TWIT+2012_2013

__TWiT: This Week in TechClass __ NOTE: Students have TechClass every fourth school day. For this reason, the following weekly agendas do not always begin on Mondays.)

REQUEST from Mr. Bentley: All K-5 students would GREATLY benefit from having their own ear-buds /headphones for TechClass. These can be old Walkman or mp3 player headphones or any other audio headphones. Ear-buds from #|phones will NOT fit our computers. The cheapest I've seen ear-buds and headphones are at Dollar Daze next to Walmart in Owosso (cost= $1).

Also...for SAFE INTERNET SEARCH, don't use Google, use Google's Safe Search for Kids at www.safesearchkids.com/

During these weeks in Tech Class...
 * Weeks beginning Wednesday, May 8, 2013 and through the remainder of the month: **
 * 3rd & 4th grade:
 * Students continue to use Scratch Animation to code (create animations, games, videos, etc). Students have (or were to have) completed these Scratch Cards . Here is what the end results should look like. Once students have completed all cards, they are to use Scratch to create something of their own creation. Students are to either use their own headphones or turn off the sound on their computer. Students were introduced to the new Scratch 2.0 website (beginning May 9th).
 * 2nd grade:
 * Students continue to learn to use Google Earth. Students were given the following list to find using this amazing program. Once a photo of one location was found and shown to the guest teacher, students moved to the next word on the list. This list is found here: [[file:Geo Scavenger Hunt.txt]]
 * 1st grade:
 * Students opened Google Earth. Students learned to navigate the controls to rotate, pan and zoom. During different weeks, we sought out photos as we explored the continents of AFRICA, AUSTRALIA AND NORTH AMERICA.
 * Kindergarten
 * Students continue to practice typing a URL using the keyboard. The teacher wrote the two following website addresses in plain view of all students. On their own, students opened a web browser and typed one of the following URLs in the address bar:
 * WWW.ABCYA.COM
 * WWW.PBSKIDS.ORG.
 * After successfully doing this, their reward: choice-time on either of these websites.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Friday, May 3, 2013:**
 * 3rd & 4th grade:
 * Students continue to use Scratch Animation to code (create animations, games, videos, etc). Students are using these Scratch Cards to learn basic animation coding skills. Here is what the end results should look like. Students are to complete all cards. If they have no headphones, there are 4 cards they cannot do. Students are to then use the remaining time to use Scratch to create something of their own creation.
 * 2nd grade:
 * Students continue to learn to use Google Earth. Using this program teaches children among other things the relationship among home, neighborhood, city, state, country and continent. S tudents learned to navigate the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the Statue of Liberty in New York City and several other global landmarks. Students will be given a challenge to use #|Google Earth to find a photograph of something (i.e. volcano, pyramid, The White House, etc.).
 * 1st grade:
 * Students opened Google Earth. Students l earned to navigate the controls to rotate, pan and zoom. We started our exploration of our planet in the continent of Africa. Students were shown how to find photos that people have uploaded.
 * Kindergarten
 * Students continue to practice typing a URL (#|website address) using the keyboard. After successfully doing this, their reward: choicetime on abcya.com or pbskids.org.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Weeks beginning Monday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 25th, 2013:**
 * 3rd & 4th grade: Students continue to use Scratch Animation to code (create animations, games, videos, etc). Students have learned to animate an object, called a sprite. Specifically, they have programmed the sprite to move in a particular direction and change its appearance. In coming weeks, students will develop their sprites as they learn more about writing scripts of #|computer programming. These activities teach children to create, communicate, problem solve and design
 * Make a cat chase its tail - []
 * Try these short tutorials called Scratch Cards and here is what the end results should look like.
 * Create dancers in Scratch using these tutorials
 * 2nd grade: Students continue to learn to use Google Earth. Using this program teaches children among other things the relationship among home, neighborhood, city, state, country and continent.
 * 1st grade: Students continue to explore the PBSkids.org #|website and find appropriate learning activities through challenge-by-choice. 1st graders also opened Google Earth and explored the Grand Canyon.
 * Kindergarten & 1st grade: Students continue to explore the PBSkids.org website and find appropriate learning activities through challenge-by-choice. Kindergarteners practiced typing in a #|webpage address (URL). The natural reward: choicetime on abcya.com

