Technology (Mr. Meara)

 

All classes use Typing.com for keyboarding skills  A link is provided to bring students directly into their lessons in Google Classroom and as a bookmark in the MD bookmark folder on the left of the Google browser on their Chromebooks. Students log in using their school Google credentials. 

Students 1-4  this year will be put in a grade level curriculum via Typing.com. I plan on doing typing for 3/4 of the classes and coding for the other 1/4. If the class finishes typing we will do more coding and intruduce engineering principles

Students 5-8  this year will have weekly homework of 20min on Typing.com. They will have a typing test/evaluation the first week of the month. They will be graded on their progress and homework. Other classes will enclude coding and engineering principles. 

I'm exploring the possiblity of having a yearbook club for 5-8. I restarted the 8th grade yearbook 2 years ago when I arrived and think it may be nice for the whole middle school. 

It's the students responsibility to keep up with their Typing. I plan on reaching out to parents earlier if your student gets behind. They may have to do more homework if that happens.

 

 Grading is N, S, VG, and E. They correspond as letter grades D, C, B, and A 

Unfortunately there are NO half grades available but I will round up as much as possible.

 

Grade K

In K the students use I Pads for learning. They learn how to turn on and off the device and play educational games. We also show tech saftey, and science videos.

Favorite iPad Apps

Buttons and Bugs

Word Bingo

GRADE 2

In 2nd grade we continue keyboarding using Typing.com and introduce the Google suite and Google classroom. The students use Google, slides, docs and complete assignments via Google classroom.

GRADES 3 & 4

They continue with  Google slides projects through Google Classroom.  Typing via Typing.com and expanded use of Google Docs.
Here we start coding via code.org and continue with keyboarding. We also start Google sheets spreadsheets. I also start looking for students that might want to help with the school tech assisting other teachers.

 

 

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