Summer EQ 2014

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October 14, 2014

March 17 - 19, 2015

CONTENTS Summer 2014

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EAST Core Summer Seminar Site Support EAST Community Student Technical Training EAST in Social Media EAST Serves Vilonia Guest Blog Neena Viel

18 Esri Users Conference

SPOTLIGHTS 12 Staff Member Cody Jones

14 Facilitator & Teacher KJ Kite Jody Wright

15 Board Member Melanie Bradford

16 Alumni Questions or feedback?

Communications@EASTstaff.org

Kyle & Capillya Uptergrove

19 Sponsor Walmart

20 Projects

Beyond the Bell

EQ Brief Click here for a video summary of EQ Magazine

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Geek Speak National Service Project Sponsors EAST Gear EAST Staff

EAST Core

Photo: Change The Equation - U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Change the Equation - T3G Training - Interns

Change the Equation In 2012, the EAST Initiative was honored to be identified among the highest quality STEM programs in the nation by Change the Equation (CTEq). CTEq is a national organization that brings business and education stakeholders together to ensure that all students are STEM literate.

According to their website, Change the Equation advocates for evidencebased state policies and practices that are known to produce STEM-literate high school graduates. This includes ensuring high standards through support for Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards and evidence-based high quality STEM learning programs.

As a collaborative partner with Change the Equation, the EAST Initiative participated in the Change the Equation Summit “Committing to Lead: the Business Role in Achieving and Sustaining STEM Literacy” in Washington, D.C. May 15 – 16. The summit included a targeted group of 200 invited attendees and included United States Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., who gave the keynote address on commitment to excellence in STEM education and economic development.

Dondi Jackson, the EAST Initiative Senior Director of Curricular Integration, met with various representatives during the summit to discuss innovative approaches to incorporating EAST best practices in secondary curricular STEM classes. EAST’s role at the summit and with CTEq is important to the EAST Initiative and EAST Core for national outreach, commitment to best practices

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and for connection to potential corporate funding for EAST growth.

This gathering of national leaders from business, industry and state STEM coalitions provided an opportunity to engage in dialogue about how corporate America can advance STEM literacy for secondary students and how companies are currently accelerating their support in STEM learning.

Other speakers and panelists from prominent companies investing in education included Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President of Foundation, IBM; Reginald McGregor, Manager, Engineering Employee Development, Rolls Royce; Bo Miller, Director, Corporate Citizenship and President, Dow Chemical Company; Justin Rattner, President of Foundation, Intel; Blair Blackwell, Manager, Education and Corporate Programs, Chevron; Deepa Gupta, Director of Education WWInitiatives and Strategy, The Boeing Company; Justina Nixon-Saintil, Director of Education, Verizon Foundation. Allen Grossman, Senior Fellow of Harvard Business School, shared current research on business engagement in public education and Kevin Sharer, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and former president of the world’s largest biotech company, addressed the importance of authenticity in business and education.

Coordinating the event was Claus von Zastrow, Director of Research, Change the Equation, who served as host and panel moderator. http://changetheequation.org/

T3G Training (Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS)

In June, 85 education professionals gathered in Redlands, California at Esri headquarters for a T3G training from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialists from around the world. Through a competitive application process, EAST Core Coordinator Lori Andrews was one of two guests from Arkansas selected to attend.

Throughout the week participants learned many components to ArcGIS Online including story map creation, field data collection and how to create an editable feature service.

“One of the most exciting adventures that I participated in was the field data collection in downtown Redlands,” Andrews said. “Prior to going out in the field, local history buffs Laura & Jim Bowden gave a presentation about the history of Redlands and some historical buildings to look for on our adventure.”

EAST Core Interns

Participants used the Collector application for Android & iOS devices to collect data on trees, buildings, fire hydrants, lights and electrical poles in the area.

External presentations from local historians contributed other information about the history of Redlands. Attendees were treated to a live demonstration from a blacksmith while at a picnic Thursday.

“I even got to make my own story map of my experiences throughout the week,” Andrews said. “It was fun, simple and exciting.”

The goal for the training is to spread the word about GIS to teachers and students. All participants were asked to present GIS material to conferences and training of colleagues throughout the year. Esri Founder and President Jack Dangermond shared with the group about the new ConnectEd initiative that will provide free access to an ArcGIS organizational account for all K-12 schools.

“I recommend this training to anyone that may be interested in any style of mapping,” Andrews said. “Your eyes will be opened to many possibilities of integration into education.”

HwiHyeong (John) Lee grew up in South Korea before coming to Magnolia, Arkansas, to attend Southern Arkansas University. Lee received his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics in 2013 and completed his Masters of Art in Teaching degree from SAU in May 2014.

Lee has worked on a project to make intersections safer in local communities by creating a digital timer to place above existing traffic signals. In addition to completing the EAST Core internship, Lee has been preparing for his first teaching job at Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Arkansas.

Taylor Byrd is from Hot Springs, Arkansas, and graduated from Hot Springs High School in 2013. She is an EAST Scholar at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is Vice President of the EAST Club. Byrd plans to become an EAST facilitator and aspires to become President and CEO of the EAST Initiative in the future.

The EAST Core team expanded this summer with two interns who assisted by writing and developing projects to be included in the Core Project Series.

Their work primarily focused on reformatting our existing projects into a userfriendlier format and creating new example projects to be shared with EAST Core schools.

The EAST Initiative advertised the internship opportunities to all current EAST students, EAST Alumni and every college in Arkansas. After reviewing all of the applications, two students were selected to complete the internship.

Byrd has used her internship to create a project that allows students to measure existing storm shelters in their communities to determine if those shelters are adequately accessible to the entire community.

Byrd started in EAST as a freshman at Hot Springs High School under the direction of facilitator Michael Vincent. She credits Vincent with inspiring her to become an EAST facilitator, apply for the EAST Scholar program and apply for this internship. Although Byrd is now a full time student, she has continued to assist students at Hot Springs High School with some of their projects. Next year, Byrd will be continuing her studies at UALR majoring in Mass Communications.

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Summer Seminar 2014

Facilitators, Core Teachers, presenters and EAST staff gathered at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., July 8 – 11, for professional development, technical training, networking opportunities, idea sharing and summer fun. This was the largest group ever for Summer Seminar with more than 200 attendees.

