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Minecraft Colony - Students responded to reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond with Create a Colony Project. Their research was extended by creating a "Minecraft Colony."

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Centers using blended learning included DE Spotlight Strategies, DE images and videos.

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This graph shows how our Discovery Education usage has grown over the past year.

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Nearpod is an excellent program to use with Blended Learning. This was our first year implementing this program.

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Our faculty received training on Discovery Education and Nearpod. Training was offered during faculty meeting and throughout the school day. Ms. Linda Cashion also visited Lott and met with teachers.

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Our Collaboration Lab is used on a daily basis. Some examples of how this lab is utilized: coding, design, Robotics, STEM, interactive Mathematics, ELA DE boards, etc. We plan to expand our Robotic/STEM activities next year with the help of a new partner, AMNS.

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This year we were a featured "Cool School" on NBC 15. Lott was chosen because of our innovative technology usage across curriculum.

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This week we are highlighting Lott Middle School for our Cool Schools segment. We are showcasing their efforts to become at STEM Model School for Mobile County, how the school became an Imagine Learning Beacon School, and their brand new Collaboration Lab.

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TTM is an excellent example of both Blended Learning and differentiation.  Due to our consistent usage of this program (in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade), our school was recognized/awarded by Imagine Learning.

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Mobile County Public Library has partnered this year to make online books and resources more available for our students. The Bookmobile has visited several times and library cards have been issued. Students can use the cards to access online resources helpful in Blended Learning activities.

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Our Robotics Team won an Innovation Award this year!

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Ben Peralta                      Bone Density 

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Ben Peralta                      Bone Density 

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Students completed this activity to test the strength of hallow bones.

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Ben Peralta                     Roller Coasters

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Ben Peralta                     Roller Coasters

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Mr. Peralta’s STEM class created paper roller coasters while learning about gravity, friction, and simple machines.

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Ben Peralta                                      Robotics/STEM 

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Ben Peralta                                      Robotics/STEM 

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Lott offered a Robotics/STEM elective this year. Students in this class did some amazing projects with a focus on STEM meets real world. Below is a picture of a robot students created and coded. This is just one example of the innovative projects this class completed.

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Lott offered a Robotics/STEM elective this year.  Students in this class did some amazing projects with a focus on STEM meets real world. Students completed various activities with drones this year.

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8th grade science students utilize the science lab on a weekly basis.

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Michelle Pope       Galápagos Island Game   

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Michelle Pope       Galápagos Island Game   

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Students researched Galápagos Islands and created games to take students on a learning tour of this amazing place.

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Students in 7th grade Life Science frequently used Nearpod during Science instruction. Ms. Pope was able to secure the computer lab each Friday to utilize this resource.

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Evetta Whitfield                    Blended Learning TTM Npod  

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Evetta Whitfield                    Blended Learning TTM Npod  

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TTM was utilized along with a Nearpod lesson while teaching data, statistics, and graphing.

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Rhonda Harrison             Bully Video 

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Rhonda Harrison             Bully Video 

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Students gathered research on bullying while producing a video to be shared during Anti-Bullying Week.
https://www.facebook.com/lottmiddle/videos/244342172905586/

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Marla Driver              Nearpod and Blended Learning    

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Marla Driver              Nearpod and Blended Learning    

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This video, on Discovery Ed, was used to introduce an informational essay. It was about the effects of gravity on your body. Ms. Driver also uses various Blended Learning techniques, like tasks cards, to increase student achievement.

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John Guthrie                 Heritage Project 

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John Guthrie                 Heritage Project 

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Mr. Guthrie's students researched and created heritage projects based on family history.

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ELA Department                3rd Annual Multicultural Wax Museum 

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ELA Department                3rd Annual Multicultural Wax Museum 

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Charlotte Powell Frankenstein Board and Nearpod Quiz  

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Charlotte Powell Frankenstein Board and Nearpod Quiz  

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Each board’s lesson was geared toward a different reading level (below level, on grade level, average high, and above average).  Students started off with a video about Frankenstein. The Nearpod lesson contained articles from Newsela about the same information, but on different reading levels.  Each article was connected to a quiz that went along with that reading level.

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Tanisha Boyd                     Tell Tale Crime Scene 

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Tanisha Boyd                     Tell Tale Crime Scene 

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Tell Tale Crime Scene was amazing! Students had a great time and were really thinking! Some of them were even considering symbolism from the evidence.

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Tanisha Boyd                    SOS Stations

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Tanisha Boyd                    SOS Stations

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Ms. Boyd used several different SOS strategies in order to engage her students. Students rotated stations as they completed each SOS strategy.

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Tanisha Boyd                   Book Tasting

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Tanisha Boyd                   Book Tasting

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Students participated in two "Book Tasting" events where they were able to experience different genres via a four course "meal."

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Tanisha Boyd                     The Tempest  Padlet

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Tanisha Boyd                     The Tempest  Padlet

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https://padlet.com/ccb117500/e2htklb0iaj8

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Centers using blended learning included DE Spotlight Strategies, DE images and videos.

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Minecraft Colony - Students responded to reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond with Create a Colony Project. Their research was extended by creating a "Minecraft Colony."

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Karlyn Greene-Watson   View from Saturday Nearpod 

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Karlyn Greene-Watson   View from Saturday Nearpod 

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https://app.nearpod.com/presentation?pin=C1EDA446814D98B47A2260BEB338C33C-1

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Rebecca James        Morning Announcement Videos

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Rebecca James        Morning Announcement Videos

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Students created special occasion videos to be shared on our morning announcements.

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Rebecca James              Book Trailers 

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Rebecca James              Book Trailers 

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Students chose books in our library to create book trailers.

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In celebration of Black History Month, students chose an influential African America and created an Instagram post about them. #instahistory #blackhistorymonth

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Rebecca James                AVL Scavenger Hunt

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Rebecca James                AVL Scavenger Hunt

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In this Blended Learning activity, students completed a digital scavenger

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Lott Middle School Alabama Virtual Library Scavenger Hunt

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Rebecca James                  Dr. Suess Challenge  

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Rebecca James                  Dr. Suess Challenge  

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Dr. Seuss was challenged that he would not be able to write an entertaining children's book using only 50 different words (from certain word list). Dr. Seuss took the bet and won-Green Eggs and Ham. My students had to write a book based on the same challenge.

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Rebecca James      
Discovery Education Boards

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Rebecca James      
Discovery Education Boards

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Students used DE boards several times this year. One example, students used DE board as a platform for their career research project.

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Students created a FAKEbook for our Library Media Center.

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Rebecca James           Career Exploration Board

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Rebecca James           Career Exploration Board

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Students used this Career Exploration Board to determine what careers they may be interested in, research a specific career, and create a final project (any presentation platform) to display their research.

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Rebecca James                  All About Me Board

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Rebecca James                  All About Me Board

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Students created a board to introduce themselves. This board included a bio poem, five symbolic media items, and a word cloud. Students also had to create a Dewey Decimal rap/song and post on the board.

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Rebecca James        Nearpod VR  and Coding    

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Rebecca James        Nearpod VR  and Coding    

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Nearpod VR and coding (via Nearpod and code.og) was added to our Makerspace this year. Students enjoyed learning some basic coding and "visiting" various monuments, colleges, other historically significant locations, etc.

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Rebecca James           Adobe Spark Internet History Timeline

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Rebecca James           Adobe Spark Internet History Timeline

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Students researched the history of the Internet, then utilized Adobe Spark to create a timeline.