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

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

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!

This Week in the Lab 4/14/2014

Kindergarten

• Creating Digital Artwork with Disney Create

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

• Creating Ebooks using Pressbooks

5th Grade

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

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

• Share Bitstrips Content on Edmodo

4th Grade

• Creating Ebooks using Pressbooks

5th Grade

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

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

• Share Bitstrips Content on Edmodo

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

This Week in the Lab 3/3/2014

Kindergarten

• Model Addition with Virtual Manipulatives

1st Grade

• Illustrate sentences with KerPoof

2nd Grade

• Kodu Game Lab

3rd Grade

• ISAT

4th Grade

• ISAT

5th Grade

• ISAT

This Week in the Lab 2/24/2014

Kindergarten

• Model Addition with Virtual Manipulatives

1st Grade

• Explore worlds created by other students in Kodu Game Lab

2nd Grade

• Introduce Kodu Game Lab

3rd Grade

• Create content with Bitstrips to share on Edmodo

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

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)

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)

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

This Week in the Lab 12/16/2013

Kindergarten

• Create either a Christmas Tree or a Gingerbread House using ABCYa.com
• Add their name and print their creation.

1st Grade

• Create either a Christmas Tree or a Gingerbread House using ABCYa.com
• Add their name and print their creation.

2nd Grade

• Create either a Christmas Tree or a Gingerbread House using ABCYa.com
• Add their name and print their creation.

3rd Grade

• Create a greeting card using the templates in Microsoft Word

4th Grade

• Create a greeting card using Microsoft Publisher

5th Grade

• Create a greeting card using Microsoft Publisher

This Week in the Lab 11/18

Kindergarten

• Continue Microsoft Paint (Windows 7 version)
• Draw a picture of something that starts with the letter "K"
• Practice saving and opening files.

1st Grade

• Continue KerPoof
• Practice logging in to our class account.

2nd Grade

• Practice Google Image Search
• Create picture collections of food chains.

3rd Grade

• Continue Prezi
• Create a Prezi about an Ecosystem and populate it with different plants and animals from that ecosystem.

4th Grade

• Perform Google searches for websites about government.
• Evaluate the websites for reliability
• Share their findings in a Google Form (continued from last week)

5th Grade

• Continue work with Google Sketchup
• Place our building into a Google Earth location
• Add additional models from the Warehouse
• Add textures and smaller details to our models

This Week in the Lab 11/11

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Introduce Microsoft Paint (Windows 7 version)
• Draw a picture of something that starts with the letter "J"

1st Grade

• Introduce KerPoof
• Practice logging in to our class account.

2nd Grade

• Introduce Bitstrips
• Create an Avatar

3rd Grade

• Introduce Prezi
• Create a Prezi about an Ecosystem and populate it with different plants and animals from that ecosystem.

4th Grade

• Perform Google searches for websites about government.
• Evaluate the websites for reliability
• Share their findings in a Google Form (continued from last week)

5th Grade

• Continue work with Google Sketchup
• Place our building into a Google Earth location
• Add additional models from the Warehouse

This Week in the Lab 11/4

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Introduce Microsoft Paint (Windows 7 version)
• Save our picture files to the computer

1st Grade

• Finish writing our names in different fonts in Microsoft Word
• Print our names.

2nd Grade

• Finish PowerPoint ClipArt Project.

3rd Grade

• Finish PowerPoints based on Google searches.

4th Grade

• Perform Google searches for websites about explorers
• Evaluate the websites for reliability
• Share their findings in a Google Form

5th Grade

• Continue work with Google Sketchup
• Create a model based on a building, begin adding textures.

This Week in the Lab 10/28

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Create and pring a Virtual Pumpkin on ABCYa to practice mouse control (for those that didn't print last week)
• Visit Starfall to practice our letter of the week.

