Sophomore Tiara Brand, right, gives an informative speech about freshman Mason Stamm, left, for her first speech of the year during Steve Meadows Speech 1 class at Danville High School (Danville Ind.) Aug. 16, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Jordan Perry, right, gives a speech about McKenzie Carpenter, left, during Steve Meadows Speech 1 class at Danville High School (Danville Ind.) Aug. 16, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Steve Meadows applauds a student's speech during his Speech 1 class at Danville High School (Danville Ind.) Aug. 16, 2011. For the first speech of the class students were to give an informative speech about one of their classmates. Photo by Amy Wallot
Freshman Sue Cook gives a speech about freshman Malik Robinson during Steve Meadows Speech 1 class at Danville High School (Danville Ind.) Aug. 16, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Scott Walker helps 8th-grade student Micha Logan make a computer game with Scratch software during his game design class at Bate Middle School (Danville Ind.). In Logan\'s game, Jurassic Cat, the gamer takes on the role of a cat that has been transported back in time and has to avoid being eaten by dinosaurs. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 7, 2011
Eighth-grade student Shelby Napier uses Scratch programming software to create a maze game during Scott Walker\'s game design class at Bate Middle School (Danville Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 7, 2011
Eighth-grade student Maritah Brewer creates on a gravity-style game during Scott Walker\'s game design class at Bate Middle School (Danville Ind.). Her older brother\'s involvement with computer programming inspired her to take the class. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 7, 2011
Eighth-grade student Cameron McCullough uses JavaScript to create a game during Scott Walker\'s game design class at Bate Middle School (Danville Ind.). Students start the year using the drag and drop software Scratch and advance to learning JavaScript. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 7, 2011