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Longview News-Journal 12/14/2015 Longview: Copyright (c)2015 Longview News-Journal, All Rights Reserved. Edition 12/14/2015 December 14, 2015 6:10 pm (GMT +6:00) / Powered by TECNAVIA BUILDING E DUCATION BY MEGAN WHITWORTH [email protected] S TEM art teacher Cat Morgan asks her group of first- graders, “Do you have your eyes on?” as the young students ex- citedly build robot birds out of Le- gos. The students are participating in a new program called Future Engi- neers with Lego Education at Hud- son PEP Elementary School. The program aims to teach students about computer programming. Once they build the robot birds step by step, they will be connected to a tablet students will program to make the birds tweet and dance. The education program was made available after Morgan received a $2,000 grant from the Longview ISD Foundation in April. “The very first lesson that I al- ways do with all of the kids is called Lego boot camp. I teach them the parts first and how they work, what they work with and what parts we are going to use. I teach them about the base, the USB, the motor and the sensors,” Morgan said. “We just build a mock robot; it’s not a fancy robot. And then we plug it into the tablets and then program the mock robot. They can actually see what buttons do what on the program.” The robot birds can make up to 20 different sounds. Students can change the way the birds move by changing the pulleys, Morgan said. “They are learning a little bit about force of motion, simple ma- chines and force technology when they do it,” she said. “I ask the stu- dents, ‘What is technology?’ Of course, they are going to say tablets and computers and cellphones. Technology is anything that has been invented that can solve a problem.” Hudson PEP teacher teaches lessons with Legos Michael Cavazos/News-Journal Photo Malory Hickman, 7, participates in a Legos robotics exercise during her STEM class Thursday at Hudson PEP Elementary School. See TEACHER, Page 5A
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Businesses mustdecide on open carry
BY GLENN [email protected]
Restaurants, churches andother places people gatherhave a decision to make byNewYear’sDay,whenTexanswill legally be able to carryhandguns on their hips.
“I’ve carried a gun eversince they had the concealedcarry permit, and it’s been le-gal,” Longview restaurateurDudley Lang said. “But I’mkind of afraid, in the restau-rantbusiness, that opencarryis going to freak out some of
these older people. I think it’skind of dangerous with kidsrunning loose, and how doyou tell the good guy from thebad guy?”
The option for Lang, andother owners of places wherethepublicgathers, is toplaceasignatentrancessayingopen-ly carried firearms are not al-lowed inside.
Onelocal leaderatachurchsaid the church would not al-low guns to be openly car-ried.
Editor’s noteThis is the second in a
two-part series examininghow East Texas entities arepreparing for the Texas opencarry law that begins Jan. 1.
SUNDAYCities and counties haveunanswered questions.School districts awaitclarification on what isdefined as school property.Area private universitiesconsider opting out ofcampus carry law.
TODAYRestaurants, churches andother business consideroptions.Law enforcement agenciesset open carry classes.
Law enforcementagencies set classes
BY ELLEN [email protected]
Some local law enforce-ment agencies have set out tomakesureresidentsknowtheparameters of the new opencarry handgun law and howto stay safe with a firearm ontheir hips.
LongviewpoliceChiefMikeBishop said the departmentwill be hosting informationsessions throughout Decem-ber to help “everyone get onthe same page.”
Classes are set 10 a.m. Dec.
19, 6 p.m. Dec. 21 and 6 p.m.Dec. 22 in the Eitelman Con-ference Room of the MaudeCobbConventionandActivityCenter.
Neither the Gregg CountynorHarrisonCountysheriff’soffices are planning sessions.
“Thosewhohave their con-cealed handgun license knowthe laws. The only change inthe state is that they now cancarry exposed but they mustcarry in a holster,” said Lt.Jay Webb of the Harrison
Upshurjudgecouldbe sued
BY CHRISTINA [email protected]
Upshur County commissionersare considering suing the county’s115th District Court and taking fur-ther action against its judge.
Commissioners are meeting withtheir attorney at 2 p.m. Tuesday in aclosed session to discuss “contem-plated litigation” regarding filing acollateral attack against the 115thDistrict Court’s standing order for ju-ry empanelment and then to recon-vene in open session to take action.
Other items on the open sessionagenda include to consider sending aletter to Judge Lauren Parish to askher to rescind the jury empanelmentorder, which she filedMay 14, 2014; toconsider filing a complaint againstParishwiththestate judicialcommis-sion related to Parish’s actions Oct.12; and to take action to obtain a keyto the 115th District Courtroom orchange the locks to the courtroom.
Obama aims to ease concernsabout terror-fighting strategy
BY JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press
WASHINGTON — Fears of terror-ism are hanging over America’s holi-day season, so President Barack Oba-ma is planning a series of events thisweek aimed at trying to allay concernsabout his strategy for stopping the Is-lamic State group abroad and its sym-pathizers at home.
Obama’svisits to thePentagonandtheNational Counterterrorism Center arepart of a push to further explain his ter-rorism-fightingstrategy,WhiteHouseof-
ficialssaid,afteraprime-timeOvalOfficeaddressDec. 6 thatcriticssaid failed todomuch to reassure the public.
Another goal is to draw a contrastwithRepublicanpresidential candidateDonald Trump and his inflammatoryremarks about Muslims. The Obamaadministration has warned Trump’srhetoric emboldens extremists lookingto pull the U.S. into a war with Islam.
“Terrorists like ISIL are trying to di-videus along lines of religion andback-ground,” Obama said Saturday in his
If you goWhat: Upshur CountyCommissioners meetingWhen: 2 p.m. TuesdayWhere:Third floor of the UpshurCounty Courthouse, Gilmer
Commissioners to consideraction at Tuesday meeting
BUILDING EDUCATION
BY MEGAN [email protected]
STEM art teacher Cat Morganasks her group of first-graders, “Do you have your
eyes on?” as the young students ex-citedly build robot birds out of Le-gos.
The students are participating ina new program called Future Engi-neers with Lego Education at Hud-son PEP Elementary School. Theprogram aims to teach studentsabout computer programming.
Once they build the robot birdsstep by step, they will be connectedto a tablet students will program to
make the birds tweet and dance.The education program was madeavailable after Morgan received a$2,000 grant from the Longview ISDFoundation in April.
“The very first lesson that I al-ways do with all of the kids iscalled Lego boot camp. I teachthem the parts first and how theywork, what they work with andwhat parts we are going to use. Iteach them about the base, theUSB, the motor and the sensors,”Morgan said. “We just build a mockrobot; it’s not a fancy robot. Andthen we plug it into the tablets andthen program the mock robot.They can actually see what buttons
do what on the program.”The robot birds can make up to
20 different sounds. Students canchange the way the birds move bychanging the pulleys, Morgansaid.
“They are learning a little bitabout force of motion, simple ma-chines and force technology whenthey do it,” she said. “I ask the stu-dents, ‘What is technology?’ Ofcourse, they are going to say tabletsand computers and cellphones.Technology is anything that hasbeen invented that can solve aproblem.”
Hudson PEP teacher teaches lessons with Legos
Michael Cavazos/News-Journal Photo
Malory Hickman, 7, participates in a Legos robotics exercise during her STEM class Thursday at Hudson PEP Elementary School.
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