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Regional Winners Selected for Touchstone Energy
SKIE Awards
the efforts of educators who use technology to transform their classroom. Regional winners below each received a $500 grant and a statewide winner, to be announced in December, will receive a $1,500 award. The statewide winner’s school will be awarded a $1,000 cash award. To be considered for the SKIE Award, teachers—or a team of edu-
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cators working collaboratively—must possess a record of outstand- ing application or integration of the K20 Center IDEALS. Applicants also must demonstrate excellence in teaching and the use of tech- nology, and demonstrate instruction that is both engaging and ef- fective for students. To learn more, visit:
http://k20center.ou.edu/ skie.
Alyssa Henley, Northeast Region
Alyssa Henley has taught for nine years, spending the last year teaching Gifted and Talented for grades 1-5 at Dewey Elementary School. Henley’s teaching style highlights discourse, leadership and service, inspiring students to work on collaborative projects and stu- dent-led classroom activities. She strives to encourage her students to be “Makers” vs. “Consumers” of knowl- edge using a variety of technology in her classroom.
Kitty Herbel, Northwest Region Kitty Herbel has finished her first year as the
Computers and Media Production teacher at Waller Middle School in Enid as part of her 12-year tenure. She curates projects based on authentic learning. She also uses inquiry and discourse to determine her stu- dents’ needs and interests to better design lesson plans. Herbel participates and serves in district and state orga- nizations helping to plan, present and implement pro- fessional development. She has also presented nationally for the National Science Teacher’s Association. Her favorite phrase to hear from her students is, “This is fun. Come see what I did.”
klahoma’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives and the K20 Center have released names of fi ve regional win- ners for the annual SKIE (Supporting K20 Innovative Educators) Awards competition. The SKIE Award honors
William Higgins, Southeast Region William Higgins is a fifth year, pre-kindergarten
teacher at the William Gay Early Childhood Center in McAlester Public Schools. Higgins integrates iPads into his students’ educational experience encouraging his young students to use their imagination and make learning fun. Higgins used school data to inform his practice and meet the need for students to have direct experiences to apply reasoning and comprehension skills. He is the technology mentor in his building and
created the online assessment used in his district for preschool and kinder- garten. He also served on a preschool curriculum development team for the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
Virginia Kennedy, Central Region
Virginia Kennedy has taught for 30 years, spending the past 25 years teaching Social Sciences at Southeast High School in Oklahoma City. She has used her experience to write and share original lessons to present for OKAGE, Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education. She has worked with teachers across the state to implement the state requirements for fi nancial literacy, including the use of technology to teach these skills. She has also
served in the House of Delegates and on several committees shaping social studies policies at the national level. Clickers help Kennedy assess her stu- dents learning and inform her work with colleagues, where she serves as the chair of her department.
Classie Nolan, Southwest Region
Classie Nolan has been teaching for 10 years, complet- ing her ninth year as an English teacher and department chair at Frederick Middle School. Nolan is passionate about her teaching as she seeks to build relationships with students. She is also very savvy in integrating tech- nology into her classroom providing opportunities for her students to engage in authentic learning experiences while at the same time collaborating with community
organizations. She shares that her true reward comes when she hears back from her students once in or out of college to hear about what they remem- ber from her class and how they used their learning.
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