The students have been doing research on a Great American. Today they will use Microsoft PowerPoint to create their Great American's project.
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The students are going to make a gift for their Adopted Grandparents from Dogwood Village. On one of their first visits of the school year, they asked their adopted grandparents a series of questions about their favorite things. They will take what they've learned and use Pixie to create a present. Click on the image below to see examples from last year.
We started the class off by discussing how students save their work papers. Then we talked about how computers store information using storage devices such as a hard drive. Then I showed them the hard drive inside a computer. We talked about the importance of organizing things and how confusing it would be if you just threw all your papers in the bottom of your backpack. The same thing is true for the computer. You need to store the files in an organized way to make it easy to find it again. I had a "small paper filing cabinet" and explained that the computer uses a similar system. In my example, I had folders for each grade and then inside the second grade folder there was a folder for each student. I showed them how the computer was setup the same way. I showed them that computer folders could hold the same kind of things as a paper folder. We looked at some documents, listened to an MP3 song, watched a quick video, and looked at a photo. I used the "filing cabinet" and "folders" to demonstrate the difference between using "save"and "save as". The students learned that once you save a file and then start editing it again, you are working on a "copy" of the original. If you decide to "save" the file, then you are overwriting the original (in other words you are discarding the original and keeping the new version). But if you use "save as" and give the file a new name, then you are keeping the original file and keeping the current version. We finished by talking about the importance of saving files in their "personal folders". Their "personal folders" are stored on a "Network Server" in the mail room. If they store their files there, they can access them from any computer in the school. I showed them the network cable that connects each computer to the school "Local Area Network (or LAN)" and how the computer runs up the wall into the ceiling. That's how computers talk to each other. The students have been studying China in social studies and about pandas in science class. They took their research notes and created a narration in the classroom. In computer class they will use a free web app, Blabberize, to create a talking panda. Click on the image below to get started:
The students brought an addition and subtraction worksheet that they completed in math class. They learned how to enter the equations into an Excel Spreadsheet to double check their work. They learned to put an = sign at the beginning, so Excel would know to expect a calculation. They learned that it was especially important to put the equation in properly for subtraction or you'll get the wrong answer. =7-3 is not the same as = 3-7
We have a special assembly today for Grades 3-8. I will get to see the 2nd graders for two full periods. They will finish their Luray Caverns drawings and some of them will record their narrative which they wrote in class. The rest will do their recordings in class tomorrow.
The students are drawing pictures using Pixie of their field trip to Luray Caverns.
Today we are going to carve pumpkins using an online web application. The pumpkins should match the one in your poem. Here are two different web apps to choose from. Click on the image you want to use. Example |
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