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Fourth,
fifth, and sixth grade classes have resumed traveling to the Middle School
Computer Lab four times a week for scheduled lab time this year. New skills
are introduced during this time by our instructional technology specialist
or the classroom teacher. Most teachers return to the lab to work on classroom
projects and core curriculum throughout the week.
Please email our technology specialist, Adra Hallford, or our director of
technology, Dee Miller, if you have questions.
What are we learning this year?
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In addition to reviewing the basics of word processing with both WORD and APPLEWORKS, all classes are excited to begin projects using digital photography. They will be editing their photos using PhotoShop, and incorporating their best photos into classroom projects 4th grade is using their note cards and
doing extra research for classroom curriculum.
Additionally, 6th grade students created much of their Egyptian Exhibit using computer tools such as PowerPoint and AppleWorks graphics, and all classes spend some time each week honing their keyboarding skills. |
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Scenes from 2006-2007
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The
class is learning to create original digital videos, including scripting,
filming, and editing.
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POWERPOINT •Each student researches and prepares presentation of a different aspect of rockets and rocket design
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DeskTop Publishing (Adobe InDesign) •Using
industry-standard InDesign to produce original TRAVEL BROCHURES for
6th grade's study of ancient Greece. |
Web Design (Dreamweaver) Concepts taught: Design and Planning of site; execution of HTML commands to execute on screen; fundamentals of uploading a site; keeping links working; importance of correct and factual information
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Multimedia •Creating digital iMOVIES incorporating video segments, audio, and graphics. This project is in conjunction with 6th grade's study of Ancient Civilizations. |
Graphic
and Photo Editing •Scanning
and editing photographs and clip art for use in publications |
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Computer Literacy •Logging in and out•Hard Drives memory vs Computer memory •Using a shared computer •Using a student file server for storing and transferring documents
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Internet (Internet Explorer/Fire Fox/Safari) •Browsers, URL's, web sites, web addresses, and ISP's.•Acceptable use of Internet •Internet research and searches •Downloading images and learning to give legal recognition to the owner if image is used in student work |
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5th Grade |
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POWERPOINT •Each student used their Internet research to prepare a slide show of different body systems studied in science this year.
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WORD ~ InDESIGN Concepts taught: similarities in using AppleWorks and Microsoft Word; emailing attachments; importing from one application into another; basics of InDESIGN; journalism terms and newspaper layout; when to use print resolution for photos as opposed to screen resolution for web or monitor creations
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| Students prepare articles for a newspaper in 1776 - a Colonial Newspaper - writing about current events in the fight for independence.
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Articles are then imported from Microsoft WORD into InDESIGN, a desktop publishing application, and a newspaper layout is created.
Pictures and other graphic objects are prepared for print using PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS. |
| Programing (Terrapin Logo) •Logo Programming as a tool for logical thinking •Logo Programming as a mathematical environment•Constructing screen graphics by plotting XY coordinates, and using mathematical formulas for polygons, tangrams, and tessalations
•Saving and retrieving in the Logo environment |
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•Local
attorney and St. James Grad, Bill Miller,
demonstrates filming techniques for 6th grades upcoming medieval movies.
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4th Grade Database Management Digital Photography Digital Editing Spreadsheets Web Design Word Processing |
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 Students
take digital photos of different rocks being studied in the 4th grade
geology unit on fossils. Students then cropped and prepared photos to
be inserted into their Rock Database along with each rock's description
and properties.  |
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Web Design (Dreamweaver) Concepts taught: Design and Planning of site; execution of HTML commands to execute on screen; fundamentals of uploading a site; keeping links working; importance of correct and factual information |
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See student websites
by clicking on a photo |
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Meet the creator of LOGO
and learn why it is a major part of our technology curriculum.
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DATABASES •What they are
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Word
Processing •Use of electronic
Thesaurus
DeskTop Publishing (AppleWorks) •Importing and inserting graphics and/or photos into a word processing document •Importing a photo as a graphic object •Importing a photo as an inline object Digital Imaging (iPhoto) •Using a
digital camera •Moving and using downloaded images •Photo formats: JPEG, PIC, TIFF •Editing graphic sizes within a word processing application •Text wrap and photos Keyboarding •Individualized practice and assessment using Type to Learn |
Computer Literacy ~ Hardware
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