An optional Technology Camp was offered prior to Summer Seminar that drew more than 70 participants. A variety of hands-on sessions were hosted including graphic design, photography, and 3D design and animation.

While Summer Seminar is a professional development event, it is anything but boring. Attendees enjoyed a host of sessions including Zuni 4 Education, Code.org and learned about the National Service Project focus “Ready, Set, Plan: Emergency Planning and Preparedness.”

EAST staff, EAST Core teachers and EAST facilitators hosted several Round Table sessions. Discussion topics included collaboration with content teachers and exploring software and skills with students.

For the second consecutive year, several EAST facilitators and EAST Core teachers were recognized for their years of service in EAST education. EAST educators proudly serve their mission by allowing students to lead and to shine. Summer Seminar gives EAST the opportunity to focus specifically on our facilitators and Core teachers and recognize these milestones of service. Certificates and service pins were presented to facilitators and Core teachers who served at least 5 or 10 years in the EAST classroom.

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10-Year Recipients Velma Burns, Dumas Jr. High School Michael Finch, Greene County Tech High School Jaime Harper, Lakeside High School (Lake Village) Teretha Kelly, Henderson Magnet Middle School Millicent Sanders-Anderson, Henderson Magnet Middle School Clint Scrivner, Farmington High School Michael Vincent, Hot Springs High School Mary Vitro, Lakeside High School

5-Year Recipients Aaron Chastain, JD Leftwich High School Jamie Dial, Paragould Jr. High School Brook Easton, Northeast Technology Center Debbie Feagin, East Arkansas Community College Tony Freeman, Genoa Central High School Ashley Fulmer, West Fork Middle School Karla Garrison, Harrisburg Middle School Chris Green, Magnolia High School Karon Henderson, England High School

Evening activities were offered at the DeGray Lake Resort Lodge where Summer Seminar participants enjoyed live music by the Jack Fancy Band, a southern food buffet and a game night. Many participants went home with exciting prizes.

With so many ideas and resources shared during the Technology Camp and Summer Seminar, many are now available for download at www.EASTinitiative.org including session notes, presentations, handouts and more.

The EAST Initiative would like to extend our gratitude to those who made Summer Seminar possible: Arkadelphia Chamber of Commerce DeGray Lake Resort State Lodge Hampton Inn, Arkadelphia Holiday Inn Express, Arkadelphia Ouachita Baptist University The Jack Fancy Band

Gene Kephart, Lincoln High School Megan Mackey, Marvell High School Nicole Niemoth-Shay, Viola High School Susan Renfrow, Nashville High School Candy Riggan, Maumelle Middle School Eddie Smith, Arkansas Arts Academy Deidre Williams, Martin Luther King Elementary School

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Site Support Survival Guide

First Two Weeks Survival Guide ATTENTION EAST FACILITATORS: Are you looking for some fun, productive and useful activities for students during the first two weeks of school? Here are a few activities we think everyone can use!

Links are provided to the Facilitator Docs section of the EAST website.

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Seminar to get creative ideas flowing. For more information contact Site Support.

Show some videos about EAST! Visit the EAST Videos (Updated July 2014) folder in Facilitator Docs to see videos we have downloaded in case they are blocked by your school.

Print, display and discuss the EAST Posters (CART Poster, EAST Model, EAST Standards, EAST Taxonomy, Team Development, We Believe).

Have students create or update your EAST classroom inventory. Ask some students to make signs to post above your computers listing the different software on them. They may use Belarc Advisor, a FREE online personal PC audit tool to help with this task.

Host a name badge competition. Students will probably need an EAST name badge to leave the class so find out if any students are interested in designing them and have your classes vote on the one they like best.

Create a check- in/check-out sheet for EAST equipment and/or students leaving the EAST classroom.

Start off on the right foot with team building activities. You can find lots of ideas on Pinterest and Google so ask students to research and lead a team building activity.

If you have completed Phase I training in the last few years, try the poster activity and reflect on how that activity went. How did the students work to reach a deadline? How did they plan? Did they plan at all? Were some people more engaged than others? What could they have done better? Was this a real project? Did they meet CART?

Create a checklist of required paperwork needed. What kind of permissions do you need from your students? This will vary by school but commonly used forms may include: internet usage, leaving campus and student training.

Visit the EAST website to set up EAST accounts on the server and have your students set up their EAST accounts on the website. (Remember, they will need your school password which is “My Profile” on your “My EAST Dashboard.” Do not forget to approve them under “Pending Students”).

After the students have EAST accounts, design a journal on the EAST website and have them answer a few short questions to practice using journals.

Have your students develop some ways to get to know each other. Could they make a short video, PowerPoint presentation or audio clip and then share it with you and the class?

Brainstorm problems in your school, community, county, or state, etc.

Brainstorm different topics, such as the National Service Project (Emergency Planning and Preparedness) and ask your class for ideas about different topics to brainstorm.

Design a project board to display the ideas from your brainstorming sessions.

Make a scavenger hunt for the EAST website or even ask returning EAST students to make a scavenger hunt for students new to EAST. Introduce students to the Cash in the Pocket Activity to find out what “cash” students bring to your EAST classroom.

Check out the beginning of the year activities shared by other facilitators.

Review tools from Summer Seminar 2014 and Phase I Training 2014.

“Brainstorming Goes Bananas!” is a fun activity used in Phase I and Summer

Site Support Team

Tami Baker

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Lisa Cook

Erica Riley

Jerry Prince

Tim Stephenson

EAST Community Outreach

Volunteer Services The EAST Initiative is a long-time advocate for community support which is deeply rooted in the foundation of both EAST program and EAST Core project development. EAST has opened more doors by extending the organization’s resources through EAST staff volunteer services to benefit the community.

March Connect Arkansas hosted a workshop on entrepreneurship and e-commerce for Girl Scouts on a Saturday afternoon. The EAST facility and a computer lab were offered in support of Connect Arkansas and their goal to provide no-cost, hands-on training opportunities to students in Arkansas schools.

Staff reviewed and judged nearly 30 business plans for the Y.E.S. and Y.E.S. 2.0 competitions from middle and high school students.This process culminated at the Y.E.S. showcase held at Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock, Arkansas.

