The Twin-Counties STEM Design Challenge 2021 is in the books!!! Congratulations to the winners, their STEM coaches and schools they represent. Another big shout out to Peter Neumann, tech support Edgecombe County Public Schools Nash County Public Schools, judges and partners #workHERE#futureengineers#STEM#collaboration

West Edgecombe Middle School scholars competed in the NCEUASC virtual drone competition today. They worked together as a drone pilot team to program drones to complete challenges. They did an outstanding job. NCBCE Edgecombe County Public Schools

AmplifyECPS Day 2021 virtual conference premiers Monday, September 20, 2021. Over 75 sessions to choose from that will help amplify teaching and learning practices across the district. #ECPSAwesome #AmplifyECPS

West Edgecombe Middle School's DCL, Tim O'Shea has over 75 participants in his session, Student Engagement/ Understanding Thinking. Way to be a leader. Edgecombe County Public Schools Technology #ECPSAwesome

AmplifyECPS Day is off to a "SUPER" start. Phylicia Danza and Angelica Roberts have suited up and are flying high with their presentation, Pixton Comic and Book Creator to Support Blended Learning. #ECPSAwesome Edgecombe County Public Schools Technology

MMA's DLC, Tesia Bynum, is making her session count with her presentation, 1:1 Make It Count and How to Create an Interactive Notebook. Interactive Notebooks=student engagement #ECPSAwesome Edgecombe County Public Schools Technology

Christine Mitchell, a special guest speaker from WCS and a NASA NC Space Education Ambassador is getting her STEM on with her session: STEM, Picture Books, and the 4 C's. Can't wait to try some engaging STEM picture book activities with students. #ECPSAwesome Edgecombe County Public Schools Technology

Eyes to the Skies: Weather, Hurricanes, and How to Become a Meteorologist. Thanks to Heather Wylieand Elliot Tardif for sharing their Meteorologist awesomeness and skills with ECPS. #ECPSAwesome Edgecombe County Public Schools Technology

DT&L Weekly Wrap-up: Students at Phillips Middle have been studying the atmosphere and the greenhouse effect. They designed and built greenhouses and also used Oculus VR goggles to learn more. #weareECPS #EdgecombeStrong #amplifyECPS Edgecombe County Public Schools @jessmessages

DT&L Weekly Wrap-up: Students in Ms. Knapp's class at West Edgecombe Middle used the DoInk Tweets app and a green screen to put a modern twist on traditional fairy tales. #weareECPS #EdgecombeStrong #amplifyECPS Edgecombe County Public Schools

DT&L Weekly Wrap-up: Students in Ms. Roberts' Learning Commons at G.W. Bulluck Elementary designed a chair to support Goldilocks' 3 bears and used Oculus VR goggles to experience grizzlies in the wild. #weareECPS #EdgecombeStrong #amplifyECPS Edgecombe County Public Schools

Joseph Hayes, Director of Technology, Edgecombe County Public School #NCRethinkEd

A1: Making sure the use of technology is content driven with the ability to assess student mastery/understanding. #NCRethinkEd

A2: I will keep flipping the classroom so more classroom time can be used for student focused hands on activities. Flipping also allowed for time assess student understanding at start of lesson and focus on individual/small group student misconceptions #NCRethinkEd

A3: "Blended Learning"-student focused instruction. Station-Rotation or Playlist with appropriate technology tools and project based learning activities to demonstrate learning. Student engagement---opposite of sit and get from sage on stage. #NCRethinkEd

A4: Learning more, creating a strategic redelivery plan for the district, collaborating with others across the state, having fun while I learn. #NCRethinkEd

A4: I am also excited to work with Deepak Sharma (Deepak Sharma), North Central Regional PD Coordinator, Rethink Ed. #NCRethinkEd

My students would love the Robot V2 MARTY so they can have an everyday #CodeBreaker party. Building tomorrow’s innovators, creators, and critical thinkers one line of code at a time. Brian Aspinall Robotical #amplifyecps

We came. We saw. We conquered. #CodeBreaker

ECPSTechDirector Brian Aspinall Excellent reason! We all need more #CodeBreaker parties in our classrooms! 🤖🕺