Innovation Grant Winners Archive

The integration of engaging augmented reality & 3D-model creation with literacy units to build content knowledge & increase reading comprehension—in hopes of reducing the achievement gap of economically-disadvantaged students historically scoring low in...

Having a class set of Oculus devices will provide students of all levels and backgrounds to be involved in the curriculum and have the same opportunity to experience and comprehend their learning in a more immersive, interactive, and exciting way. Darcel Hogans...

The overall purpose of the proposed project is to use green screen and animation technology to provide students with opportunities to find their voices and to creatively communicate their ideas about their study of National Parks in meaningful ways to a variety of...

Solar Fashion PBL is an initiative that allows students to explore how fashion can be a functional use of solar power. Students will construct dye-sensitized solar cells to power small electronics and integrate these cells into clothing designs to be marketed and sold...

Wonder Workshop Dash provides students with hands-on learning of basic to advanced coding. Students will use the Dash robots and iPads to learn how to create and use algorithms to complete tasks using the app, Blockly. Students will collaborate and problem-solve with...

This project will allow students in a rural, Title 1 community to explore the engineering design process using kits designed specifically for middle-grade students. The project classroom kits will allow students to explore automation by designing and building several projects.

Attending school 40 miles from the world’s busiest airport does not ensure that my students know anything about working in the airline industry. With this grant, I will teach my students the basics of being a pilot and understanding the world of aviation.

This project will require some raspberry 400s, breadboards, and accessories to allow the students to see the code they write in action. I will set up a station for students to code on their raspberry 400 computers and then test their code on their breadboard. This project is year-long.

This project will require innovative tech tools such as a 3D printer, 3D printing pens, and an interactive insect activity tub to encourage students to investigate the amazing world of insects! We will use these technology resources to explore, research, & create a Creepy Crawly Museum for IB night.

Speak-Up Whitfield is a 6-12th grade, county-wide podcasting project/competition that empowers teachers to use podcasting in all content areas within their schools, representing one of the following categories: Bridging History to Me, Social Justice, Narrative, Informational, and Coming to America.

We have just constructed a “literary garden” with flowering plants acquired from notable authors’ homes. We will use wind energy to power a water feature (while also teaching alternative energies) to help our garden become a certified wildlife habitat, which attracts...

In this project, students would have an opportunity to learn about sound and video engineering through making videos using our green screen and then using the grant purchased video/sound mixer to edit and perfect it. Those who were more interested in music would be...

Start them early! Georgia Legislature passed a bill (GA SB 108) that will require middle and high schools to offer computer science by the 2024-2025 school year. What about elementary students? I have witnessed firsthand that even Kindergarteners can code! With this...

I propose to make the STEM fields integrated, relevant, and exciting with a collection of digital science sensors, probes, and equipment that can bring our students’ real-time data that can be used both to create science phenomena and to offer real, relevant data to...

The project will focus on enhancing instructional delivery through the use of Virtual Reality (VR) headsets in Science classes. Science teachers will utilize VR headsets to provide students with experiences that feel like actual life experiences. Experiences through...

Using Boogie Board writing tablets, students would be able to work math problems on a 10.5 LCD screen. Boogie Boards tablets can replace the traditional personal student whiteboards that we often cannot use because expo markers get used up so quickly. Teachers can use...

Students in grades K through 5 will work on coding in Python using the Kano kits. Students with more coding experience will choose a language (JavaScript, Ruby, or Python) and work through completing the puzzles in the books JavaScript for Kids, Ruby for Kids, or...

The purpose of this project is to provide students in Spanish class with an exciting hands-on STEM experience that will improve their performance on one of the most challenging aspects of their curriculum – prepositions and the present progressive. Students will use...

Students will use digital cameras & computer applications to build technology and literacy, (communication), skills. Students will learn the power of visual communication by studying photographers such as Lewis Hine and Dorothea Lange as they strengthen their ELA...

Move, Play, Learn, Grow!” is a proposed plan in which our special education population can enjoy a multi-sensory learning experience. The project involves the use of an interactive, motion-censored projection screen. The interactive screen is a learning tool that...

The SMArTE (science, math, art, technology, and engineering) Space project helps to support science and technology standards. SMArTE space in the media center provides opportunities for students to use creativity and inventive thinking to build prototypes, explore...

This unit is designed to give 5th graders insight into how engineers in a real-world setting use data to make informed decisions. A secondary goal is to give our students exposure to alternative energy and its potential uses within our community. In this 18 week...

Underwater Robotics Students will experience authentic engineering through the SeaPerch program. Teachers deliver standards and process skills through a STEM lens with a robotics platform. This inquiry-based program will support our goal of building a pipeline for...

Dimon is working to become a STEM-certified. Part of this process involves engaging students through robotics. In grades 2-3, students would become familiar with the process of building robots through Lego WeDo construction sets. Students would learn that robots...

Putnam County Middle School 7th grade ELA class plan on using laptops to facilitate a blended model of instruction and increase engagement and motivation on assigned tasks and projects such as daily centers, remediation, National History Day, science fair, and social...

Frankenstuffers are rising at Arthur Williams Middle School!  Our seventh grade life science classrooms plan on utilizing stuffed animals donated by the community in conjunction with Google Slides on Acer Chromebooks in order to teach the domain of interdependence of...

This project will provide hands-on learning integrated with technology in a way that is not only new and innovative in the early childhood classroom, but also engaging and exciting to students.  We will incorporate the use of small robots, tablets, and apps to teach...

The students will use the table top microscopes to investigate different types of cells and recreate what they are seeing as well as relate the organelles to their functions. Students will be paired up on virtual Instagram project where they will use what they see in...

The “Digitize History Project” will enable Hephzibah Middle School students to use a variety of resources with Google Play Apps for Education. Students will explore and discovery history for themselves, and use digital apps to share their understanding of through...

We will create a MakerSpace with materials for students to create, problem-solve, and think critically about the world. We will focus activities on our Earth Science curriculum. Our students to identify issues that impact the environment and use the space to design...

This program features a real-world scientific concept to be explored by our students through research, teamwork, construction and imagination! Our students will be able to: Design and build a challenge- related model using Lego components, create a Show Me poster and...

This project will use iPads to create project-based learning centers for students to immerse themselves in technology while learning content. Funds will be used to facilitate the learning centers and provide a place for students to conduct their investigations while...

This project will use iPads to create project-based learning centers for students to immerse themselves in technology while learning content. Funds will be used to facilitate the learning centers and provide a place for students to conduct their investigations while...

This project will use ten Apple iPod Touches to increase math computation skills of students with disabilities and low performing general education students. These devices will enable students to enhance their mathematics learning through the use of instructional apps...

This objective of this grant is to increase access to technology for 356 4th grade students at Cartersville Elementary School during the 2013-14 school year so that students can: (1) conduct internet-based research, (2) build digital literacy skills and (3) improve...