During these weeks in Tech Class...
 * Weeks beginning Friday, April 12th and Wednesday, April 17th, 2013: **
 * 3rd & 4th grade: Students use Scratch Animation to code (create animations, games, videos, etc). This teaches children to create, communicate, problem solve and design.
 * 2nd grade: Students use Google Earth to create screenshots of their home at various altitudes. This teaches children the relationship among home, neighborhood, city, state, country and continent.
 * 1st grade: Students use the iPad video camera to interview an adult. This teaches children to lead a short conversation with an adult and handle technology with skill.
 * Kindergarten: Students wander the building (with their class) seeking out and photographing items/spaces that contain a particular color.

During these weeks in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Monday, April 8th, 2013: **
 * 3rd & 4th grade: Last week of finishing up Wordle Project
 * 2nd grade: (Hopefully :-) last week of finishing up Wordle Project
 * Kindergarten & 1st grade: iPad training: How to use the camera/video camera

SURVEY - Tell us what you think! - The timeline on this survey has expired. Thank you.
During these weeks in Tech Class...
 * Weeks beginning Tuesday, February 5 and continuing through March **
 * 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade: Students worked toward their Wordle project. Below are the steps. As of 2/28, all students have chosen a Wordle title/topic. The completed list of students' names and their chosen topics is posted on the whiteboard in the Tech Class.
 * Choose Wordle title/topic - Mr. B will approve this.
 * Find words using www.safesearchkids.com/
 * Create Notepad file with list of words - Mr. B will check students' NOTEPAD files for spelling errors and completed lists (5-50 items). All list items with two or more words must have a "~" in between with NO SPACES
 * Copy (ctrl+c) & paste (ctrl+v) words into Wordle text box
 * Create & edit Wordle
 * Take screenshot (alt+PrtScn) of Wordle
 * Paste (ctrl+v) Wordle in Paint
 * Crop Wordle and save file
 * WHEN DONE...Either help others or create more Wordles with choice of topic
 * SURVEY - Tell us what you think!
 * Kindergarten and 1st grade:
 * Students used to iPads to practice letters, sounds, word parts and reading.
 * Students supported the 100th Day of School theme by using 100 Day activities from abcya.com using the desktop computers.

During these weeks in Tech Class... >> ." Students created a text file using Notepad and saved it in a new folder in their user account. Students then began considering what they would like to do for their Wordle. Students were given optional homework. They can create a list outside of class and bring the list with them to their next Tech Class. >>
 * Weeks beginning Friday, January 25, Thursday and January 31, 2013**
 * Teacher absences, snow days and power outages affected our progress during these weeks.
 * Students were introduced to the concept of "Guess my Wordle
 * Below is a list of ideas that may assist students in choosing a topic.

>> Students are to use the www.safesearchkids.comlink to find words for their wordle. They are to create a list in Notepad and save it in a student-created folder entitled Wordle. Students may use the following website: spellingcity >>
 * Kindergarten and 1st grade:
 * Students continued practicing and learning to letter sounds and reading with www.starfall.com

Due to teacher absence, students were given choice time of educational programs and websites. Choices include any website that can be linked from this page and any program installed on classroom computers. During this week in Tech Class... >> Here is the list: >>
 * Weeks beginning Thursday, January 17, 2013**
 * 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade:
 * Students created word clouds with Wordle. They used this list of dogs while learning to use this online tool.
 * Kindergarten and 1st grade:
 * www.starfall.com

Due to teacher absence, students were given choice time of educational programs and websites. Choices include any website that can be linked from this page and any program installed on classroom computers.
 * Week beginning Monday, January 14, 2013**

Due to holiday break and CARS school behavior lessons, students were given choice time using options connected to our website and programs installed on our computers. In addition, 4th graders blogged about their winter break.
 * Week beginning Friday, December 21, 2012 and Wednesday, January 9, 2013**