April Staff spent Saturday, April 12 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock judging the Boomilever and Metric Mastery competitions of the Arkansas Science Olympiad.

There were dozens of schools and hundreds of students in attendance.

May The EAST Site Support team volunteered to judge the North Central Educational Service Cooperative’s Science Fair finalists at the University of Arkansas Community College in Batesville, Arkansas. They joined other volunteers to judge elementary through high school projects in several different categories.

The EAST Staff volunteered to assist in clean-up efforts in Vilonia, Arkansas, following the damage of the EF4 tornado April 27. A large number of EAST programs in Arkansas also volunteered to help communities clean-up and gather thousands of donations of clothes, water and supplies for the tornado victims. Read more about this effort on our EAST Initiative blog, Lending a Helping Hand in Crisis.

EAST Technical Support staff shared a presentation about the projection mapping technique used at the 2014 EAST Conference at the Innovation Hub-Ub Wednesday, March 14.

June The EAST technical and website staff offered their experiences and expertise while brainstorming future technological solutions with the Arkansas Non-Profit Alliance.

June marked the beginning of a new partnership with Our House, a shelter in Little Rock that provides working homeless adults and children with housing, job training, education and children’s programs, to equip them with skills to be successful in the workforce, in the community and in their own families. The focus of EAST’s involvement will largely be in their new Children’s Center with technical education and support, expertise in today’s educational standards for programming support and offering project experiences much like the students in the EAST program receive.

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Student Technical Training 2014 - 2015

A host of trainings for EAST students are planned for the upcoming school year. Location and dates will be announced soon.

-3D Animation and Modeling -3D Auto Desk -Adobe Premier (No Elementary) -Advanced Adobe Photoshop -Advanced DSLR Photography -Advanced Geospatial Support Workshop -Advanced Illustrator -Advanced Photographic Principles -Advanced Systems Administration -Advanced Video Camera Workshop -ArcGIS Desktop Online -Basic Video Camera Workshop (Elementary/Middle School) -Basics of Community Mapping Online -Computer Vision Python -Digital Photography Concepts -DSLR Video Techniques -Final Cut Pro -Final Cut Pro 7 -Finding and Creating Data -Fruity Loops -GPS/GIS in a Trimble-less World (BYOD - Bring Your Own Device -Introduction to GIS

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-Introduction to Adobe Photoshop -Introduction to Audio/Video -Introduction to DSLR Photography -Introduction to Garage Band -Introduction to GIS -Introduction to Python -Introduction to Unity 3D -Learning Adobe Illustrator -Object Oriented Programming -Programming with Processing (High School Only) -Systems Administration -Systems Administration (Elementary/Middle School) -The Art of Editing -Using GPS with GIS Online -Web Design with Dreamweaver & Intro to Content Management Systems -Web Design with Dreamweaver & Intro to Content Management Systems (Elementary/Middle School) -The Why of Where: Disasters -The Why of Where: Health -The Why of Where: History -The Why of Where: Water

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EAST serving Vilonia Vilonia, Arkansas

In the past three years, the small central Arkansas town of Vilonia has been devastated by two deadly tornados. Homes, businesses and school buildings have all been heavily damaged or completely destroyed, some from both storms.

their rightful owners. Among the most valuable items were hundreds of photographs. One photograph in particular proved to be a priceless treasure for a family.

Though the force and intensity of the tornados remain visible through the crumpled metal and piles of brick and mortar from their aftermath, stories of hope and determination are shining among the rubble.

“After finding a picture of an infant that had passed away, and learning it was the only photograph the family had of their baby, we recognized just how very special photos were to people,” Rappold said.

One of the brightest is the spirit of EAST at Vilonia High School.

Like many after the April 27, 2014, tornado, EAST facilitator Erin Rappold and her students wasted no time going out into the community to help their neighbors begin the daunting clean up effort.

The EAST students have collected hundreds of photographs and uses social media and local websites to promote the project and identify the photograph’s owners. Once identified, through online research, they are able to identify the owner’s address, determine if their home was damaged and try to return the photograph to its owner.

In the midst of sorting salvageable items from all the debris, the Vilonia EAST team soon realized they could develop a means to reconnect lost items to

“When a photograph is identified the students tag the photos and start researching online,” Rappold said. “We have had a lot of the photos claimed and

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discovered several belong to people who were killed in the storm. We keep those separate and have contacted the families to let them know they can pick up their photos when they are ready.”

Prior to the tornados, the Vilonia EAST students had completed two video projects, one documenting the Vilonia Veterans Museum and an informational video for Vilonia’s mayor, where they filmed different streets in town and interviewed business owners.

Sadly, the Veterans Museum was destroyed during the storm but thanks to Vilonia EAST, footage of the entire building and veterans’ interviews are preserved. Likewise, due to the extensive damage throughout the town, the city of Vilonia has requested several copies of the film recorded for the informational video to assist local businesses with insurance claims.

Another major project the Vilonia students have contributed to is the development of a community center that will include a safe room, much like the one located at the school that previous EAST students helped design.

EAST student Connor Massery has worked collectively with other students to design a new community center using Google Sketchup that will include a large safe room for the community, along with recreation space, offering youth a place to go outside of school. As part of the project, the students have developed road signs to be placed in town to direct residents to the safe rooms.

“The community center idea is from a group of students,” Massery said. “We have all come together because we believe it will allow a safe place for people to be during disasters but also allow students a place to go to do things together.”

Prior to the tornado, the students had been working on a project to map bus routes to be posted in the school’s transportation department to help bus drivers learn their routes.

They used ArcGIS to plot the routes so both bus drivers and parents know exactly where the scheduled stops are.

“This allows parents to know where their child is going, both when they are picked up in the morning and when they leave school,” EAST student Adam Robinson said. “If anything were to happen, parents will have a better idea of where their child is.”

Unfortunately due to the tornado, some bus routes no longer exist which temporarily stopped Robinson’s progress but he plans to work with the school district this fall to make necessary changes to the routes.

Rebuilding after the second devastating Vilonia tornado in recent years will likely take months and years but EAST students there are committed to being part of that effort.

