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Birmingham City Schools
Today, P.D. Jackson-Olin High School cut the ribbon on a new innovation hub that will give scholars access to cutting-edge creation technology.
Dubbed JO Studio and located in the school’s library, the space includes a podcasting studio, a music recording console, a video production suite with green screen, 3D printers, and T-shirt presses.
The space was outfitted in collaboration with Ed Farm, who has installed similar spaces at South Hampton K-8 School, Bush Hills STEAM Academy, Green Acres Middle School,Oxmoor Valley Elementary School, Huffman Middle School and C.W. Hayes K-8 School.
Funding for JO Studio came via Dr. Christina Norman, Textbook/Library Media Coordinator, who won a $10,000 prize for completing a scavenger hunt at Ed Farm’s Future of Learning Summit.
The addition of JO Studio establishes a tech pathway throughout the P.D. Jackson-Olin High School feeder, with scholars learning skills at South Hampton, Bush Hills, and Green Acres and continuing to hone them at Jackson-Olin.
Ed Farm plans to open technology hubs as West End Academy and Booker T. Washington K-8 School before the end of the school year.
