Hour of Code!

Students in grade K- 4 participated in our first ever Hour of Code! After watching the Hour of Code video provided by Code.org students engaged in coding activities using blockie programs such as Tynker and Angry Birds. For more visit www.code.org or http://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/

School Wide Subscription to BrainPOPJr!!

Check out our new school wide subscription to BrainPoPjr!
If you have any trouble logging into Brainpopjr, please feel free to email me!
kjordan@mursd.org


BrainPOP Jr. - Lesson Plans for K-3 Teachers

Technology in October!

Students in Mrs. Barrows' class have been working hard at Type to Learn!

In grade 3, students are working on their Rocks and Minerals Unit! We did a team teaching approaching and integrated a technology activity! This class is doing their Rocks and Minerals Scavenger Hunt!

What a great month we had in September!

Our first full month of school has been great! Our Kindergarteners and First Graders are learning to log in and some have even visited a website called Growing with Technology. This is helping us   continue to learn about the basic parts of a computer. In grade 2, students will soon begin our Internet Safety lessons and visit the website Netsmartz! There are so many great games and videos to watch so please visit this website at home and have discussions about how to be safe online! In grades 3,  students are learning how to use the home row and how to properly type. They will also be launching into our Internet Safety lessons along with our grade 4 students as well!

Please visit these sites at home with your child, as we will be exploring them at school also!

www.growing.course.com

www.netsmartzkids.org

Great First Day of School at Clough!

Today was a great first day back to school! It was wonderful to see all those smiling faces and so many students excited about technology at Clough! This year it's a privilege to be able to teacher students in kindergarten and grade 1, as well as all the other grade levels. This year will be filled with exploring applications such as Kid Pix 3D, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Publisher. We will also talk a lot about Internet safety and create Internet research based projects. Typing will also be a focus especially in grade 3!

Thank you!

Thank you for such an amazing year! I am so fortunate to have such enthusiastic students that enjoy coming to technology class and who demonstrate such ambition for learning. I am also most fortunate to have supportive parents. On that note, I wish to publicly thank the Clough PTO for the money they raised to put toward technology at the Henry P. Clough School; your commitment to education is amazing!

This past school year has truly been fantastic. I hope many of you will practice what you learned over the summer as well as share you skills to help other. I would also like to wish my fourth graders the best of luck as they enter middle school; make me proud! As for my current students, I'm looking forward to teaching you all but am especially excited about taking on Kindergarten and grade 1! I can’t wait to explore the computer lab with you; we are going to have so much fun! 

May you all have a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing you in the fall!

Specialist Night!

Thank you so much for join us at Specialist Night yesterday evening! It was wonderful to see so many students and parents. I do hope you all had a wonderful evening and were able to enjoy all the hard work you child has done in the technology lab!

Looking for some great websites to help with presentations? Try these sites!

These are some great sites to make creative and unique presentations for your classes! You're teachers will surely be impressed!!

Storyboardthat.com

Does your child love to write stories? Then check out this free web site! Easy to use and lots of fun!
storyboardthat.com