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Everything is awesome in Lego class Projector allows homework to be seen on whiteboard. Can also scan books onto hard drive. Touchscreen interface. Book reading functionality similar to Amazon Kindle.
NEWS USS Bremerton arrives in namesake city
Spaces outside screen allow for secure grip and handling.
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OPINION Thank you, Commissioner Zabinkski
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BY PETER O’CAIN
Logan Gaulin-Rainville, third grade, shows off his design for a technology to help in the classroom called “Safety Learning.” It has voice recognition and content control. Peter O’Cain / staff photo
Legos a learning tool for STEM kids BY PETER O’CAIN POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
The revolution will not be televised. It will be projected onto a wall via a next-generation learning technology called “Safety Learning.” Safety Learning is one part iPad, one part scanner and one part projector. It comes with beefy security features such as voice recognition and content control. The scanner allows users to scan and upload entire books
to its hard drive — perhaps the final death knell for print publishing as it will be near impossible to prevent book pirating — and the projector allows users to project their work onto a wall for mass viewing. The revolution will have to wait however, because Safety Learning is still just a prototype (idea, really) made of Legos. And its inventor is in the third grade. The inventor, Logan Gaulin-Rainville, is one of three students (grades 1-3) in teacher Andrew Nelson’s First
Junior Lego League at West Hills STEM Academy. “My class is less robotics and more teamwork,” Nelson said. “I like to think my group is the AAA development league to (Valerie) Sandell’s major league team.” Lego Robotics Sandell teaches at STEM, too. She runs the 4-7 grade group, officially called FIRST Lego League but better known as Lego Robotics, in which
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Families say driver told them he was on military holiday leave BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
Families of three teenagers who were killed in a Jan. 11 car crash expressed anguished sorrow about the loss of
their children during sentencing of the driver. Around 90 people packed the Kitsap juvenile courtroom on Feb. 19 to listen as the families broke down in tears as they spoke about their lost children, Kassidy Miranda Clark, Jenna Marie Farley and Luther James Wiggins-Stoudermire. Marcus A. McKay, the 17-yearSEE MCKAY, A9
BREMERTON — Safety proved to be a top concern over the Navy’s preliminary draft of the Joint Land Use Study (JLUS). Consultants from Makers Architecture and Urban Design presented the draft at the Norm Dicks Building Feb. 24. Makers worked with over 20 stakeholders, including local military, tribes, and
local agencies. The study is expected to work in conjunction with the city’s 20 year comprehensive plan. “It’s going to help us plan for the future,” said Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent. Some contention was raised by members of the activist group Ground Zero concerning Navy protocol if a ship were to catch fire at Indian Island. A JLUS draft published Feb. 12 addressed common myths about Navy operations, one of which being that a burning ship at Indian Island would be sent out to sea toward Port Townsend. But Glen Milner of Ground Zero cited Navy SEE LAND USE, A9
“They’re concerned about encroachment by the public on Navy facilities but not so much the reverse” – Glen Milner, activist from Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
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Anguished families recall their lost children as teen driver is sentenced SPORTS Dubos finishes second at Mat Classic XXVII
Activist says Navy not forthcoming POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
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Crowd ignites debate on Senate’s transportation package
Safety a top concern of NBK land use plan
Marcus A. McKay sits with his parents as he awaits sentencing for a Jan. 11 car crash that killed three Bremerton teens. McKay pled guility to three counts of vehicular homicide. Chris Tucker/ staff photo
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