Monday, January 25, 2016

This Week in the Tech Lab - January 25-29

Kindergarten - Students will practice logging in/out and continue working in Course 1 of code.org.

1st Grade - Students will practice mouse skills and solve problems in Crayon Physics.

2nd Grade - Students will engineer a working roller coaster in Ultimate Ride.

3rd Grade - Students will create a picture and poster for their chosen idiom.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

This Week in the Tech Lab - January 19-22

1st Grade - Students will finish their MLK Dream project by using Tux Paint to illustrate their dream and then inserting the image into their MS Word document.

5th Grade - Students will read an article, watch videos, then create a blog response for "What Makes Art Priceless?" and "What's the Best Thing To Do on a Snow Day?"

Monday, January 11, 2016

This Week in the Tech Lab - January 11-15

Kindergarten - Students will continue to practice keyboard and mouse skills using a variety of online websites and games.

1st Grade - Students will create a "Dream" poster using Tux Paint and MS Word.

2nd Grade - Students will engineer and test a working track design with a loop using Hot Wheels.

3rd Grade - Students will read an article, watch videos, then create a blog response for "Why do bats sleep upside down?"

Monday, January 4, 2016

This Week in the Tech Lab - January 4-8

3rd Grade Rocks and Minerals Project

Students will be assigned a mineral or gem and will research its properties.  They will then create a poster using Microsoft Publish to display the information, and edit the design of text, colors, backgrounds, etc.

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.