Today students will use a fun interactive learning tool called Keyseeker to begin building their introductory keyboarding skills. Keyseeker helps the students recognize letters on a keyboard and prompts them to use the correct hand to strike the key. The keyboard is split into purple for left and green for right hand. The students use colored bands on their wrists to help remember which hand to use for the various letters.
Today the First Grade students will gain knowledge about hyperlinks (and practice mouse skills, as well) while exploring a wonderful interactive website called Poisson Rouge. The site includes fun activities that highlight a variety of interactive areas of exploration, including math skills, art, music, and multiple languages.
COMPUTER LAB RULES
1. Always use LIBRARY voices. 2. Don't do anything on the computer that you are not specifically and explicitly authorized to do. 3. Never log in with anyone else's credentials. Never operate on someone else's computer. 4. When in doubt, ask somebody or tell somebody. 5. Never post anything on the internet that you don't want to be there forever. 6. Leave monitors ON at all times. 7. Put on headphones only when told to do so. 8. Remove headphones before standing up. 9. Close all programs, sign out and push in your chair to end your session. 10. HAVE FUN! We try to watch videos with full Spanish dialog and Pocoyo is no exception. Pocoyo is entertaining and accessible because the dialog is neither difficult nor fast.
1. Never log in with anyone else's credentials. Never operate on someone else's computer.
2. Never post anything on the internet that you don't want to be there forever. 3. Don't do anything on the computer that you are not specifically and explicitly authorized to do. 4. When in doubt, ask somebody or tell somebody. This week we learned how to respond, "aquí", when our name is called. I also introduced the students to the Basho youtube channel, where students can go to learn more Spanish. This week we watched, sang, and learned greetings of the day: Buenos Dias, Buenas Tardes, Buenas Noches, Como estas? Hola Amigo! Manos Arriba, manos de paz! We also learned the "Adios Amigo" |