BYOD - Bring Your Own Device.

Students in 7th/8th Tech Town brought their own devices and used the school iPad for several projects this week.  After learning about binary, barcodes and QR codes, students learned how to create their own codes and complete some projects using these codes.  This was so much fun and interactive, that I plan to use this with other classes. 

Fix the Keyboard!

Teams of students competed to "Fix the Keyboard" as quickly and without any errors.   It was great fun to hear them recall our secret sentences to remember the mixed up QWERTY keyboard.



Always Ask!

Oklahoma Catholic Women's Conference held an art contest for Middle School Students.  Contest theme was:  Our Lady in the Year of Faith.  I challenged my 5th and 6th graders to participate using our Corefx art/design program.  I decided to call the committee and ask if 5th graders could be included.  They said yes.  If I had not asked, I would not have entered my 5th graders' designs.  Cori's design won first place in the computer generated category.  She won $50, a framed copy of her art, invitation to the luncheon and her design will besold on notecards.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CORI

on her wonderful design.

Fun Animations in Tech Ed.

Students in Tech Ed had a fun class period creating their Blinkie Projects.  Using Powerpoint, they created their neon-type blinking sign.