1st Grade

• Introduction to Microsoft Word (Continued from last week)
• Save and open files in the class folder
• Practice typing our names
• Use the font controls to change the way our name looks

2nd Grade

• Introduce PowerPoint (Continued from last week)
• Instert ClipArt and add a title.
• Use the design, transition, and animation features to add extra style to the Presentations

3rd Grade

• Perform a Google Image search, looking at how to refine our search. (Continued from last week)
• Looking at the source of our image to decide if it is reliable.
• Save a picture from Google Images into our folder.
• Import saved images into PowerPoint

4th Grade

• Introduce Prezi
• Add text and pictures to the Prezi
• Create a motion path within the Prezi
• Use Prezi to illustrate a cause and effect. (We will be wrapping these up this week)

5th Grade

• Introduce Google Sketchup
• Create basic shapes, convert 2D shapes to 3D models.
• Manipulate 3D models
• Add textures.
• Choose a real life building to replicate

This Week in the Lab 10/21

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Virtual Pumpkin on ABCYa to practice mouse control

1st Grade

• Introduction to Microsoft Word
• Save and open files in the class folder
• Practice typing our names
• Use the font controls to change the way our name looks

2nd Grade

• Introduce PowerPoint
• Instert ClipArt and add a title.
• Use the design, transition, and animation features to add extra style to the Presentations

3rd Grade

• Perform a Google Image search, looking at how to refine our search.
• Looking at the source of our image to decide if it is reliable.
• Save a picture from Google Images into our folder.
• Import saved images into PowerPoint

4th Grade

• Introduce Prezi
• Add text and pictures to the Prezi
• Create a motion path within the Prezi
• Use Prezi to illustrate a cause and effect.

5th Grade

• Introduce Google Sketchup
• Create basic shapes, convert 2D shapes to 3D models.
• Manipulate 3D models
• Add textures.

This Week in the Lab 10/7

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Keyboarding Zoo on ABCYa to practice keyboard familiarity

1st Grade

• Navigating the GCMS website
• Use Tux Typing to practice keyboarding.  We will be using it to type the spelling words for the week.

2nd Grade

• Introduce PowerPoint
• Instert ClipArt and add a title.

3rd Grade

• Perform a Google Image search, looking at how to refine our search.
• Save a picture from Google Images into our folder.

4th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches on geography terms and save an image to their folder
• Insert the imate into a Word Document with an appropriate title
• This week we should finish and be able to print the documents.

5th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches for pictures of organs in different body systems
• Create a PowerPoint featuring the images and the web addresses of their sources

This Week in the Lab 9/30

What is happening in the Elementary Project Lab for the week beginning Monday 9/23?

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Toy Theater to practice mouse skills (holding the mouse properly, clicking and dragging).

1st Grade

• Practice logging on to the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Play Keyboarding Zoo on ABCYa to practice keyboarding.
• At this point we are not as concerned with using the correct finger for each letter, the main goal is to make the students more familiar with the location of the different letters on the keyboard.

2nd Grade

• Create a document containing their name in a stylized form (fonts, colors, etc)
• Make a printout of the document

3rd Grade

• Practice typing a sentence
• Learn to use Copy/Paste
• Save the files in their class folder.
• Create a printout of the document

4th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches on geography terms and save an image to their folder
• Insert the imate into a Word Document with an appropriate title

5th Grade

• Continue the project from last week.
• Conduct Google Image searches for pictures of organs in different body systems
• Create a PowerPoint featuring the images and the web addresses of their sources

This Week in the Lab 9/23

What is happening in the Elementary Project Lab for the week beginning Monday 9/23?

Kindergarten

• Practice logging on the the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Starfall to practice our letter of the week.

1st Grade

• Practice logging on to the computer
• Navigating the GCMS website
• Visiting Spelling City to practice the week's spelling list

2nd Grade

• Introduce Microsoft Word
• Students will practice typing their names
• Save their files in their class folder.

3rd Grade

• Introduce Microsoft Word
• Practice typing a sentence
• Learn to use Copy/Paste
• Save the files in their class folder.

4th Grade

• Conduct Google Image searches on geography terms and save an image to their folder
• Insert the imate into a Word Document with an appropriate title

5th Grade

• Conduct Google Image searches for pictures of organs in different body systems
• Create a PowerPoint featuring the images and the web addresses of their sources