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...

Kindergartners at Blackland Prairie Elementary learned that programs are simply instructions (or directions) that are given to computers to make the computers do something. The students discussed programs that they have used, including apps on iPads and websites on...

November was an amazing month at Blackland Prairie Elementary. Check out just a few of the amazing things that happend: Mrs. Rollans and twelve teachers spent two days focusing on becoming Google Certified Teachers. It was wonderful spending time with the small groups...