Mater Dolorosa Catholic School Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
25 Maple Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
(413) 532-2831
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Technology (Mr. Meara)
- All students will need a pair or headphones. 5 Below has many reasonably priced.
- Some students enjoy having a mouse
- Electronics Wipes for cleaning Chromebooks
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 this year will be put in a grade level curriculum via Typing.com and to receive a passing grade this year they MUST complete the course by the end of the year. My grading will be 70% Typing.com and 30% classwork. There are approx 35 classes and each student can earn 1% or more per class. The max grade achieved can be over 100%
It's the students responsibility to keep up with the Typing course. If they are out for any reason or get behind, work must be done at home.
Estimated hours to complete the course:
- 1st 2.78 hrs
- 2nd 4.05 hrs
- 3rd 4.80 hrs
- 4th 9.02 hrs
- 5th 12.12 hrs
- 6th 12.92 hrs
- 7th 12.92 hrs
- 8th 11.92 hrs
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