Technology Class: Jan 12-16
This was a good week. The students are making good progress on their big projects and I had fun teaching them.
I did get a great opportunity this week:
[FROM THE PUPILS’ EXPRESS] On Wednesday, January 11, our Director of Technology, Matt Harris, served as a panelist as The Laptop Mini Conference hosted by Urban School in San Francisco. The purpose of the conference was to explore the impact of 1:1 laptops programs in independent schools. Participants examined the impact of ubiquitous laptops on school culture and the learning process. Over 75 educators from 30 Bay Area schools attended. Matt had the honor of representing our school and its innovative 1:1 laptop program on two panels: the Teacher Panel and the Implementers Panel. For more information on the conference, visit http://blue.urbanschool.org/jan11
Also, make sure to check out the Pupils’ Express Online (http://www.wornickjds.org/express). Debbi Seligman and I have been working real hard to get this working.
Kindergarten: KA – We worked with the keyboard today. The students used the ABC tool in Kid Pix to type their name and several words, phrases, and sentences. We even got to take a look at the space bar and the delete key, both of which are advanced ideas for kids of this age.
KB – No Class
1st Grade: This was a shotgun class and the kids performed excellently. We designed, created, typed, and printed signs for the 1A/1B bake sale. The kids did all the work under pressure and did GREAT!
2nd Grade: 2A- We talked about the ABC tool and basic word processing using Kid Pix. We discussed the process for getting letters and symbols into the computer, then talked about fonts, font sizes, and Bold/Underline/Italic. The students then created a poem by using adjectives that start with the same first letter of each letter of their name to describe themselves.
2B – No Class
3rd Grade: No Class
4th Grade: 4A – The students started giving their Powerpoint presentations. We had about 5 kids give their presentations...and they all did well. We talked about keeping the presentation conversational, flowing, not reading the powerpoint, and to have fun. They are an impressive group of students.
4B – The students re-acquainted themselves with their powerpoint presentations and polished them up a bit. They then practiced their presentations and timing in class. After that I presented a simple PP to show the students the flow and rules of giving a good presentation.
Homework:
5th Grade: No Class
Homework:
6th Grade: We had another guest speaker this week, Steve Maller. He spoke the students about techniques for taking good Photographs. Specifically, he spoke about telling a story with your photographs. After the instruction, Steve had the students participate in an activity where they took small picture frames and “took” pictures around the room. We were again SO lucky to have such an knowledge speaker come to class.
Homework: Pick one of the images proposals you sent me last week and write 2 paragraphs about the story you are going to tell with that image.
Send your email to homework@wornickjds.org
7th Grade: We talked about storyboarding today. The students say some of examples of how to use storyboards to plan out their animations. They then filled out their own storyboards to illustrate to me (and themselves) how their commercials will look like.
Homework:
8th Grade: We continued our brainstorming session. The students broke up into small groups and came up with their favorite scenes for the final movie. They then presented those ideas to the class.
Homework: In an email, re-write one of your scenes for the movie.
WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS.
For the scene, include the following:
1. What's happening
2. Who is in the scene
3. Where it happens
4. How long the scene will take
BE VERY DESCRIPTIVE
NOTE: SINCE THIS IS REQUIRED FOR CLASS ON TUESDAY, NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at matt@wornickjds.org
Have a great weekend!!!
Make sure to visit the Tech website at
http://www.wornickjds.org/tech
===================================
Matt Harris
Director of Technology
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School
I did get a great opportunity this week:
[FROM THE PUPILS’ EXPRESS] On Wednesday, January 11, our Director of Technology, Matt Harris, served as a panelist as The Laptop Mini Conference hosted by Urban School in San Francisco. The purpose of the conference was to explore the impact of 1:1 laptops programs in independent schools. Participants examined the impact of ubiquitous laptops on school culture and the learning process. Over 75 educators from 30 Bay Area schools attended. Matt had the honor of representing our school and its innovative 1:1 laptop program on two panels: the Teacher Panel and the Implementers Panel. For more information on the conference, visit http://blue.urbanschool.org/jan11
Also, make sure to check out the Pupils’ Express Online (http://www.wornickjds.org/express). Debbi Seligman and I have been working real hard to get this working.
Kindergarten: KA – We worked with the keyboard today. The students used the ABC tool in Kid Pix to type their name and several words, phrases, and sentences. We even got to take a look at the space bar and the delete key, both of which are advanced ideas for kids of this age.
KB – No Class
1st Grade: This was a shotgun class and the kids performed excellently. We designed, created, typed, and printed signs for the 1A/1B bake sale. The kids did all the work under pressure and did GREAT!
2nd Grade: 2A- We talked about the ABC tool and basic word processing using Kid Pix. We discussed the process for getting letters and symbols into the computer, then talked about fonts, font sizes, and Bold/Underline/Italic. The students then created a poem by using adjectives that start with the same first letter of each letter of their name to describe themselves.
2B – No Class
3rd Grade: No Class
4th Grade: 4A – The students started giving their Powerpoint presentations. We had about 5 kids give their presentations...and they all did well. We talked about keeping the presentation conversational, flowing, not reading the powerpoint, and to have fun. They are an impressive group of students.
4B – The students re-acquainted themselves with their powerpoint presentations and polished them up a bit. They then practiced their presentations and timing in class. After that I presented a simple PP to show the students the flow and rules of giving a good presentation.
Homework:
5th Grade: No Class
Homework:
6th Grade: We had another guest speaker this week, Steve Maller. He spoke the students about techniques for taking good Photographs. Specifically, he spoke about telling a story with your photographs. After the instruction, Steve had the students participate in an activity where they took small picture frames and “took” pictures around the room. We were again SO lucky to have such an knowledge speaker come to class.
Homework: Pick one of the images proposals you sent me last week and write 2 paragraphs about the story you are going to tell with that image.
Send your email to homework@wornickjds.org
7th Grade: We talked about storyboarding today. The students say some of examples of how to use storyboards to plan out their animations. They then filled out their own storyboards to illustrate to me (and themselves) how their commercials will look like.
Homework:
8th Grade: We continued our brainstorming session. The students broke up into small groups and came up with their favorite scenes for the final movie. They then presented those ideas to the class.
Homework: In an email, re-write one of your scenes for the movie.
WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS.
For the scene, include the following:
1. What's happening
2. Who is in the scene
3. Where it happens
4. How long the scene will take
BE VERY DESCRIPTIVE
NOTE: SINCE THIS IS REQUIRED FOR CLASS ON TUESDAY, NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at matt@wornickjds.org
Have a great weekend!!!
Make sure to visit the Tech website at
http://www.wornickjds.org/tech
===================================
Matt Harris
Director of Technology
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School
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