Monday, May 19, 2014

This Week in the Lab 5/19/2014

Kindergarten

  • Typing Practice with Tux Typing

1st Grade

  • Find and mark locations in Google Earth 
    • Students are encouraged to bring in their address or a list of favorite places to visit.

2nd Grade

  • Create a Word Cloud with ABCYa

3rd Grade

  • Create a presentation with screenshots from Google Mars, Moon and Sky

4th Grade

  • Record a selection from a book or magazine using Audacity.
    • 4th graders should bring a book or magazine to class.

5th Grade

  • 5C - Pick a project
  • 5A, 5B, 5D - Video Editing with Adobe Premiere

Friday, May 9, 2014

This Week in the Lab 5/12/2014

Kindergarten

  • Typing Practice with Tux Typing

1st Grade

  • Introduce Google Earth

2nd Grade

  • Create a Word Cloud with ABCYa

3rd Grade

  • Introduce Google Sky, Moon and Mars.

4th Grade

  • Introduce Audacity Audio Editor

5th Grade

  • 5C - Explore computer programming problems with Tynker.
  • 5A, 5B, 5D - Video Editing with Adobe Premiere

Monday, April 28, 2014

Spring MAP Testing

We will be performing our Spring MAP tests in the lab beginning April 28.  For the next 2 weeks there will not be the usual computer lab classes.  I look forward to resuming classes on May 12!

Sunday, April 13, 2014

This Week in the Lab 4/14/2014

Kindergarten

1st Grade

  • Create and manipulate 3D shapes with Google Sketchup

2nd Grade

  • Kodu Game Lab - Share the games we have been creating with our classmates

3rd Grade

  • Explain a computer procedure using screecaptures

4th Grade

5th Grade

  • 5C - Explore computer programming problems with Tynker.
  • 5A, 5B, 5D - Video Editing with Adobe Premiere

Friday, March 28, 2014

This Week in the Lab 3/31/2014

Kindergarten

  • Typing words into a Google search

1st Grade

  • Introduce Google Sketchup

2nd Grade

  • Kodu Game Lab - Creating the Apple Hunt Game

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

  • 5A, 5B, 5D - Explore computer programming problems with Tynker.

Friday, March 7, 2014

This week in the lab 3/10/2014

Kindergarten

  • Base 10 games on ABCYa.com

1st Grade

  • Illustrate sentences with KerPoof

2nd Grade

  • Kodu Game Lab - World Building

3rd Grade

4th Grade

  • 4A - Video Editing; 4B, 4D - Finish Modeling with Google Sketchup

5th Grade

  • 5A, 5B, 5D - Introduce Computer Programming with Tynker; 5C - Finish Video Editing

Friday, February 28, 2014

This Week in the Lab 3/3/2014


Kindergarten

1st Grade

  • Illustrate sentences with KerPoof

2nd Grade

  • Kodu Game Lab

3rd Grade

  • ISAT

4th Grade

  • ISAT

5th Grade

  • ISAT

Friday, February 21, 2014

This Week in the Lab 2/24/2014

Kindergarten

1st Grade

  • Explore worlds created by other students in Kodu Game Lab

2nd Grade

  • Introduce Kodu Game Lab

3rd Grade

4th Grade

  • Basic modeling with Google Sketchup

5th Grade

  • 5A, 5B, Adobe Photoshop
  • 5C - Intro to Adobe Premiere (Video Editing)
  • 5D - Introduce Tynker and Computer Programming

Friday, February 7, 2014

This Week in the Lab 2/10/2014

Kindergarten

  • Introduce Google Sketchup
  • Create 3D shapes from 2D shapes

1st Grade

  • Program a Rover in Kodu Game Lab

2nd Grade

  • Create a Bitstrip about a character

3rd Grade

  • Share internet research on a message board

4th Grade

  • Basic modeling with Google Sketchup

5th Grade

  • 5A, 5B, 5D - Changing backgrounds in Adobe Photoshop
  • 5C - Intro to Adobe Premiere (Video Editing)

Friday, January 31, 2014

This Week in the Lab 2/3/2014

Kindergarten

  • Introduce Google Sketchup
  • Draw 2D Shapes

1st Grade

  • 1A, 1B - Introduce Kodu Game Lab
  • 1C, 1D - Create a Rover in Kodu Game Lab

2nd Grade

  • 2A, 2B - Create photo collage for PE Olympics
  • 2C, 2D - Create a Bitstrip about a character

3rd Grade

  • 3A, 3B - Create photo collage for PE Olympics
  • 3C, 3D - Share internet research on a message board

4th Grade

  • Creating citations for Internet Resources

5th Grade

  • 5A, 5B, 5D - Changing backgrounds in Adobe Photoshop
  • 5C - Intro to Adobe Premiere (Video Editing)

Friday, January 17, 2014

This Week in the Lab 1/21/2014

Kindergarten

  • Introduce Microsoft Word
  • Change the font and format of words.

1st Grade

  • Introduce Kodu Game Lab

2nd Grade

  • Introduce Bitstrips
  • Create a Character with a backstory

3rd Grade

  • Share internet research on a message board

4th Grade

  • Create simple buildings with Google Sketchup

5th Grade

  • Manipulate photos in Adobe Photoshop