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Happy New Year!!

Students Participating in Hour of Code!

Students in grades K- 4 will participate in our second year of hosting Hour of Code! During each technology class this week, students will choose from a variety of self-guided tutorials provided by Code.org.  They will engage in coding activities using blocky programs with familiar games such as  Angry Birds and Minecraft! For more, visit www.code.org or http://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/ In addition, you can find many more coding sites for kids on my website!
http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/KJordan1/coding.cfm


  

What A Great Start!

Our first month of school has been fantastic! I was very pleased to see how much students have remembered over the summer. First graders have been able to remember how to log on and our fourth graders have learned how to create their very own passwords! We will be launching into Internet Safety for all grades in the next few weeks. Netsmartzkids.org is our favorite place to visit and learn about Internet Safety. Students will learn the importance of not talking to strangers online. They will also learn to never share their personal information online and what to do if something online makes them feel scared, uncomfortable or confused! We do activities, watch many videos and play the Internet Safety games on this site during our weekly technology class. Should you have any questions about this curriculum please contact me and/or visit www.netsmartzkids.org!

Where Did The Time Go?

Only a few more weeks left of school! Where has the time gone? Students are working hard in all grades to finalize projects. In Grade 2, students are working on an animated number booklet using Kid Pix. In Grade 1, students are finalizing a Mixed-Up Animal project also using Kid Pix. Students in Grade 2 are finalizing their All About Me Slide Show which include animation, their voice, music and transitions! In Grade 3, most classes have wrapped up an Excel project and we will spend our last few classes exploring PowerPoint. Finally, Grade 4 students are trying to complete their State Slide Show! Phew!! We have been working hard and I am so proud of all my students!

Please note, that all projects connect to classroom curriculum and foster technology integration and important technological skills students will need in the real world!

 

 

Thank you Mr. Overholt for visiting our Coding Enrichment class and talking to us about how coding has impacted your career as an engineer and software developer!

Thank you!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the parents that came to visit our kindergarten and grade 1 students for our first Clough Kids Connect!! It was a fantastic turn out for all the classes and my students truly enjoyed sharing what they have been learning in technology class. I do hope you found your visit to be informative and fun!

REMINDER FOR KINDERGARTEN AND GRADE 1 PARENTS!

 

 Let’s connect! At the Henry P. Clough School, we love to celebrate our students’ accomplishments! This year at Clough, we were extremely excited to be able to schedule a weekly technology class for our kindergarten and first grade students.  In order to provide an opportunity for our younger students to share their digital portfolios with you and to share all they have learned, we would love for you to visit our technology lab during their regularly scheduled technology class time.  This allotted 40-minute timeframe will be in lieu of our Specialist Night and will truly provide a 1:1 technology experience for you and your child! It is our hope that every child will have an adult to share his or her digital creations with. This can be a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle etc. Please note the attached schedule for your planning purposes. To help us fully plan for your visit, a form has already been sent home with your child. Please fill out the bottom portion and return it by Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

 

Hope to connect with you all!!

Ms. Jordan

What have we been up to?

There have been so many exciting things happening in our classroom.

Kindergarten - Students in kindergarten have been working on many basic computer skills such as the following:
Logging on
Logging off
Basic computer terms
Opening up a folder
Opening up a file
Proper hand positioning on the mouse
Controlling the mouse by clicking and dragging
Closing out a program
Internet Safety ( Netsmartz)
Learning how to navigate a website (Ms. Jordan's website)

We have been primarily using the Paint program as well as the two familiar website listed above.
We are now moving on to working further with shapes using our Investigation Math software, called ShapesII. Students will first explore this software then create patterns and animals using the shapes provided. This not only connects to their classroom curriculum but also helps with many of the technology skills they will need to be successful!

Grade 1 - Students in grade one have also been using the Paint Program also, however,  they have been creating plant diagrams to show how a plant grows from a seed to a plant. They are learning how to use all the drawing tools along with labeling their diagrams. They are coming out great!  We will be moving on to using Kid Pix and discussing patterns such as ABA patterns in the next few classes.

Grade 2 - Students in grade 2 are using the software program Kid Pix. This is a stepping stone to using a slideshow program like PowerPoint. Kid Pix is a fun drawing/slide show program where students draw pictures or use templates and then include sound and animation. They will even be including their own voice. In the end, students will learn how to use the slideshow portion of this software to create their own slide show!

Grade 3 - Student in grade 3 have wrapped up using Microsoft Word to create an Acrostic Poem which includes the use of borders, background colors, varying fonts sizes and colored fonts as well as clipart. Once completed, student will be moving on to using Excel where they will create their own surveys and collect data to create their own unique graphs.

Grade 4 - Students in grade 4 have just wrapped up using Microsoft Word to type up a poem using the home row. They were able to incorporate their own clipart and choose the font style and color of their choice. We are now moving on to PowerPoint. Students will be required to complete an 11 slide PowerPoint revolving around one of the 50 states. During this project students will learn how to properly and safely do internet research as well as siting sources.

We have a lot left to do and learn in our technology classes and I can't wait to see all their finished projects! Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. ~ Ms. Jordan

Coding Club - Enrichment Class!

Come join me on Wednesday mornings from 8am - 9am for Coding Club! We will explore coding sites like Hour of Code, Code Monster, Tynker and many more! This will be for students in grades 2 -4! Sign up now using your Enrichment forms! Ms. Jordan

Why Students Should Learn Coding!

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/01/this-is-why-students-need-to-learn-coding.html

Grade 1 Students Using Paint To Show How Seeds Grow!

Kindergartners - Using Paint To Create Drawings Of What Technology Looked Like Long Ago And What It Looks Like Today!