. In a Project Based Learning atmosphere students will interact with eac…Read More

There’s an App for That!

As a first year teacher coming home to the mountains to teach in an area where I grew up, was a privilege. I hadn’t been inside of an Eastern Kentucky elementary school, since I had been enrolled myself. Things had definitely changed. Going from every piece of technology I could imagine at my fingertips, to a classroom w…Read More

Science for OUR Generation!

“Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for the “Next Generation”…..but the poor can plan ahead for only a few weeks or days”.

The projects I need funding for, as listed in the projected budget detail, were discovered as a result of work I did this summer on Next Generatio…Read More

Here are links to MANY videos about redesigning the library media center. We do have two schools redesigning their libraries as Design Challenges for the Appalachian Leadership Lab…we will post updates as that work continues.
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-reimagining-library-design’ title=’Five-Minute Film Festival:…Read More