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Staff Member Spotlight Cody Jones - Staff Accountant

Cody Jones Sitting behind a desk for several hours each day can lead to unhealthy eating habits and a lack of physical fitness. EAST Initiative Staff Accountant Cody Jones found himself in that situation a few years ago and decided to make a change: become a marathon runner.

Although Jones played soccer in high school, running was not his favorite part of athletics.

“I always played sports but I hated running; it was what you did for punishment,” Jones said.

That attitude toward running changed when Jones became motivated to drop a few pounds before his Benton High School 10-year reunion.

The motivation paid off with a 75-pound weight loss over several months and completing his first 5K race, jingling all the way across the finish line of the Little Rock Jingle Bell Run in December 2008.

“Crossing the finish line was a sense of accomplishment that I had never experienced before,” Jones said. “I was hooked.”

Jones’ successful weight loss and overall well-being inspired his family to get healthy with him. In December, Jones’ wife, mother, brother and sister-in-law will all join him for the Three Bridges Marathon in Little Rock.

“It’s funny how running has changed our family conversations to training and injuries,” Jones said. “Our Christmas stockings have energy bars instead of chocolate. And expensive socks; running marathons can be an expensive hobby.”

Jones has set a goal to run marathons in all 50 states. He just completed his 20th marathon in Oregon, tallying 12 states. For scenery, his favorite marathon yet was in Maui, Hawaii.

“It was like running 26 miles of a postcard along the coast,” Jones said. “I even saw a sea turtle; you just don’t see that with every marathon.”

Another marathon that left an impression on Jones was the Bataan Memorial Death March at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, a rigorous marathon in memory of the service members who defended the Philippine Islands in World War II. “It’s a really tough course but seeing the wounded warriors out there was really inspiring,” Jones said. “I had just finished the Little Rock Marathon and had been complaining about the confusion with the weather, then I got to New Mexico and there were guys participating who lost a leg in service for us. It really changed my perspective.”

Jones has worked at EAST for two years but prior to that, upon completing his degree in accounting at the University of Arkansas, he had aspirations to one day be a partner in a family accounting firm with his brother, Zeke. But after experiencing the long, stressful hours of public accounting, Jones decided his experience and education in finance could be better used in the private sector.

“I wanted to get out of public accounting because it can really be exhausting, especially during tax season,” Jones said. “I saw all the time and effort my boss and others had to invest and realized that was not what I wanted to do with my life.”

In 2012, Jones was hopeful an opportunity would open to transition into a less demanding accounting job and one that would allow him to help others. That opportunity came from the EAST Initiative.

“One of the things I like about working at EAST is that I really feel like I’m making a difference,” Jones said. “I also like the teamwork atmosphere; if anyone needs help, they just ask and there is always someone to help.”

As the EAST Staff Accountant, Jones’ responsibilities include coordinating EAST Gear items, processing grant payments to EAST schools and assisting EAST Chief Financial Officer Mary Forst with other accounting needs.

Jones and his wife, Leigha, live in their hometown of Benton, Ark., with their two dogs and are training for more marathons later this year.

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Guest Blog Neena Viel

Neena Viel Girls of Promise Coordinator, Women’s Foundation of Arkansas At the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, the only statewide foundation that focuses solely on women and girls, our mission is to promote philanthropy and help women and girls reach their full potential.

the tiny creatures that dwell beneath, stargaze above and wonder aloud. They engage not only with other girls interested in math, science, engineering and technology but with women mentors who actively work in STEM fields.

One way we accomplish this is through the Girls of Promise® program, which has been connecting girls to STEM opportunities, fields and experiences for 15 years. It was designed to inspire girls to realize their full potential.

The Girls of Promise® is a space for girls to explore, to connect, to realize they are not alone. It’s a space where we celebrate that burgeoning interest in STEM. For girls who are interested in learning more about STEM fields, we will not let something as small as a lack of encouragement stand in the way of nurturing girls to reach their full potential.

While the numbers of women in traditionally male fields, such as law and medicine, have skyrocketed, the increase of women in STEM fields has come at a slower pace. Men outnumber women three-to-one in science and technology jobs.

Luckily, our understanding of factors prompting girls to study STEM has evolved. Research demonstrates that girls’ achievements and interest in math and science is influenced by the environment around them.

To address this, eighth grade girls across the state are invited to experiment and play in activities that range from a heart dissection to designing and creating with a 3D printer. They collect water from the wetlands and analyze

This year we are proud to partner with the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Museum of Discovery, Innovation Hub, EAST Initiative and others to help turn the tide of girls in STEM fields. Encourage the eighth grade girls you know to visit http://www.womensfoundationarkansas.org/, and join us at the Clinton Presidential Library on October 2-3, 2014 for the Girls of Promise® conference.

-Lynnette Watts, Executive Director of the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, has served on the EAST Advisory Council since its inception in 2012.

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Facilitator Spotlight KJ Kite & Jody Wright

KJ Kite

Jody Wright

EAST Facilitator - North Little Rock High School-East Campus

EAST Core Teacher - Star City High School

Four-year EAST Facilitator KJ Kite’s hard work with her EAST students did not go unnoticed this year. Kite was named North Little Rock Teacher of the Year.

Jody Wright has 14 years of teaching experience, most of which was in Mississippi, but is now enjoying her first year as an EAST Core science teacher.

“I am so honored to be named teacher of the year,” Kite said. “I was in great company with the other finalists who are top educators and great friends of mine who I have taught with for many years. I was surprised and humbled to hear my name announced.”

“[I like] the flexibility of not always lecturing to my students,” Wright said. “We get to do fun things and still learn.”

The award for Kite is just another nod for the North Little Rock EAST program that has been making news this year, including the success of the North Little Rock Community Farm. The project recently won the Regions Bank “What a Difference a Day Makes” national contest.

“Every day is a new beginning of discovery and with the latest technology at our fingertips, this enables the students to tackle problems in an abstract, self-driven way,” Kite said. “They are the catalyst and the solution.

Through teamwork and dedication, they provide the answers to make their environment and their world a better place.”

Kite loves the relationships she has with her EAST students and fellow EAST facilitators. Professional development opportunities like Summer Seminar allows for those special times of networking and encouragement for facilitators.

“Some of my best friends and biggest supporters are other EAST facilitators,” Kite said. “No matter what situation or challenges I may be facing, there is always at least one other facilitator there to lend a hand or offer advice.”

