Doodle for Google

Google hosts an online design competition every year when they ask students across the country to design a new Google logo pertaining to a topic. Before there was an airplane, there were doodles of cool flying machines. And before there was a submarine, there were doodles of magical underwater sea explorers. Since the beginning of time, ideas big and small, practical and playful, have started out as doodles. This year's theme was "If I could make the world a better place, I would invent..." Students (grades K-12)  across the nation competed for the ultimate prize...to see his or her artwork on the Google homepage, a $30,000 college scholarship, and $50,000 grant worth for technology for their school.  

The fifth grade students at the Tech Academy participated in this year's competition. Although our doodles were not selected as finalists we are very proud of the effort and time our fifth graders put into their submissions. We invite you to visit our gallery in the main office or online (link below) and vote for your favorite doodle. Voting closes on May 30th.

VISIT OUR STUDENTS' GALLERY ONLINE AT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124817547@N06/sets/72157644781909344/

VOTE ONLINE AT THE LINK BELOW OR BY SCANNING THE QR CODE 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y23PJKK

To view the national finalists click below.
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html

2011 National Winner

2012 National Winner

 

2013 National Winner

 

Researching and Access to Resources

One benefit of providing personal devices for all of our students is the opportunity the Internet provides them with as far as unlimited access to resources for reading and research. No longer are our students limited to the encyclopedias on their teacher's shelves or the books at our school library. The Internet opens up a world of options to our students when we do research in our classrooms.

Frequently students are asked to use their computer to complete research. Over time our students have worked on their digital literacy skills to improve their ability to research most effectively. This includes browsing for credible sources, sorting through expert information when compared to novice opinions, and using print, images, and videos to increase their depth of understanding.

In the photo below, Mr. Dill's sixth grade social studies class is conducting research online about the Olympics.

Turnaround Award Presented to Angelo Hardimon

Angelo Hardimon, 6^th grade student at the Technology Academy at Bon Air, recently received a very prestigious honor and was awarded the middle school Turnaround Award. Surrounded by his family, principal, and teachers he received this award Thursday morning May 8^th. A banquet ceremony was held at the Kokomo Country Club to honor the recipients of the Turnaround Award. Also in attendance were Mayor Greg Goodnight, Judge Menges, Judge Murray, members of the Mayor's Board, superintendents and principals from the Kokomo area.

 

Angelo was nominated for his desire to improve his work ethic, effort, and overall attitude while at school. He has improved his grades to all A’s and B’s and has quit being a behavior problem in his classrooms. Congratulations Angelo!

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