NYSED Learning Technology Grant (LTG): Three Years Comes to a Close!
On May 15th, 2024, FEH BOCES hosted the last professional development workshop for teachers participating in the three-year NYSED Learning Technology Grant (LTG) program. During this workshop, teachers were given final updates and resources to sustain LTG projects in their classrooms in the future. Throughout the day, teachers participated in a variety of workshops and activities, including:
- A virtual workshop with Paul Gorski from the Equity Literacy Institute, who shared information related to the stories and experiences of students living in poverty.
- A hands-on session on "Bias in AI" hosted by Library Media Specialist and LTG participant, Erica Soper.
- A full group share-out of projects and future plans from Project Identity participants.
As the three-year grant period officially concludes on June 30th, 2024, teachers have been giving final evaluations and wrapping up learning activities with students. Some of the grant-related learning activities students have participated in throughout the three years include:
- High school students using the Stop Motion Studio animation app and the book, "The Story of You" by Lisa Ann Scott to create and share animations about themselves in Spanish language class, propelling their NYSED Seal of Biliteracy presentations.
- A middle school entrepreneur project inspiring students to create a product or service that connects to their own identities, and prepare multi-modal representations communicating their products, services, and individual stories.
- A high school activity giving students an opportunity to learn about values, identify their own values, and communicate those values to peers using digital tools and resources.
- An elementary activity based on the book, "I Am Enough" by Grace Byers giving students an opportunity to share their own uniqueness with the greater school community through a video recording that ended with student affirmations about being themselves.
- A middle school stop-motion animation project that gives students choice and voice in communicating words and concepts learned in class.
- A high school ELA class using The Million Person Project's personal narrative activity to prompt students to think about their own stories and experiences in preparation for writing their college essays.
- High school students using Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's Five Pursuits to evaluate societal issues presented in multi-modal formats in class.
- Middle school students creating digital vision boards representing their own interests, passions, and stories.
- An early elementary classroom communicating information about their own stories, identities, and experiences through words and silhouette pictures of each student taken and shared with technology provided through the grant.
- Middle school students producing "Where I'm From" poems using digital technologies and sharing them with peers and the greater school community.
- A high school landscaping project communicating the identity and story of the greater school community through school landscaping and vegetation, documented using digital technologies.
- An elementary maple syrup project connecting students to the land, and documented using digital technologies.
- A high school special education class engaging in a digital "My Life Road Map" project, mapping their individual stories and plans for the future.
- Elementary, middle, and high school classrooms participating in The Million Person Project's virtual personal narrative and storytelling workshops.
As a part of the grant project, participating teachers worked together by grade band to create and share replicable learning activities. Those learning activities are available on the FEH BOCES Project Identity website.
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