As much time as Kite invests in EAST, she also finds time to attend her goddaughter Mackie’s cheer competitions, travel, play golf and a handful of other hobbies.

“I am never bored!” Kite said.

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Wright typically starts each class with a Socrative quiz where students explore online for answers and ideas, to make the learning experience as interactive as possible.

One resource Wright has incorporated into much of her teaching is the Google platform, where she has created a classroom community that students respond to and submit assignments on Google Drive. Wright has recognized the value in utilizing Google in the classroom, prompting her to host a Summer Seminar session to share her best practices with other teachers.

“Some teachers do not see the uses for Google and how it can make their teaching easier and more effective,” Wright said.

EAST Core Focus Groups have also given Wright opportunities to think creatively with other teachers to better guide their students.

“The Focus Groups put me with other teachers and helped to design projects,” Wright said. “It helped me to think more like a student and not always as the teacher.”

Wright is a mother of two children, ages 13 and 7, who keep her busy outdoors, spending time together and enjoying their dog, Saddie.

Board Member Spotlight Melanie Bradford

Melanie Bradford

EAST Initiative Director Melanie Bradford has some stories to tell. She received an official invitation to President Bill Clinton’s inauguration, she has appeared in People magazine and once met Michael Jackson.

While those are a few interesting life moments to brag about, Bradford, more often than not, would rather talk about her family or the EAST Initiative.

Bradford is mother to three sons, Matthew, a Little Rock firefighter, and twins Adam and Jordan, who both serve in the United States Army. Bradford’s face lit up when she shared about the accomplishments of her boys.

scenes with other directors who each contribute different ideas and experiences to further the EAST mission.

“I love EAST and interacting with the other board members,” Bradford said. “I think we are all very different people and I just enjoy the relationship I have had with EAST from the beginning.”

Bradford graduated from Little Rock Central High School and began her career in education as a science and physical education teacher and basketball coach at Pulaski Academy, prior to working for the ADE.

“I have three absolutely incredible sons,” Bradford said. “One of my claims to fame is that all three of my guys are Eagle Scouts so in that process you really develop an appreciation for God and country and service to others.”

“I loved being in the classroom,” Bradford said. “I still have contact with some of my students.”

Bradford’s sons likely learned to serve by the example set from their mother, who not only serves on the EAST board but helps care for her own mother and sister, intentionally spends time with her grandchildren daily, and is an active member of Immanuel Baptist Church.

Part of Bradford’s responsibilities with the ADE include advocating for the EAST Initiative in hopes of expanding the EAST model into more schools and believes EAST has a bright future ahead.

“I’m all about service to others,” Bradford said. “It’s just what I do.”

“In my opinion, EAST is the way school should be,” Bradford said. “Things have changed over the years so we have needed to transform education and I believe EAST is the way to do it. It does not happen overnight but I do believe the EAST model will continue to catch on.”

Bradford has been connected to EAST since the beginning, when EAST Founder Tim Stephenson was searching for funding to launch his program in Greenbrier.

“Back in the late 90s, I had the occasion to meet Tim who invited me to Greenbrier to see what they had going on,” Bradford said. “I visited there and really liked what I saw.

I came back and told Mr. [Jim] Boardman he needed to go take a look at Greenbrier; he was sold on it because it was all about the students and not about anything else.”

Bradford, who is the Division Leader of Research and Technology, and the EAST Initiative liaison, for the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), was managing the disbursement of competitive federal technology grants at the time.

“I remember taking a $900,000 check to Greenbrier because they had successfully applied through the competitive process and were granted,” Bradford said.

Serving on the EAST Initiative Board of Directors allows Bradford to work behind the

“Since EAST’s first tentative steps outside Greenbrier High School, Melanie Bradford has been a primary caretaker and advocate. It was from her work directly with the ADE, that ADE began to consider EAST as a serious educational opportunity for students,” EAST Initiative President and CEO Matt Dozier said.

“It was her passion for giving students opportunities that has lead to the growth of EAST into schools across the country and to this day she remains one of the best friends and staunchest supporters that EAST students will ever have. Yes, she serves on the board of directors but Ms. Bradford also serves as a force for good and for significant educational experiences.”

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Alumni Spotlight Kyle & Capillya Uptergrove

Kyle & Capillya Uptergrove

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It has been said that magic happens in EAST classrooms but typically, that magic involves creativity and technology. Perhaps that was the perfect combination for Kyle and Capillya Uptergrove that lit a spark when they were senior EAST students at North Pulaski High School.

Kyle created a Microsoft PowerPoint slide with a message for Capillya, asking her to go on a date with him.

“I used clip art of a guy and a girl and added the text ‘Will you go out with me?’ then nudged her and told her to look at the screen,” Kyle said.

and worship services. Not only did Kyle learn how to research technology in EAST, he also learned how to better tell stories through film thanks to Dozier who encouraged him to study classic filmography for EAST video projects, including Flight of the Falcon, a film produced by the Uptergrove’s EAST class, highlighting their senior year at North Pulaski.

“Dozier helped me understand what makes a great story which has helped me become a better story teller through the videos I create of how God has changed people’s lives,” Kyle said. “It has really left a mark and planted a seed that would grow and mature from different influences that really began with the opportunities EAST gave us.”

“He was really creative,” Capillya responded with a smile.

Love was in the air in that EAST classroom in 2001 and almost 13 years later, Kyle and Capillya are happily married with a new addition to the family, their daughter Leilani.

“She already loves technology and we want to foster and equip that as much as possible,” Kyle said. “We definitely want her to be in a school district that has an EAST program.”

“Individually, Kyle and Capillya represented what teachers aspire to have in their classroom: one with the enthusiastic, joyful passion of learning; one with the deliberate and conscious desire to be successful,” Dozier said. “ I was fortunate to have them both, as well as a whole program full of students with their own special gifts and talents.”

Kyle and Capillya have been active EAST alumni over the years, assisting with video projects and even as EAST Conference judges. They have also remained close friends with their facilitator who is now the EAST Initiative President and CEO.

Rewind to Leilani’s parents as EAST students, a couple of high school kids who spent much of their free time in the EAST classroom, taking advantage of the technology available to them and learning with their facilitator, Matt Dozier. For the Uptergroves, having access to media equipment and video editing software meant a jumpstart in developing skills they both use today in their careers.