Note: Our progress has been and continues to be slow and intermittent due to continuous network problems.
 * Weeks beginning Thursday, December 13 and Tuesday, December 18, 2012**

During these weeks in Tech Class... >> In response the our network issue, Students created a personal student folder in a shared network drive. In doing so, we learned how to create a folder and cut/paste that folder in a different location.We used this tutorial: @http://screencast.com/t/1c5KlLicIzbY
 * 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade:
 * Students reviewed our new seating chart and found their assigned seat.
 * If time permitted, students cut & pasted a teacher-created shortcut from the folder they created to their desktop.
 * Kindergarten and 1st grade:
 * Students reviewed our new seating chart and found their assigned seat.
 * Students took on a challenge-by-choice using iPads.

Note: Our progress has been and continues to be slow and intermittent due to continuous network problems.
 * Weeks beginning Wednesday, December 5 and Monday, December 10, 2012**

During these weeks in Tech Class...
 * We created a seating chart to help with technology issues, Mr. Bentley's learning of last names (He has over 350 students) and student/class effectiveness.
 * 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade:Due to our numerous network problems, students in grades 2-4 have put our Sketchup projects to the side until these technology issues can be resolved.
 * In the meantime, we explored fraboom.com, an online children's museum.
 * Students began to try logging on to a Google Drive (Google Docs) account using this link: docs.goperry.org
 * Students used these tutorials for assistance: __**Google Docs / Google Drive Tutorials: **__
 * How to sign on Google Docs / Google Drive for the first time: @http://screencast.com/t/a39Jssm84v
 * How to create a folder in Google Drive: @http://screencast.com/t/VoQBituJCx
 * Here's a quick tour of your new Google Drive (Google Docs) account: @http://screencast.com/t/3a8WQ0DVXY
 * Students created a personal student folder in a shared network drive. In doing so, we learned how to create a shortcut. We used this tutorial: @http://screencast.com/t/1c5KlLicIzbY
 * Kindergarten and 1st grade:
 * Students continued to practice motor skills using the mouse and combination keying (i.e. ctrl+alt+delete). They used:
 * abcya.com
 * @http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
 * @http://www.kidspsych.org/oochy2.html
 * @http://www.annrymer.com/keyseeker/
 * @http://avenscorner.com/fireflies.aspx

Note: Our progress has been and continues to be slow and intermitten due to continuous network problems. During these weeks in Tech Class... >>>
 * Weeks beginning Wednesday, November 14, 2012 and continuing through early December**
 * 4th and 3rd grade:
 * Students attempted to complete their first major project: a Sketchup house, with chimney, steps, doors and windows (See previous weeks for tutorials).
 * Students attempted to create a screenshot of their Sketchup house and save it in their MyDocuments using this tutorial: @http://www.screencast.com/t/lsx4i7neOH
 * Students began to create a more advanced house using this tutorial:Click here to make a house with a garage and frames around doors, windows and roof.
 * Note: This tutorial was not accessible from school, so we worked to access this from our GoPerry.org TechClass page: @http://techclass.perryeast.schoolfusion.us/
 * 2nd grade:
 * Students attempted to complete their first major project: a Sketchup house, with chimney, steps, doors and windows (See previous weeks for tutorials).
 * Students attempted to create a screenshot of their Sketchup house and save it in their MyDocuments using this tutorial: @http://www.screencast.com/t/lsx4i7neOH
 * Kindergarten and 1st grade:
 * Students continued working on mouse skills using abcya.comand the following websites:
 * @http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
 * @http://www.kidspsych.org/oochy2.html
 * @http://www.annrymer.com/keyseeker/
 * @http://avenscorner.com/fireflies.aspx

