Courney Hollansworth designed Rotary Club of Scenic 7 banner.At the November 11, Veterans Day, meeting of the Rotary Club of Scenic 7 guests Courtney Hollansworth and Dick Warrington talked about EAST Lab at Fountain Lake School.
EAST is an acronym for Environmental and Spacial Technology. Students use cutting-edge technology to solve problems.
The EAST concept originated in Greenbrier, Arkansas in 1996 and is now going strong in several states. The EAST Lab national headquarters is in Little Rock. EAST Lab came to Fountain Lake nearly five years ago.
Scenic 7 Rotarians learned more about the EAST lab at Fountain Lake School from student Courtney Hollansworth and hands-off teacher/supervisor Dick Warrington. Warrington was candid in that his role is to facilitate, match the children with the right equipment and head them in the right direction and then to stand back and offer support but not advice. The students are encouraged to solve their own problems, learn about hardware, software and equipment. The students are encouraged to teach each other.
Warrington added he presents the project then leaves it to the students to figure out how to do each task. His background in not necessarily technology laden. Warrington was in real estate for ten years and was a girls basketball coach at Fountain Lake for 16 years.
EAST Lab students are offered the opportunity to attend several seminars across the state to learn about different technologies. The students go back to their schools and share what they have learned.
Some of the projects Fountain Lake students have participated in include making the film The Making of a Masterpiece. The film covers the art movement in Hot Springs from 1973 to the present. The film was an entry at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. The first time I saw the film was at a Rotary talk given by Davis Tillman. It was very informative and well put together. I was astounded when I learned high school students made the film.
Students used a software, ArchiCAD, to help design the look of the Fountain Lake Campus recent improvements. Two students were hired right out of high school to go to work for a building design company in Las Vegas. One does database work the other is a designer.
The Fountain Lake students are participating in the Hot Springs National Park mapping project. In conjunction with other Garland County EAST Labs and the staff of Hot Springs National Park, ten students mapped the trails of the National Park and created a website to supply the information to the public. Now the mini-website is part of the US Park Service website at http://www.nps.gov./. This project is ongoing.
EAST Lab students designed and maintain the school website at http://flcobra.k12.ar.us/.
Students completed a documentary film on the Middle Fork river, its history and environmental importance. Hollansworth said the film celebrates the river. The film has aired at the Clinton Presidential Library.
Other students completed a film, Cigarette Butt Waste. A educational piece to educate people to the ills of this waste.
Recently students designed a website for a Mayan Dance Group in Belize. They are highlighting this dying art form. The project was suggested to this group by the EAST Lab founder Tim Stephenson.
Four students traveled to Hanamaki, Japan to film a documentary about Hot Springs’ sister city.
Students created a documentary about Wroom, a symphony for motorcycles featured at the Hot Springs Music Festival in 2007.
The students of Fountain Lake EAST Lab receive grants to pursue their goals. Several of the students have been offered work upon high school graduation. Many of the students have received scholarships to pursue college degrees. Many of the students’ projects have received national awards.
Courtney Hollansworth designed the banner for the Rotary Club of Scenic 7. Many of the students projects are designed to provide services to the community they live in, the state and the nation.
Lacey Ekberg, the new director of the HSV Chamber of Commerce will speak at the Thursday noon meeting of the Scenic 7. Following the meeting will be a board of directors meeting. There will be no Scenic 7 meeting on Thanksgiving Day.
EAST is an acronym for Environmental and Spacial Technology. Students use cutting-edge technology to solve problems.
The EAST concept originated in Greenbrier, Arkansas in 1996 and is now going strong in several states. The EAST Lab national headquarters is in Little Rock. EAST Lab came to Fountain Lake nearly five years ago.
Scenic 7 Rotarians learned more about the EAST lab at Fountain Lake School from student Courtney Hollansworth and hands-off teacher/supervisor Dick Warrington. Warrington was candid in that his role is to facilitate, match the children with the right equipment and head them in the right direction and then to stand back and offer support but not advice. The students are encouraged to solve their own problems, learn about hardware, software and equipment. The students are encouraged to teach each other.
Warrington added he presents the project then leaves it to the students to figure out how to do each task. His background in not necessarily technology laden. Warrington was in real estate for ten years and was a girls basketball coach at Fountain Lake for 16 years.
EAST Lab students are offered the opportunity to attend several seminars across the state to learn about different technologies. The students go back to their schools and share what they have learned.
Some of the projects Fountain Lake students have participated in include making the film The Making of a Masterpiece. The film covers the art movement in Hot Springs from 1973 to the present. The film was an entry at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. The first time I saw the film was at a Rotary talk given by Davis Tillman. It was very informative and well put together. I was astounded when I learned high school students made the film.
Students used a software, ArchiCAD, to help design the look of the Fountain Lake Campus recent improvements. Two students were hired right out of high school to go to work for a building design company in Las Vegas. One does database work the other is a designer.
The Fountain Lake students are participating in the Hot Springs National Park mapping project. In conjunction with other Garland County EAST Labs and the staff of Hot Springs National Park, ten students mapped the trails of the National Park and created a website to supply the information to the public. Now the mini-website is part of the US Park Service website at http://www.nps.gov./. This project is ongoing.
EAST Lab students designed and maintain the school website at http://flcobra.k12.ar.us/.
Students completed a documentary film on the Middle Fork river, its history and environmental importance. Hollansworth said the film celebrates the river. The film has aired at the Clinton Presidential Library.
Other students completed a film, Cigarette Butt Waste. A educational piece to educate people to the ills of this waste.
Recently students designed a website for a Mayan Dance Group in Belize. They are highlighting this dying art form. The project was suggested to this group by the EAST Lab founder Tim Stephenson.
Four students traveled to Hanamaki, Japan to film a documentary about Hot Springs’ sister city.
Students created a documentary about Wroom, a symphony for motorcycles featured at the Hot Springs Music Festival in 2007.
The students of Fountain Lake EAST Lab receive grants to pursue their goals. Several of the students have been offered work upon high school graduation. Many of the students have received scholarships to pursue college degrees. Many of the students’ projects have received national awards.
Courtney Hollansworth designed the banner for the Rotary Club of Scenic 7. Many of the students projects are designed to provide services to the community they live in, the state and the nation.
Lacey Ekberg, the new director of the HSV Chamber of Commerce will speak at the Thursday noon meeting of the Scenic 7. Following the meeting will be a board of directors meeting. There will be no Scenic 7 meeting on Thanksgiving Day.
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