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Summit Stays Connected

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Christie McCormick

Brady Bedsworth’s TV Broadcasting students aren’t letting a little pandemic get in the way of their weekly productions. Featuring student-created segments, like cake-baking and movie reviews, the shows keep Summit’s Storm Cats engaged and connected. But the lip-sync challenge is Continue reading Summit Stays Connected→

Posted in Elementary School, High School, Innovation Spotlight, Middle School

Switching Gears

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Christie Boen

Shauna Johnson and Joy Teson, both history teachers at Mountain View High School, had big plans to have a living museum in their school library where their students could show off projects they made surrounding World War II. However, this Continue reading Switching Gears→

Posted in High School, Innovation Spotlight, Middle School

Traditional Drawing VS Digital Drawing

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Scott McDonald

Sue Wilhelm teaches art for grades K through 8 at Three Rivers Middle School. Last spring, she applied for an Education Foundation Classroom Impact Grant and received 15 Apple Pencil styluses to use with her students. Mrs. Wilhelm just completed Continue reading Traditional Drawing VS Digital Drawing→

Posted in Innovation Spotlight, Middle School

3rd Graders Dive Into Their Digital Readers Notebook

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Scott McDonald

The students in Brenna Frost’s classroom recently changed up how they show what they know during reading time. That’s because 3rd-grade teacher, Brenna Frost has placed the graphic organizers from Wonders and any other work that she needs to monitor Continue reading 3rd Graders Dive Into Their Digital Readers Notebook→

Posted in Elementary School, Innovation Spotlight

Announcements in Video Form

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Christie Boen

Remember the days when the announcements were read over the intercom? Well, those days may be coming to an end. Many of our schools are now communicating the announcements via video and students are playing a large part in the Continue reading Announcements in Video Form→

Posted in Elementary School, High School, Innovation Spotlight, Middle School

Learning Hack Thursday at High Desert Middle School

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Scott McDonald

Every Thursday, the students in Ben Iverson’s Computer Science and Skills class become the teacher. That is because on “Learning Hack Thursday” three individuals are selected to start class with something that they do with technology that makes learning easier, Continue reading Learning Hack Thursday at High Desert Middle School→

Posted in Innovation Spotlight, Middle School

Essential Questions answered with Popplet

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Scott McDonald

Karen Brocker’s third-grade students at Pine Ridge Elementary have a routine every Monday. It starts by gathering on the carpet to learn about what they will be studying from their Reading Wonders Curriculum and an introduction to the “Essential Question” Continue reading Essential Questions answered with Popplet→

Posted in Innovation Spotlight

Reasons for Raspberry Pi

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Christie Boen

Tracy Howk is the Media Manager at Juniper Elementary. We are pleased to welcome her here with a guest post.  Raspberry Pi is a high quality, low cost computer. Developed by a non profit foundation in the UK, the handheld Continue reading Reasons for Raspberry Pi→

Posted in Elementary School, Innovation Spotlight

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