During these weeks in Tech Class... 1st grade and Kindergarten students: >>> @http://www.kidspsych.org/oochy2.html
 * Weeks beginning Tuesday, November 6 and Friday, November 9, 2012:**
 * 4th graders ONLY: Students checked to see if they could log on to our school's website: www.goperry.org
 * 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students:
 * Student created a favorite/bookmark in an internet browser.
 * Students continued their work on Sketchup, an architectural program and used the following tutorials:
 * Students used this in-class-created tutorial to create a house and chimney.
 * Students used this tutorial to make steps, a door and windows.
 * Students used this tutorial to decorate their house.
 * (Wow! Some students are so advanced that they need a more advanced challenge. Well, here it is:Click here to make a house with a garage and frames around doors, windows and roof.
 * AFTER COMPLETING THEIR HOUSE, STUDENTS WERE TO MAKE A SCREENSHOT by following this tutorial: @http://www.screencast.com/t/lsx4i7neOH
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * 1st grade students learned how to log on to our network.
 * Students explored these websites
 * @http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
 * @http://www.annrymer.com/keyseeker/
 * @http://avenscorner.com/fireflies.aspx

During these weeks in Tech Class... (Note: These weeks, we had internet connectivity problems and school events that cancelled classes.) >>>
 * Weeks beginning Tuesday, October 16 through Thursday, November 1, 2012:**
 * 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade:
 * Students were asked to fill out a perception survey. The links to the survey are found on our school's website at:
 * http://techclass.perryeast.schoolfusion.us/
 * Students explored Sketchup, an architectural program and used the following tutorials:
 * Students used this in-class-created tutorial to create a house and chimney.
 * Students used this tutorial to make steps, a door and windows.
 * Students used this tutorial to decorate their house.
 * AFTER COMPLETING THEIR HOUSE, STUDENTS WERE TO MAKE A SCREENSHOT by following this tutorial: @http://www.screencast.com/t/lsx4i7neOH
 * (Wow! Some students are so advanced that they need a more advanced challenge. Well, here it is:
 * Click here to make a house with a garage and frames around doors, windows and roof.
 * In addition to these activities, students were given student logins (10/29 - 10/31). Time was given to set up these accounts.
 * Students were checked for earbuds/headphones. Students were checked for completed Mousercise tests.
 * Students were checked to see if they were successful in loggin in to their own account.
 * Students were given time to make bookmarks/favorites.
 * 1st grade and Kindergarten:
 * If they were able, students who had not completed the mousercise test were given time to do so.
 * Students who had completed the mousercise test were given choice time on abcya.com to practice mouseskills.
 * 1st grade students learned how to log on to our network.Then, Mr. Bentley checked for proper mouse use while students played abcya.com's trick or treat
 * Then, Mr. Bentley checked for proper mouse use while students played abcya.com's trick or treat. Then, students learned how to log off of our network. If time permitted, some students also decorated a pumpkin.
 * Some students were given time to use the educational apps on our iPads.

During this week in Tech Class... (Note: This week, we had internet connectivity problems.)
 * Week beginning Thursday, October 11, 2012:**
 * 3rd & 4th grade students:
 * Some students used abcya.com's pumpkin carving and this tutorial to learn how to take a screenshot, crop it in Paint and save it in a particular location.
 * Some students explored apps on the iPads.
 * 2nd, 1st and Kindergarten students:
 * Students explored apps on the iPads.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Monday, October 8, 2012:**
 * 4th grade students **only**:
 * Students logged into the network. Mr. Bentley asked who was able to access the network using their student login.
 * Students logged into the PPS website.Mr. Bentley asked who was able to access the network using their student login.
 * Students blogged responding to the question: What would you like to do it TechClass?
 * If time permitted, students used abcya.com's pumpkin carving and this tutorial to learn how to take a screenshot, crop it in Paint and save it in a particular location.
 * 2nd & 3rd grade students:
 * Students used abcya.com's pumpkin carving and this tutorial to learn how to take a screenshot, crop it in Paint and save it in a particular location.
 * 1st and Kindergarten students:
 * Students used abcya.com's pumpkin carving to practice the fine motor skill of click-n-dragging.
 * Students practiced writing upper and lower case letters with ABC Phonics using iPads.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Wednesday, October 3, 2012:**
 * 4th grade students **only**:
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * Students logged into the network. Mr. Bentley asked who was able to access the network using their student login.
 * Students logged into the PPS website.Mr. Bentley asked who was able to access the network using their student login.
 * How to find and save an image:http://www.screencast.com/t/nnEzWwfsEr
 * 2nd, 3rd, 1st and Kindergarten students:
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * Students who had not completed the mousercise test were given time to do so.
 * How to find and save an image:http://screencast.com/t/alS7qWqyH

