Blackland Prairie students had some amazing technology experiences in January. The highlight had to be the Discovery Dome. Kindergarten students showed us things that made them feel different emotions using Google Slides and the camera option. They changed the font...

Mrs. Rollans and Mrs. Inzana, the Instructional Technology Specialist and librarian at Blackland Prairie, led all first through fifth graders through lessons in the Discovery Dome, an inflatable planetarium. Each grade level experienced a different lesson. First...

Mrs. Rollans and Mrs. Pelzel at Blackland Prairie Elementary worked with her students to explore feelings. The students brainstormed different emotions, such as happy, angry, excited, and sad and what makes us feel those emotions. The students then opened a Google...

December was quite a month on the Prairie. Mrs. Inzana and Mrs. Rollans saw every student twice for one online coding session and one offline coding session. It was great to hear how different activities resonated with different students. The best part was the...

Our second week of plugged activities was a huge success at Blackland Prairie. Every student was able to participate in an online coding activity. Kindergarten got to play using Code and Go robot mice and Code-a-Pillar coding robots. They learned that robots aren't...