Students in Early Learner classes enjoyed visits from Karen with the Tag Readers! This week students especially enjoyed Go Diego, Go!, The Little Engine that Could, Ariel's Adventures Under the Sea, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, T-Rex's Mighty Roar, and Dora Goes to School.
Students in Lower Elementary classes had their first visit to the computer lab on Monday! Students had class in small groups (4-4-3). Each group spent about 25 minutes in the lab. We learned the names of devices commonly found in the computer lab (included monitor, keyboard, computer, mouse, printer, headphones, camera, and speakers). We read Arthur's Computer Disaster, and learned that we should always ask an adult before using a computer, always follow directions about when it is ok to use the computer, and always tell an adult right away if something goes wrong on the computer. Finally, students were able to enjoy a few minutes of playtime on the computer at NickJr.com.
Students in Middle Elementary had a busy classtime! We learned a new word: device. A device is a mechanism or electronic equipment that does a specific task. Students had a great time naming devices, and came up with some good ones! Examples include: blender, iPad, Computer, iPhone, clock, DS, mp3 player, remote control, and printer. We then learned another term: peripheral device. A peripheral device is a device used with a computer that enhances the computing experience. Examples are things like speakers, monitors, the mouse, headphones, or flash drives. We learned how to sort peripheral devices into three groups: Input device, Output device, and Storage device. Then we started learning about how to stay safe online with FauxPaw the Techno Cat.
Students in Upper Elementary are learning about online safety and responsibility at the Carnegie Cyber Academy! (http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/index.html) This fun format for learning encourages students to complete lessons and activities to reinforce important lessons about safe and responsible communications, avoiding and ending cyberbullying, and making smart choices online, in a fun, game-like format. Students will register for an account (as part of the CS group - no name or identifying information shared!) and download and install programs on the computers in the lab with my supervision and direction.
Students in Middle School learned about formatting documents, how to search for information online, and citation of online resources. Students created a sheet of information about themselves that utilized various formatting. We watched the Google Digital Literacy video entitled "Detecting Lies and Staying True", and discussed smart search strategies like reviewing a website, checking up on the author(s), and finding multiple sources that agree with each other to fact-check. Finally, we learned how to cite online sources. Just in case they forget, here's how:
Last Name, First Name. (not always available; if not provided, skip)
"Title of Specific Page." Title of Website. www.URL.com/specificpage Date of access (DD Mon YEAR)
Or here is a completely made up example (courtesy of Katrina):
"Asteroid to hit Earth Today." NASA. www.nasa.gov/news/notreal.html 13 Sept 2012
Whew! That's a lot of hard work! I'm super proud of all the students for their hard work and attention, and look forward to next week's classes!
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