We are so excited to be participating in this year's Mock Student Election on Wednesday October 29th, 2008. All students from grades Kindergarten through 8th grade will get a chance to place their vote for the Presidential Candidate of their choice.A school family has generously donated "simulated voting booths" for the students to use in order to get the true feeling of an actual election process. We are participating with many other schools within New Jersey, as well as across the whole country, to have our voices heard as students in the United States of America. The students will be using ballots that were created by our middle school students right here in Computer Class! For more information about this exciting event please click on the National Student Mock Election web site andREMEMBER TO VOTE!!!!
STUDENT PROJECTS FOR OCTOBERGRADE 8: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions. This will be reinforced with a quiz sometime before the end of the first marking period in November. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Cyber bullying and the Social Network sites that the students may be participating in at home. They were then required to earn their "Web License" by taking a quiz on all aspects of the Internet using The Internet Driver's License Tutorial. Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. This program was met with mixed reviews, as the students were so used to using Type to Learn since 3rd grade, it may take them awhile to get used to it!. We have started our first quarter project by learning about tables using Microsoft Word. We are very excited about designing an election ballot for the middle school students to use to vote during our Student Mock Election on Thursday, October 30th. The students with the best designed and informative ballot, will be the ones we use for our election day.
GRADE 7: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions. This will be reinforced with a quiz sometime before the end of the first marking period in November. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Cyber bully and making the right choices while on the Internet. They were then required to earn their "Web License" by taking a quiz on all aspects of the Internet using The Internet Driver's License Tutorial. Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. This program was met with mixed reviews, as the students were so used to using Type to Learn since 3rd grade, it may take them awhile to get used to it!. We have started our first quarter project by learning about tables using Microsoft Word. We are very excited about designing an election ballot for the grades 3-5 students to use to vote during our Student Mock Election on Thursday, October 30th. The students with the best designed and informative ballot, will be the ones we use for our election day. The 7th grade students were also the first students to begin using the Writing Roadmap 2 Program, initiated by the Diocese of Metuchen, to help improve their writing skills. This program enables them to write an essay from a prompt and then has the tools to help them correct and improve upon each essay to ensure real growth in their writing abilities.
GRADE 6: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions. This will be reinforced with a quiz sometime before the end of the first marking period in November. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Cyber bullying and the Social Network sites that the students may be participating in at home. They were then required to earn their "Web License" by taking a quiz on all aspects of the Internet using The Internet Driver's License Tutorial. Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. This program was met with mixed reviews, as the students were so used to using Type to Learn since 3rd grade, it may take them awhile to get used to it!. We have started our first quarter project by learning about tables using Microsoft Word. We are very excited about designing an election ballot for the Kindergarten - second grade students to use to vote during our Student Mock Election on Thursday, October 30th. The students with the best designed and informative ballot, will be the ones we use for our election day.
GRADE 5: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Who to Trust on the Internet and how to choice a good password and keep it confidential. They were then required to earn their "Web License" by taking a quiz on all aspects of the Internet using The "Rules of the Road" Internet Test sponsored by PBS kids. Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. Here this new program met with little resistance as they seemed to enjoy the "game" aspect of the software. We have started our first quarter project which will involve researching the Presidential candidates, and making posters using Microsoft Publisher to remind the rest of the school to vote for the candidate of their choice on October 30th in our Mock Student Election Day.
GRADE 4: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Who to Trust on the Internet and how to choice a good password and keep it confidential. They were then required to earn their "Web License" by taking a quiz on all aspects of the Internet using The "Rules of the Road" Internet Test sponsored by PBS kids.Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. Here this new program met with little resistance as they seemed to enjoy the "game" aspect of the software. The 4th grade students were also the first students to begin using the Writing Roadmap 2 Program, initiated by the Diocese of Metuchen, to help improve their writing skills. This program enables them to write an essay from a prompt and then has the tools to help them correct and improve upon each essay to ensure real growth in their writing abilities. We will be spending the first quarter using this program, as well as practicing their keyboarding skills necessary to type the essay in a 25 minute time-frame.
GRADE 3: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Who the Webville Outlaws are,and how to choice a good password and keep it confidential. They were then required to earn their "Web License" by taking a quiz on all aspects of the Internet using The "Rules of the Road" Internet Test sponsored by PBS kids. Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. Here this new program met with little resistance as they seemed to enjoy the "game" aspect of the software. Third grade will also be researching the Presidential candidates and completing a graphic organizer using Kidspiration to describe each candidate and what they stand for.
GRADE 2: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Using Your Netsmartz and staying safe on the Internet with a trusted adult supervising at all times. Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. Here this new program met with little resistance as they seemed to enjoy the "game" aspect of the software. The second grade students will also be involved in the election by watching a Power point of "Duck for President" by Doreen Cronin and completing the ending themselves by using Kid Pix 4 to both illustrate and write the conclusion of the story. We will also be entering the Duck coloring sweepstakes with a chance to win a visit from the author or many other great prizes!
GRADE 1: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions by learning the poem "This is the Computer", which we recite at the beginning of each class. We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Using Your Netsmartz and staying safe on the Internet with a trusted adult supervising at all times. We used a ball of yarn to demonstrate how the Internet is the "World Wide Web" and when you are on it you can be connected to anyone around the whole world! Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. We used the mouse game in this program to reinforce the use of the mouse, by properly clicking, double clicking, drag and drop and the differences between right and left click. To get involved in the election process, we are reading via Power Point, "Arthur Meets the President." The sideshow also has pictures of our current President Bush and also both Senators, so the students can get to know about each candidate before they vote on October 29th.
KINDERGARTEN: All students began the year learning Computer terms and their definitions by learning the poem "This is the Computer", which we recite at the beginning of each class.We then moved on to our Internet Safety Program where we utilized the Netsmartz Curriculum to dialogue about Using Your Netsmartz and staying safe on the Internet with a trusted adult supervising at all times. We used a ball of yarn to demonstrate how the Internet is the "World Wide Web" and when you are on it you can be connected to anyone around the whole world! Next we began our keyboarding program with new software called Keybo. We used the mouse game in this program to reinforce the use of the mouse, by properly clicking, double clicking, drag and drop and the differences between right and left click. To get involved in the election process, we are reading via Power Point, "Arthur Meets the President." The sideshow also has pictures of our current President Bush and also both Senators, so the students can get to know about each candidate before they vote on October 29th.
Please use the following web sites to practice your keyboarding skills at home:
For Grades
5-8
Please use the Qwerty keyboard
only or play the practice games. There is also a place to take a
typing test which will give you your Words per Minute, so you can
see if you are improving from week to week.
Grades K-4
You
can use this enjoyable web site to practice your typing skills.
Remember to sit up nice and straight, and always keep both hands on
the home row keys:
ASDF-left
hand
JKL:-right
hand
Now
go and have fun while practicing your keyboarding skills!
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