Canva and Quick Draws
In my Sophomore English class, we have been reading Beowulf as part of our poetry unit. I wanted them to do more than simply track plot points and memorize characters….
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Creating Culture through Canva
One of the areas that I have found professionally most useful is the EdTech with Lisa Nydick sessions. Throughout the conversations and presentations, I have learned far more about AI…
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Arts & Music | Civics | Economics | ELA | Government | History | News | Technology
Bringing Civics to Life: How EPIC Grant Learning is Transforming My Classroom
Walking into my classroom today looks very different than it did just a few years ago and that change is directly connected to what I’ve learned through the KEDC EPIC…
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ELA | History | News | Technology
Readings Turned into Podcasts for NTI
Students in Mr. Conforti’s 11th Grade Advanced Placement U.S. History class were recently introduced to their textbook and other reading materials in podcast form. Thanks to Lisa Nydik’s instruction on…
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How KEDC’s EPIC Program Has Helped Me
Hi, I’m Amy Stewart, and I teach middle school social studies at Fairview Independent School District. Teaching can be incredibly rewarding, but it can also be overwhelming at times, which…
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Government | History | News | Technology
Using Gemini for a “Create Your Own Government” Project
In my 8th grade Civics and Government class, students learned about government and the different components of it. To measure student success, they completed a project in which they created…
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Arts & Music | Government | History | News | Technology
Bringing History to Life: An Interdisciplinary Wax Museum Experience
This fall, my seventh-grade students brought early American history to life through an interdisciplinary Wax Museum experience made possible because of the work and resources I’ve gained as part of…
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Using AI to Assist with Peer Feedback
In my 8th-grade classroom, I intentionally integrated artificial intelligence as a support tool to help students develop stronger Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) writing skills. AI was first used to generate a clear,…
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Civics | History | News | Technology
Vibrant Learning Experience: Modern Connections to the Transatlantic Slave Trade
As part of Edythe J. Hayes Middle School’s new Vibrant Learning Experience (VLE) initiative, all three 8th-grade social studies teachers at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School — Mr. Kitchen, Mrs….
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ELA | History | Library | News | Technology
Using KY Virtual Library to Research for Holocaust Group Projects
Mr. Dykes’ English II students were working on their research topics on the Holocaust before reading the memoir Night. I took a day to show them how to use the…
