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Discovering Our Inner Genius – 2017 Grant Award

Teacher(s): Chad Gilbertson, Denise Jorud, Donna Evink, Christi Converse, Kimra Kirksey, Amy Revering
School(s): Miltona Magnet Elementary
Students Impacted: 149 – K-5th grade
Amount Funded: $4,500

The learning tools this grant will provide will be utilized to bring more collaborative learning opportunities to Miltona students. The teachers involved in this project will work to develop activities using Rigamajig to enhance the ability to integrate the 4 C’s (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking) into instruction and create engaged STEAM-based lessons for K-5 classrooms.

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