Great Way to Start the Week . . .

 

Second graders using their keyboarding skills to create messages.  It made my day to see these adorable messages to me.

Explosion of Computer Parts . . .

Students enjoy looking at all the parts that belong inside the computer.  We review the parts together, then try to find the ones we learned about.  Here is some of our second graders checking out all the parts.

 

CHARGED AND READY TO LEARN!!!

Welcome to the 2013-14 school year and Computer/Tech Ed at All Saints.

I'm excited about this new year and my theme "Charging into Technology".

We will need to keep our batteries charged and ready so we can have a great time concentrating on our projects, designs, keyboarding and much more. 

 

 

Sunny Summer Sunshines!

Wishing you a Sunny Summer!!!

See you in August!!!

Remember:

Make Your Own Sunshine!!!

Sumo Bot Competition

My 7/8th grade Advanced Tech Ed - Robotics class held the first Sumo Bot competition this week.  They had been working hard all nine weeks learning how to program and build a Lego NXT robot.  This competition was the final challenge, and what an experience it was.  Practically the whole school came to watch these bots challenge each other for the Gold.

 

Final standings are as follows:

 

1st Place - Beetle - Garrett A. and Jack A.

2nd Place - Frankie the Llama - Tori W. and Gracie S.

3rd Place - Hagrid Rutherford - Josh C. and Trevor H.

4th Place - Amanda - Ryan Roy and Jake Jeffries

5th Place - Senor Pantalones - Mark Bautista and Spencer Pearce

6th Place - Ponce de Leon - Reese Jones and Jared Greif

7th Place - Sum Skier Uy - Hayden Karlak and Kylie Uy

8th Place - Muchacho - Allyson Sharp and Audrey McIntosh

 

 

Click here to watch the youtube video of all the pictures and videos.

 



 

Motion Show Film Festival for 5/6th Advanced Tech Ed

Students from 1st and 2nd grade came to the lab for the 6th graders Motion Show Film Festival.  After working for over a week on their motion shows, the 6th graders presented them to the younger students.  They voted on their favorites. 

 

The winners were as follows:

 

1st - Michael J. - Space Walk

2nd - Jack S.  -  Free Falling

3rd - Freddy B. - Fun on the Trampoline

3rd - Amanda S. - Jump Rope

4th - Anna E. - A Fun Day on the Playground

4th - Jason N. - Super Z

4th - Becca N. - Sneaky Ninja

4th - John M. - The Great Chase

 Students all had jobs during the film festival.  Some were announcers, others were technical support, while others were ballot/pencil and crowd control.

Keyboard Challenge Grand Prix

Many students works hard to beat my keyboard challenge - "Race into Technology".  Those students who beat my challenge of 25 levels earned the Grand Prix event.  First grade student, Dalton H's grandparents own The Pit Stop" and offered to share their model race cars and set up a course.  Many of the students had never operated model cars like these and had an enjoyable time.  Good job to all my students in working hard to learn how to use the computer keyboard.

Flowers for the Teacher!

It is Teacher Appreciation Week and today students are bringing in flowers for all their teachers.  It is amazing how special you feel when all the sweet children you teach bring you a flower.  Some of the flowers are from their own gardens.  I want to thank all my students for being so wonderful.