Some Fun Things Happening in Technology

We brought the Google Expedition kits into the school this past week for 2nd, 3rd and 6th Grade.
Sixth Grade traveled to Machu Picchu and also explored Aztec and Mayan Ruins. Third Grade explored different rock formations and took notes to begin their case study.  Crystal Winter's class used the view finders to explore animals in the rainforest and around the Great Barrier Reef. This was the first time that Crystal's class ventured on a virtual field trip - they were so excited!

Our First Grade classes are working on some different ways to research like a scientist. They worked very hard to write their question/wondering, and then used the ipad to research on Kiddle Search Engine for an answer. It was fun learning that an Earthworm has five hearts!

A Few Special Expedition Logo Designs

Our 1st thru 6th Graders worked on creating a logo design to represent their group. The following images are only a few of the amazing designs that the students created.  It is impressive how well they did navigating a digital drawing tool.

Virtual Field Trips in 3rd and 4th Grade

This week our 3rd and 4th grade classes used the Google Expedition view finders to gather some background on their grade level Expeditions.
Fourth grade did some research on the Gold Rush. Third grade worked on understanding Fossils and Volcanos.

Mid-Year Typing Successes

All 3-6 graders take a mid-year typing test to see how their typing speed has progressed through the year. Below are the top typist for the individual grades.
For parents that are not familiar with the Typing Pal program, there is a page on this Blog that gives you more information.... or ask your student to show you.

Hour of Code Tech at FCE

Sixth Grade created Google Doodles for the Hour of Code Event.  Below is a sample of one of the Doodles

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Primary grades worked on some unplugged activities to help understand how to program the BeeBots. They practiced being robots and programers. After learning how to program their partner, they worked on programing the BeeBots around the community map.

Intermediate grades worked on solving the Hour of Code puzzles on code.org, and creating projects in Scratch. We did a couple of unplugged activities to help understand the designing of exact directions and learning to fix problems that arise.

This unit uses a lot of collaboration and perseverance!

Tina's Class - Google Expedition Field Trip

Tina Petrick's class celebrated their classroom success by going on a virtual field trip. They explored different creatures of the ocean using Google Expedition viewfinders.  It was so much fun to listen and watch the excitement as they discovered where the different sharks were hiding.

Week of December 4th in Tech

First grade has been working hard to create PuppetPal videos using the beginning, middle and end story elements.  We celebrated all story videos with "popcorn and a movie"

A sample of one of the PuppetPal Stories:

Sixth Grade kicked off Hour of Code working through an unplugged activity - Creating an algorithm on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Learning how important each direction is to the success of a sandwich.