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Friday, September 28, 2012:**
 * 4th grade students **only**:
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * Mr. Bentley asked who was able to access the network using their student login.
 * Students explored iPads. In doing so, they deleted all existing photos from the iPad. They also created a folder on the iPad and moved math applications to the folder.
 * Students explored the existing apps on the iPad.
 * 3rd grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * Students explored iPads. In doing so, . They also created a folder on the iPad and moved ABC apps to the folder.
 * Students explored the existing apps on the iPad.
 * 2nd, 1st grade and Kindergarten students:
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * Mr. Bentley again pulled out the iPads. Students challenge themselves on self-selected apps while improving their fine motor skills

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Tuesday, September 25, 2012:**
 * 4th grade students **only**:
 * Students attempted to logon to the network using last year's student login.
 * Students attempted to logon to the website using last year's student login.
 * Mr. Bentley did a survey of who could access our network and our website with a student login.
 * 4th, 2nd & 3rd grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * Students also practiced using the touch-pad (new experience for most) on the laptops using this Halloween online activity: abcya.com's pumpkin carving
 * If time permitted, students were given choices of activities on abcya.com to further practice using laptop touchpads.
 * 1st grade and Kindergarten students:
 * Mr. Bentley again did a survey of who brought headphones / earbuds to class. Mr. Bentley checked headphones for nametags and gave to those who hadn't.
 * Mr. Bentley again pulled out the iPads. Students challenge themselves on self-selected apps while improving their fine motor skills.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Thursday, September 20, 2012:**
 * 4th, 2nd & 3rd grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley pulled out the new portable laptop station. Students were each given a laptop to turn on, explore and use. Students were asked to comment about their laptop exploration here:
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/BurgClass
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/ReebClass
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/ScanlanClass
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/AnderbergClass
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/FASTClass
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/WebsterClass
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/RockafellowClass
 * @http://www.todaysmeet.com/SulkowskiClass
 * http://www.todaysmeet.com/Bailey
 * 1st grade and Kindergarten students:
 * Mr. Bentley pulled out one of the portable Ipad carts. Students were each given an Ipad to turn on, explore and use.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Monday, September 17, 2012:**
 * 4th grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley reviewed class procedures and routines.
 * Mr. Bentley surveyed the class to see who had brought earbuds / headphones.
 * Some logged on to the computer network using student accounts created last year.
 * Mr. Bentley introduced the TWiT page.
 * Students used a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome) to type in [|www.thetreehouseclassroom.com] and find the TWiT page.
 * Some used keyboard controls including sleep mode, volume controls and combination keying using the shift, control and alt keys.
 * Some saved [|www.thetreehouseclassroom.com] in their computer's favorites/bookmarks.
 * Students began taking the mousercise test to show they could use the computer mouse like a pro!
 * 2nd grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley reviewed class procedures and routines.
 * Mr. Bentley surveyed the class to see who had brought earbuds/headphones.
 * Mr. Bentley introduced the TWiT page.
 * Students used a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome) to type in [|www.thetreehouseclassroom.com] and find the TWiT page.
 * Some saved [|www.thetreehouseclassroom.com] in their computer's favorites/bookmarks.
 * Students began taking the mousercise test to show they could use the computer mouse like a pro!
 * 3rd grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley reviewed class procedures and routines.
 * Mr. Bentley surveyed the class to see who had brought earbuds/headphones.
 * Mr. Bentley introduced the TWiT page.
 * Students used a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome) to type in [|www.thetreehouseclassroom.com] and find the TWiT page.
 * Some saved [|www.thetreehouseclassroom.com] in their computer's favorites/bookmarks.
 * Students began taking the mousercise test to show they could use the computer mouse like a pro!
 * 1st grade students:
 * Students began taking the mousercise test to show they could use the computer mouse like a pro!
 * Students learned / practiced mouse skills using the following websites: Oochy and abcya.com.
 * Kindergarten students:
 * Students began taking the mousercise test to show they could use the computer mouse like a pro!
 * Students learned / practiced mouse skills using the following websites: Oochy and abcya.com.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Wednesday, September 12, 2012:**
 * 4th grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley reviewed class procedures and routines.
 * Mr. Bentley surveyed the class to see who had brought earbuds/headphones.
 * Mr. Bentley demonstrated how to make a short tutorial using a Flipcam. Then, one student volunteer created a tutorial about how to plug in headphones into the lab's computers.
 * Students then used Open Office Writer to take the 4 Window Challenge, an exercise that teaches / practices window resizing & repositioning.
 * Students changed the view of each window to a particular setting.
 * 2nd grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley reviewed class procedures and routines.
 * Mr. Bentley surveyed the class to see who had brought earbuds/headphones.
 * Students were shown a tutorial created by a Perry 4th grader, on how to plug in headphones into the lab's computers.
 * Students then used Notepad, a basic word processing program, to take the 4 Window Challenge, an exercise that teaches / practices window resizing & repositioning.
 * Some students changed the view of each window to a particular setting.
 * 3rd grade students:
 * Mr. Bentley reviewed class procedures and routines.
 * Mr. Bentley surveyed the class to see who had brought earbuds/headphones.
 * Mr. Bentley demonstrated how to make a short tutorial using a Flipcam. Then, one student volunteer created a tutorial about how to plug in headphones into the lab's computers.
 * Students then used Open Office Writer to take the 4 Window Challenge, an exercise that teaches / practices window resizing & repositioning.
 * Students changed the view of each window to a particular setting.
 * 1st grade students (Mrs. Burns' class did not come due to CARS lessons)
 * Students attempted to log in to our network, using a username and password.
 * Students learned / practiced mouse skills using the following websites: Oochy and abcya.com.
 * Kindergarten students (Mrs. Sanderson's class did not come due to CARS lessons.
 * Students attempted to use the mouse to click on the quick launch bar to open an internet browser. Students also attempted to maximize windows. Students attempted to close windows at the end of their class.
 * Students practiced mouse skills using the following website: Oochy.