“When your old facilitator stops by your house to drop off a giant book of stories and some cute outfits for your baby, who hasn’t even been born yet, and stays to hang out for a visit, I think you can say we have a really great relationship,” Capillya said.

“I watched as Kyle and Cap made those early, innocent steps toward a relationship and it reinforced for me that when properly facilitated, EAST really can help build bonds that last far beyond the classroom,” Dozier said.

“It’s just a natural, deep connection and friendship we have with Dozier from the tremendous amount of projects we worked on together,” Kyle said. “He was such a great mentor for us.”

Capillya is the Digital Media Specialist for Maverick Transportation in North Little Rock, Ark. She credits EAST with equipping her to effectively communicate with all sectors of the company.

The Uptergroves took advantage of what EAST offered them in high school and encourage EAST students to recognize how distinct it is from other classes.

“EAST helped me with this particular job because you have all these different functioning arms of a company and work with a lot of different people who communicate differently,” Capillya said. “EAST really prepared me how to troubleshoot which has been integral in how I do my job effectively and positively.”

Kyle is the Media and Technology Director at The Summit Church where he assists staff with all IT needs and coordinates video and technology for events

“I think our class was really special because it was a unique group of individuals with a really inspiring facilitator,” Capillya said. “It was one of the best classes of our high school careers.”

“EAST is a class with the most amount of freedom and the most opportunities to really do what you want,” Kyle said. “If students don’t take advantage of that, they will miss out on something really incredible and special that is so valuable for their futures.”

Did you know if you were a student in an EAST program or EAST Core classroom for any length of time, you are EAST Alumni? EAST Alumni is a network of former EAST students who want to be involved in community projects, networking, growing with technology and giving back to EAST Schools. We also join the EAST staff at the annual EAST Conference to serve alongside them at EAST’s biggest event of the year.

Membership is free, and we hope to grow as an association. The EAST Alumni website is a common ground for alumni to stay connected with each other, keep up with events, ask questions, share stories and inspire each other. Register today to continue your EAST experience and prove that EAST students can make a difference in the world.

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Esri Users Conference Sonora Elementary It seems the wave of recognition for the 2014 EAST Conference Founder’s winner Sonora Elementary has yet to reach the shoreline for a Summer break. In July, fourth grade students Kylie Miller and Rikki Vaughn, who captivated an audience of peers during their Founder’s Award presentation, found a new audience to impress, all the way on the west coast in San Diego, California.

Miller and Vaughn, along with Sonora EAST facilitator Josh Worthy, took the stage in front of more than 15,000 GIS professionals from over 70 countries, at the Esri Users Conference, to share about their award-winning mapping projects during the “Connecting GIS with Education” session.

“It was such a great experience for us,” Worthy said. “I don’t think Kylie and Rikki really understand the magnitude of what they got to do.”

Sonora was invited to present at the Esri UC by Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri K-12 Education Manager, after he judged the Founder’s Award finalists and watched their presentation at the EAST Conference banquet. Fitzpatrick made two visits to Sonora to see the full EAST program and secured their spot in San Diego.

“Jack recognized the girls on campus and came right over to meet us,” Worthy said. “He was so friendly and casual and insisted we not call him Mr. Dangermond.”

Dangermond, who recently invested one billion dollars in K-12 education, joined Miller, Vaughn and Worthy on stage for their presentation, which drew a standing ovation from the crowd. Following the presentation, Dangermond said about the Sonora students, “What an afternoon; these girls will be around and will have their resumes ready for you later this evening.”

“I had people stopping me in the halls every day of conference telling me how inspired they were by the girls and the teacher and the [EAST] program,” Fitzpatrick said. “One senior Esri employee came up to me afterward and said ‘some very important people gave some very important presentations about hugely important work but nobody else got a standing ovation.’ Those girls gave the best presentation and what they did was awesome!”

Prior to the conference, the Sonora team visited the Esri campus in Redlands, Calif., for a tour and to fine-tune their presentation with the help of Esri professionals.

“It’s amazing all the work and details that go into preparing for an eight-minute presentation at an event like that,” Worthy said. “They really helped us improve.”

While on campus, the team was excited to see Esri staff using software on the job that the students use for projects in their EAST classroom. A special treat on campus was a lunch visit with Esri President Jack Dangermond.

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Sponsor Spotlight Walmart

We’re Fighting Hunger Together Every day across the country people are struggling to put food on their tables. We know this is a big issue and Walmart is uniquely positioned to take action. By collaborating with nonprofit partners, communities, associates and customers, we are fighting hunger together. The Walmart Foundation is providing access to nutrition education and healthy eating programs that improve the health of Arkansans.

In February 2012, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation announced grants totaling $9.5 million to give thousands of Americans access to essential tools to live healthier lives. These grants are part of the more than $13 million the Walmart Foundation has awarded as part of Walmart’s healthier food initiative, including a commitment to increase funding for nutrition programs.

In 2012, the EAST Initiative received a $36,700 grant to engage youth in fighting hunger through the EAST network of programs. Students collaborated to address hunger in their local community through STEM projects including hydroponics, aquaponics, community gardens and food desert mapping. The grant assisted EAST to help encourage and advocate for an increased number of youth in finding solutions to local hunger issues.

“We are committed to enriching the lives of the people in the communities we serve, and are proud to support the EAST Initiative here in our home area,” said Karen Parker, senior manager of the Walmart Foundation. “Through this grant, we are not only helping local youth join the fight against hunger today; we are educating future leaders who will help us take on the challenges of tomorrow.”

With a successful year of projects and youth engagement completed, the EAST Initiative was honored to receive a second grant for $60,000 in 2013 to continue building on the successes of youth solutions to fight hunger. Local EAST programs have been able to expand on projects while also building and leveraging partnerships such as Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, The People Tree and numerous others. The EAST Initiative’s National Service Project for 2013 - 2014 focused on health and wellness to strengthen projects and partners.

Students have been featured in the news and other media outlets for their work and more importantly, hunger is being tackled in a meaningful way by youth who desire to make a difference. This would not be possible without the generous support of Walmart.

