20170505 - Tech Con (hrb)

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Kayla Wolf for Shaw Media- Fifth grader Kylie Morgan practices her presentation Friday, May 5, 2017, as Charlie Baker, listens to her presentation. Morgan created a project that uses a quiz website named Kahoot.

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Kayla Wolf for Shaw Media- Fifth graders from Jen Bigler's class gather around a trifold Friday, May 5, 2017, to discuss how they will present their projects at the Tech 2017 conference in Springfield, Ill. next week. The students are presenting projects they researches as part of a program the school call genius hour, which invites students to ask a question about something they are passionate about and research to find an answer.

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Kayla Wolf for Shaw Media- Fifth grader Charlie Baker role plays a senator listening to a classmates presentation Friday, May 5, 2017. Six Prairiewood Elementary School students will present projects at the Tech 2017 conference in Springfield next week.

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Kayla Wolf for Shaw Media- Fifth grade teach Jen Bigler laughs as she answers a quiz question Friday, May 5, 2017, with students Charlie Baker, left, and Kylie Morgan. Morgan will be presenting her project which uses the website and mobile application Kahoot to create quizzes that engage students.