Dudley Elementary SchoolNovember has been a busy month in the Computer Lab at DES! Students have been working hard to learn about new things in Technology. Fourth graders continued to work on Digital Citizenship with Google's Interland - these lessons seem to last forever, but the students all love them! Interland is a fun activity for your child to play at home as well - the games are high-interest, and teach about different important internet safety themes. Some of the Fourth Grade classes got a taste of coding by using Scratch (a block programming language) to start to design their own Google Logos! In December, during our Hour of Code week, all fourth graders will have an opportunity to do this project, or choose a different coding activity! Third Grade continued to use TypingClub to practice their typing (something they can even work on at home if they want!) and finished learning about Digital Citizenship with CommonSense Media's Digital Passport. Some Third Grade classes also got to explore computer programming by using arrow commands to write the code to draw different graph paper images. Second graders spent November learning about the different ways people use technology, and how to identify internet advertisements. These students are really challenging themselves to look at technology and the internet in ways they've never thought of before! Second graders learned that websites are designed with a purpose, and for many websites, that purpose is to make people want to buy certain things. The internet is good at disguising these not-so-obvious advertisements, but students are learning how they can spot them. Next time you're in a store with your child, ask them to think about how the different parts of the store are set up to make people want different things. It's a fun activity! December in Dudley is all about coding! We will spend the whole month doing different coding activities, both on the computer and off! This should be a very exciting month for all students at DES, so be sure to ask your child what they're up to in Computers! Stay tuned for a blog post next week with the results of our November Typing Olympics! Mason Road SchoolNovember seemed to fly by in Computers at Mason Road! Students kept busy learning about the different technology tools they can use to create.
First graders spent a lot of time using TuxPaint, and learning how to make many different types of things. You may have seen your child come home with their own self portrait, nametag or turkey, or other piece of art they worked on! With everything we do in the computer lab, students are practicing writing their name with capital letters - an important tool to learn in first grade! Kindergartners have also been learning how to type their names. Students have spent a lot of time typing their name in different formats, so that hopefully it will become a habit! One important thing they are starting to use is an online game called Teach Your Monster to Read. This game teaches and reinforces the basics of letter sounds and spelling, through a fun interactive experience online! Students all have to login in order to use this game, which means they need to know how to type their names! They've been doing a wonderful job with everything so far! At Mason Road as well as DES, December is our coding month! Even though our students at Mason Road are little, that doesn't mean they can't learn the basics of computer programming! Over the next month, students will be learning about programs, and how computers need very basic instructions in order to complete tasks. By breaking computer programming down, it makes an intimidating task not so scary after all! We will be participating in the Hour of Code during the first week in December, where all students will get to choose a project and learn how to program it! Be sure to ask your children what they're up to in Computers during December, because I'm sure they'll have lots to tell you!
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Dudley ElementaryOur TopDogs have continued to work hard all throughout October! Fourth Graders are all wrapping up their Digital Citizenship unit with Google's Interland. This game teaches students all about password security, how to be an upstander, what information is appropriate to share online, and how to identify internet scams. Pretty soon, all of Fourth grade will be experts at how to be safe online! Third grade has also been working on their Digital Citizenship unit using Common Sense Media's Digital Passport. This program has fun games and activities to introduce students to Digital Citizenship topics, such as how to search for information online, cell phone safety, and how to avoid cyberbullies. Third graders have also started to use Google Docs to type up 5 sentence paragraphs, which is something they'll be working on all year long. Their word processing is already beginning to improve! Second graders finished their Internet Safety unit in the middle of October, and since then, we have been working on various activities to promote safe behavior online. Students are learning how to identify when a website is trying to sell something, and when a website is just providing information. They are thinking all about how certain websites try to disguise advertisements! Second grade is also learning about the different ways technology can be used in various careers - talk to your child about how you use technology at home, or at your job! They've been challenging themselves by thinking all about how people's lives would be different if we didn't have technology. Check out our Typing Olympics Champions for October! Mason RoadOur Mighty Mustangs have been doing a wonderful job in the Computer Lab!
First Graders have been working on learning how to type their first and last name using capital letters. Everyone has done so well! Students practiced typing their name in TuxPaint, and made name tags with stamps that represented themselves. We also spent time in October learning how to make pumpkins and scarecrows using TuxPaint. First Graders have been doing a great job using the computers to make their own art! Kindergarten has also been working hard to learn how to type their names. After wrapping up our unit on how to use the computer mouse, Kindergartners started to learn how to match letters on the keyboards to letters in their names. They have been practicing tying the different letters using various online games, and recently have begun typing their own names. It is impressive how well everyone is doing with their work in the Computer Lab! |
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