“The EAST Initiative is honored to have support from Walmart in the effort to fight hunger through youth solutions. EAST students are motivated to make a difference in local communities and with great corporate sponsors like Walmart, the collective impact to change lives can be powerful,” said Dr. Angela Kremers, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy at the EAST Initiative. “Walmart giving is far reaching and EAST is fortunate to be one of the organizations to help fight hunger together with them.”

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Project Profiles Beyond the Bell

Beyond The Bell

2014 Beyond the Bell Grant Projects

The EAST Initiative, in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education, awarded more than $94,000 in funding in June among 15 EAST schools for educational STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) projects as part of the Beyond the Bell grant program.

The projects create engaging environments for students, utilizing technology to support the STEM curriculum while serving their communities outside normal classroom hours in the summer and fall.

Dover High School Hiking Thru Habitats

Hiking Thru Habitats reaches beyond science classroom walls to build on traditional teaching with experienced-based learning by being in habitats, engaging in hands-on activities, guided hikes and exploratory scavenger hunts while utilizing technology through interactive identification field guides, GIS/GPS and QR-coded outdoor learning environments. Hikingthruhabitats.org provides resources, lesson plans and self-led learning experiences to area students as well as their parents, community members and educators.

Dumas High School Apping Up Dumas

A team of 10 EAST students is developing a mobile application in collaboration with AltConsulting, Dumas Chamber of Commerce and the Delta Technology Education Center for the Dumas community to promote businesses, services, products, food and recreation/events. Students will create Apps using iOS and Android therefore some instruction with coding will be available through DTEC. Dover High School

Batesville High School Technology Boot Camp

EAST students at Batesville High School are hosting a Technology Boot Camp for students in grades 3 – 6 and 7 – 12 in the Batesville area. The camps include introductions to a variety of software programs with an activity using the software.

Clinton High School

Clinton High School Farm

Fountain Lake High School

EAST Foundation Building: Outplan, Outperform, Outdo EAST students facilitated a one-week camp that modeled the entire EAST process of project development that allowed middle school students to gain a broad knowledge of the capabilities of EAST software and hardware. The week culminated with campers pitching their projects to a panel of teachers, administrators and community partners and followed up with one-day workshops in July.

EAST students have collaborated with the manager/owner of the food bank, the University of Arkansas Extension Service’s Division of Agriculture, local Master Gardeners, elementary teachers and the high school’s Agriculture Science department to create a working farm which will provide fresh farm produce to the food bank to combat hunger and poverty in and around Clinton, while also serving the school with educational opportunities.

Dardanelle High School

STEM 3-D Building at Dardanelle High School The STEM 3-D Building at Dardanelle High School is designed to create an opportunity for students to gain experience in STEM careers and provide 3-D printing capabilities to the science department. The STEM 3-D Building project utilizes technology to support instructional design for the science and math curriculum and addresses a need in the science department for teachers to assist kinesthetic leaners and create more hands-on projects in the classroom.

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Dardanelle High School

Greenbrier High School

GHS EAST Program Drone Project Greenbrier High School has partnered with BHP Billiton, CAST and the Director of the Launch Pad at the Innovation Hub to create two modules to connect to a multirotor helicopter. Module one will collect data to create orthoimagery using 3-D mapping tools. Module two will allow clients to use thermography to scan surfaces that could be a potential problem in the community. The project will provide Greenbrier business clients and students access to cutting-edge technology while collecting research and data during the project.

Helen Tyson Middle School

Showcasing Springdale: Touring Our City’s Most Historic Spots

Greenbrier High School The objective of this project is to highlight 10 buildings and their surroundings in Springdale that are on the National Mountain View High School Historical Register. Through a partnership with Arkansas Tech Time for Teachers Historical Preservation and Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, students will Mountain View School District will become a Google school next year and the create a community tour using GIS, video, photography and publication design.

IT Department has asked EAST students to offer Professional Development for Information on each of these buildings, including photographs and video, will be faculty on using Google technologies. In addition to faculty instruction and available through a printed brochure and an online digital map. Individuals will be Professional Development credit, this four-part project will include tutorials guided through visiting all 10 sites in person or through an online virtual tour. created by EAST students to be posted on the MVHS EAST website.

Huntsville High School

Madison County Disaster Response Planning Project EAST at Huntsville High School students are collaborating with the American Red Cross, the Huntsville Police Department and the Huntsville Fire Department to expand emergency response plans developed in the event of a natural or man-made emergency. Students are using ArcGIS, GPS, ArchiCAD and other necessary technologies to develop maps of fire department response areas that include hydrant locations, population and shelter centers, staging areas and potential hazard sites. Additionally, students are developing a system to identify rooms from the outside of the building to enable police and firefighters to better respond in an emergency situation. Students are also helping develop resources to be used by the Madison County Disaster Action Team and other county emergency response agencies in preparation for a natural or man-made disaster.

JD Leftwich High School

24/7 Restoration Collaborative Restoring the pine-bluestem ecosystems in western Arkansas is a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP). The 24/7 Restoration Collaborative provides EAST students with equipment and resources to support this more than 20-year-old initiative sponsored by multiple state, national and local agencies to restore 200,000 acres of the Ouachita National Forest to a historic native state. This project allows students to work with representatives from US Forest Service and Native Expeditions and gain invaluable experience in GIS application, photography, videography, editing, documentation, forestry, ecology, biology, research and development, as well as responsibility and civic engagement.

Lakeside High School (Lake Village) Video Book Technology Camp

EAST at Lakeside High School’s Video Book Technology Camp gives students in grades 3 - 6 the opportunity to actively learn to read, write, research and apply literacy skills in the pursuit of planning, creating, producing, filming, editing and publishing a video production about their project. The teachers and EAST students leading the camp are trained in the EAST classroom at Lakeside High School prior to the camp.

North Little Rock High School East Campus EAST Camp

EAST at NLRHS-East Campus is piloting a technology camp this fall with a school located in a “technology desert” (an area with limited access to technology and resources within the school neighborhood). EAST students will provide a twoday after-school camp for all classroom teachers at the specified school. Upon completion, teachers will help recruit students from their classrooms to attend the student camp in the Fall. Students will be divided into teams, and each will receive a total of 10 hours of technology training including Food Science Technology, LEAP Motion, Digital Film Making, Virtual Reality, Game Design and Coding.

