Students, teachers and staff from three Penn Manor schools participated in the Student Technology Showcase, held on May 6 in the state Capitol in Harrisburg.
Projects completed by students at Hambright and Martic elementary schools and Manor Middle School were selected for the event, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology (PAECT).
Martic sixth-graders displayed their project to create a television station to broadcast school announcements using Open Broadcaster Software at a cost of less than $100. The broadcasts include lessons on sign language to help students communicate with their peers in the school who have hearing impairments.
Hambright fifth-graders displayed their "The World in Our Backyard" project, which uses virtual reality technology to tell the story of the wetlands, farmland and wooded areas surrounding their school.
Manor students displayed "Science in Our Backyard," in which eighth-graders worked with the Hambright students to conduct soil samples and create 360-degree images of the areas included in "The World in Our Backyard."
All three groups of students participated in live-stream presentations on their projects before being introduced in the Senate chamber and given a tour of the Capitol.
They also got to demonstrate their projects and answer questions from state Sen. Scott Martin and Sen. Ryan Aument, and state Reps. Brett Miller, Bryan Cutler, Joe Webster, and Joe Ciresi.
Participants from Manor included teacher Jennifer Ennis, technology staff trainer Shelby Foster, and students Grace Seiger, Abigail Ames, Gertrude "GG" Moenga, DeShawn Stanley, and Jerica Strohmeyer.
Participants from Martic were teacher Brian Plumbo, technology staff trainer Judy Keller, and students Parker Sipel, Morgan Eachus, Madison Stringer, CeeJay Rettew, Kaitlyn Yeager, and Ayianna Amaro.
Participatnts from Hambright included teacher Katie Lutz, technology staff trainer Shelby Foster, and students Ava Luciano, Oliver Hanna, Adelyn Martin, Evangeline Grapes, Soksopia Yiem, Reilly Ennis, and Jack Steele.
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