Our middle school students are familiarizing themselves with Scratch, which is an educational programming language developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The students program in Scratch by dragging blocks from the block palette and attaching them to other blocks like a jigsaw puzzle. Structures of multiple blocks are called scripts. This method of programming (building code with blocks) is referred to as "drag-and-drop programming". The students worked individually or in pairs to create a program that they are presenting to their peers. As they become "experts" they can help support and challenge each other as they make further creations for school or leisure.
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The fourth and fifth graders are learning how to use Adobe Photoshop. We're starting with the Quick menu features and focusing on skills like cropping, fixing red eye and quick lighting fixes. Then students are working on saving editing images and finding them to place on a Word document.
The middle schoolers have been working on understanding email etiquette and safety. The students worked in small groups to learn about the different aspects of email that could potentially lead to problems. Then they created a PowerPoint and presented their findings to their peers. They are a very conscientious and cautious group and were very interested in learning how to be careful and kind in their digital communication.
Before Halloween, the 4th and 5th graders created a Trick or Treat Candy tally chart in Microsoft Word. Then they had the opportunity to graph their candy and return the data in any form or graph they wanted . It was fun to see what the students created using the skills they are becoming proficient in!
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AuthorI'm Mrs. G the tech teacher and I hope to share some of the integrated activities we are working on in the lab. Categories
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