During this week in Tech Class...
 * Week beginning Friday, September 7, 2012:**
 * All Grades:
 * Mr. Bentley reviewed information from the previous week (i.e. class procedures & routines, need for earbuds, etc)
 * 4th grade students:
 * Students used Open Office Writer (similar to Microsoft Word) to type statements of intent. These comm itments of good deeds were made in support of the [|9/11 Day Movement,] a positive day of remembrance of the events of September 11th, 2001. Their statements will be merged with the national promotion and posted on our website.
 * 2nd & 3rd grade students:
 * Students were introduced to some basic computer vocabulary. Students typed www.goperry.org into the address bar. Then, students used bookmarks to link to www.thetreehouseclassroom.com, and then to the TWiT page (this webpage) to find a link to abcya's Paint program. There, students learned/practiced mouse skills.
 * 1st grade students:
 * Students were introduced to some basic computer vocabulary. Students typed abcya.com into the address bar. Then, students linked to abcya's Paint program. There, students learned/practiced mouse skills.
 * Kindergarten students
 * Students attempted to use the mouse to click on the quick launch bar to open an internet browser. Students also attempted to maximize windows. Students attempted to close windows at the end of their class.
 * Students practiced mouse skills using the abcya's Paint program or the website:Oochy

During the first week of Tech Class, ...
 * Week beginning Tuesday, September 4, 2012:**
 * All Grades:
 * Students met Mr. Bentley and talked a little about Tech Class, including class activities and available technology.
 * Mr. Bentley explained some of the class procedures & routines.
 * Students watched the "Magic School Bus Gets Programmed", a cartoon that demonstrates the internal parts of the computer.
 * (4th Grade only) Students were shown the September 11th Public Service Announcement that other students helped create last year. This video is currently found on the front page of our school district's website, www.goperry.org.