As teachers, every so often we have a class of students who teach us more than we probably teach them. That was my Digital Journalism 7B class this year. Chalked full of personality, wide-eyed and wicked smart, they walked into class last August with no prior experience. This afternoon, they put their fifth and final edition of Herman/AdVenture's digital publication, the Patriot Power, to bed. Writing...

AdVenture STEM has always been a small program, with a maximum of 65 students per grade level. Last year, one 7th grade class took on the responsibility of Digital Journalism while the other 7th grade class tackled Video Production. This year, both classes have taken up the challenge of producing one School News Online (SNO) publication. How do two teachers coordinate 65 students in two sections of...

Until Block H award stickers were issued last week, I had no memory of what incentive I had offered students. Turns out it's an ice cream party. Our Digital Journalism students showed me a prowess I had not yet seen when they decided to organize what should prove to be one of several ice cream parties this spring. They even held a class discussion on Google Classroom about what ice cream they wanted...

Imagine attending elementary school for seven or so years, making friends and creating memories, only to find out one day that your beloved school is closing. On Friday, February 2, 2018, the Oak Grove School District (OGSD) announced that Glider and Miner Elementary Schools would be shut down. Students, parents, teachers, and staff were in shock to see their beloved schools closed forever. Due...

Have you heard the term LGBTQ+ before? Many people have heard of it, but do not know what it means. LGBTQ+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning/Queer, and the “+” stands for every other sexuality or gender there is. The LGBTQ+ community is a community of people who are of either a different sexuality or a different gender than their 'assigned' one. If this explanation seemed...