Pottsville High School App on Fire

EAST students at Pottsville High School will collaborate with the Pottsville Fire Department to create an app specific to the department’s needs. Data, including floor plans, photos and relevant information, will be collected on businesses and public buildings to help mobilize firemen in emergency situations. A senior EAST student will teach the basics of Xcode and Objective C to younger students by offering a beginning class in coding to any student in the district interested in learning this technology.

Searcy High School

Cutting Across the Core EAST students will serve as mentors to both students and educators bringing together technology and real-world application in frameworks-based core subjects. Cutting Across the Core will introduce Searcy’s Ahlf Junior High School students to the principles and foundations of EAST and encourage intercurricular planning among AJHS teachers while simultaneously integrating technology to reach across boundaries of core subjects (history, English, science and math). EAST students will train and mentor AJHS students in the use of industry-grade software as they interview veterans, gather research and data for the creation of an interactive Story Map and create a lasting memorial using 3-D printing technology.

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Geek Speak Technical Support Spotlight

Technical Support: Issue Spotlight To: EAST Technical Support From: Student Ticket: On all the Windows XP computers in our EAST Classroom, we receive the following message. What does this mean? Do we need new computers?

Background Information on this Message Every software product has a lifecycle; it is created when a software product is released and the lifecycle ends when the software product is no longer supported. Even operating systems have a lifecycle, and Microsoft’s Windows XP reached the end of its support lifecycle April 8, 2014.

This means there will be no more updates through Windows Update for Windows XP and no technical support for the operating system will be provided by Microsoft.

What should you do?

In short, it is time to move away from Windows XP. It has been around for 12 years, which is older than some of our readers (and makes some of us in TSG feel old). Although the operating system will still function, the lack of updates and support will leave any computers running Windows XP more vulnerable to security threats including viruses and other types of malware. So now it is time to either upgrade the operating systems in your EAST classroom on any machines that are running XP or replace those machines if they cannot run a newer operating system.

TIP: Upgrade Advisor To determine if your existing XP machines can run Windows 7, you can download the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft here:

Another reason to move away from Windows XP is that many software companies are releasing software that is no longer supported by Windows XP. The latest versions of Adobe Creative Cloud, ArcGIS, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Autodesk Products, Microsoft Office, SketchUp and SolidEdge, either will not install on Windows XP or is unsupported by the manufacturer.

What are other Windows product lifecycles?

It is important to know about the various product lifecycles of the Microsoft products in your EAST classroom. Microsoft has a page on their website dedicated for locating product lifecycle information on various products.

The next Microsoft operating system to reach its end of support

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20.

lifecycle is Microsoft Windows Server 2003/R2. Support for this

To determine if your existing XP machines can run Windows 8, you

operating system ends July 14, 2015. If your EAST Classroom is running

can download the Windows Upgrade Assistant from Microsoft here:

on Server 2003 or 2003 R2, and you are already having to upgrade

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-assistant-

your XP workstations to a newer operating system, you might also

download-online-faq.

consider upgrading your server’s operating system as well.

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Lifecycle table for current Windows client operating systems.

(From http://bit.ly/1qBW7NE)

Client Operating Systems

Latest update or service pack

End of mainstream support

End of extended support

Windows XP

Service Pack 3

April 14, 2009

April 8, 2014

Windows Vista

Service Pack 2

April 10, 2012

April 11, 2017

Windows 7

Service Pack 1

January 13, 2015

January 14, 2020

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

January 9, 2018

January 10, 2023

Programming with Processing Processing is a Java-like programming language and Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Processing promotes software literacy by making software development easier. The big advantage Processing has over Java is the ease of creating and animating graphics. In fact, the program was originally created as a sketchpad for users to visually learn to develop software. Another benefit of Processing is the worldwide community using the software that provides easily found answers to questions along with tips and tricks from other Processing users.

Above is a comparison of Processing code

example is not animated so nothing will move. If we were to animate this in Processing only

vs. Java. In the example both programs are

two lines of code would need to be added. To do the same in Java would require more code

simply drawing a square on the screen. As

and some special knowledge.

you can see the Processing code is more lightweight than the Java code. This is

Processing has a variety of libraries to enhance the functionality of the apps users write.

beneficial when learning how to code

Libraries are pieces of code that other developers have already written. Processing has libraries

since the user does not need as much

for the following: 3D, Animation, Compilation, Data, GUI, Geometry, Hardware, I/O, Language,

prior knowledge to get started. The above

Math, Simulation, Sound, Typography and Video & Vision. These libraries can help the user

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write programs and simplify the code needed to find the solution.

Users can do everything from reading data from a webcam or barcode, to driving robots.

A great example of Processing in action is a project that maps the position of where a variety of different plants should be planted in a field. This data was then converted to GPS coordinates and uploaded to a GPS enable tractor. The tractor then used the Processing data and the GPS coordinates to plant in specific spots in the field (see image at right). http://benedikt-gross.de/log/2013/06/avena-test-bed_ agricultural-printing-and-altered-landscapes Another useful feature of Processing allows the user to write for multiple operating systems from one language. Processing apps will run on Windows, Mac and Linux without having to make modifications. It also has the capability to turn a Processing app into a web enabled Javascript app that can run on the internet.

Processing is closely related to the language used for Arduino. One of the many benefits to learning Processing is the user may also learn to write apps for Arduino so they may interface between the two. An example would be writing an app for the Arduino to read data from a humidity sensor then using Processing to read that data from the Arduino and display it on another computer or on the internet.

Take time to explore the possibilities with Processing and determine how it can be a powerful resource in the EAST classroom.

Example of field maps created using Processing to guide the tractor in seed planting to optimize distribution across the field.

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Adam Clemons

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Technical Support Specialist

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Internet Services Manager

STEM Coordinator

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Linsey Horton

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Administrative Assistant

Senior Director of Curricular Integration

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Cody Jones

Dr. Angela Kremers

Staff Accountant

Senior Director of Corporate Strategy

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Jerry Prince

Melanie Ridlon

Senior Director of Program Services

Senior Director of Operations

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Erica Riley

Tim Stephenson

Program Coordinator

Special Liaison for Program Support

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Network Manager

Communications Coordinator

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