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The 2017 Incubator boated a wide scope of proposed projects, including:

• A digital badging and microcredentialing platform for teacher professional development.

• A program building connections between elementary students and elders in long-term care through computer science, art and music.

• A pilot focused on integrating restorative disciplinary practices, reducing suspensions and building relationships.

• An app making keeping track of vital student information easier during field trips.

• A student-designed and -built drone racing obstacle course for Hamilton County.

 

From community-wide programs to revolutionary classroom reinventions, and from low tech to gigabit-enabled, there are a lot of big ideas from this cohort. The educators invited to pitch:

 

• Beth Wilson (Red Bank Elementary)

• Chris Cooper (Ooltewah Middle School)

• Colby Williams (East Hamilton High School)

• Dan Basler (Lookout Valley Middle/High School)

• Danielle Morgan Hooper (Central High School)

• Emily Halbert (Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy)

• Erica Walker (Calvin Donaldson Elementary)

• John Cunningham (Brainerd High School)

• Lisa Blakely (Big Ridge Elementary) and Genise Fletcher (Tyner Academy)

• Magan Lampard (Wolftever Creek Elementary) and Sue Williamson (STEM School)

• Mary Manning, Drew Akins and James Stone (Red Bank High School)

• Matthew Craig (Red Bank Middle and High School)

• Mendi Catlett (Harrison Elementary)

• Olivia Bagby (Red Bank High School)

• Sara Durst (East Lake Elementary)

• Sara Southard (Harrison Elementary)

• Shannon Seigle (STEM School)

• Shela Brazeale (Central High School)

• Tara Tharp (Signal Mountain Middle/High School)

• Ty Campbell (Ooltewah Middle School) and Kelly Davis (CSAS)