Thursday, December 10, 2015

6th Grade Minecraft Day 3

Please answer the following:

1.  How did adding night/enemies affect your ability to survive?
2.  What did you use for shelter and how did it work?
3.  If we were to proceed into civilizations, how can we use Minecraft to simulate the other needs of a community?

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

6th Grade Minecraft Day 2

Please answer the following questions:
1.) Describe what it was like in each stage of “hunter/gatherers”.  What were the challenges you faced along the way?
2.) Did each stage get easier?  If so, why?
3.) How do you think technology advances affected the hunters and gatherers that we are trying to simulate?
4.) What differences can you see from the simulation of Minecraft to the reality of early humans' (hunter/gatherers) experiences?

Monday, December 7, 2015

6th Grade MinecraftEdu Day 1

Minecraft and Social Studies???  Has Mr. Dunn lost his mind?

What connections do you see between what you have learned in Social Studies and what you can do in Minecraft?


Sunday, December 6, 2015

This Week in the Tech Lab - December 7-11

6th Grade - Social Studies - MinecraftEdu

Classes will use MinecraftEdu to simulate the challenges early humans faced from Australopithecus to Homo-Erectus.

Monday, November 30, 2015

This Week in the Tech Lab - November 30-December 4

Kindergarten - Students will use Kodable to practice mouse skills, directions, and problem solving through programming.

1st Grade - Students will continue to work with Microsoft Word as they practice selecting text and changing fonts.

2nd Grade - Students will continue working with Google Earth as they get the opportunity to explore locations throughout the world.

3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade - Students will learn more about Cyberbullying by using the Digital Passport website.

    

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

This Week in the Tech Lab - November 23-24

2nd Grade Google Earth Project

Students will use Google Earth to explore the destinations visited in the book "Route 66".  Students will learn how to move, zoom, and use the many options available in Google Earth.

Monday, November 16, 2015

This Week in the Tech Lab - November 16-20

4th Grade Programming Project - Students will explore different programming languages such as JavaScript, Logo, Scratch, and Python and learn how they create the technology they use every day.

Monday, November 9, 2015

This Week in the Tech Lab - November 9-13

Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade - Teacher choice week: students will be working on various programs such as Lexia, Math Reflex, and Code.org.

5th Grade - Students will be using the Hot Wheels Speedometry kit to apply the science concepts they have learned in "Variables" to engineering and testing ramps.

Monday, November 2, 2015

This Week in the Tech Lab - November 2-4

Kindergarten students are continuing in Course 1 of Code.org.
First grade students are finishing their fall acrostic poems in Microsoft Word.
Second and third grade students are working on the Playlab tutorial on Code.org.
Fourth grade students will try SPRK Lesson 5 - Patterns and Colors using Sphero.