Objective: I will have a better understanding of what will be on the Science CMAS by creating lessons and quizzes using Google Slides and Google Forms on either Mixtures of Matter, Human Body Systems, Organisms, Solar System, Earth's Weather Conditions, or Renewable vs Nonrenewable energy.
Objective: I will have a better understanding of how Khan Academy could help me in my core classes by completing a lesson proficiently.
Agenda: 1) Typing Club 2) Khan Academy 3) Complete a Math lesson
Jan 12-23
InstaGrok-Searching the internet
Objective: I will have a better understanding of how to search the internet by creating concept maps and sharing them.
*If you finish InstaGrok, try these sites: -brainpop username= dpssteck password= dpsbrainpop -NovelList K-8
helps you find the next best book
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) InstaGrok--click Login (top right corner) & create a new account
-Name & username = Lunch #
-Password = 8 digit birthday
-Email = lunch #@dpsk12.net (example - 555555@dpsk12.net) *if you don't have an email, use steckstudents5@gmail.com 3) Search something you're interested in learning more about (must be school appropriate) 4) Use the InstaGrok worksheet to document your research
Jan 6-9
Google Documents -- Sharing your Projects
Objective: I will create a new document, share it with my teacher, and create links to my projects on the document.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club Test
2) Login into DPS Google (link to Google is above)
3) Follow the Google Power Point
Objective: I will create a simple game using the Scratch blocks (coding).
Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Scratch 3) Create an account using your Student ID # as username & password 4) Complete the Step-By-Step Intro in the Tips Window
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November
Weather Phenomena
GOAL: I will compare and contrast different weather phenomena by using the Big6 Research Model to collect and analyze information to produce a Digital Learning Product using an online tool.
EMAZE presentation tool
-if you finish with your research & image collection, see if you can create an account: email= student ID@dpsk12.net (555555@dpsk12.net) password = 8 digit birthday (02251981)
Objective: I will EITHER show mastery on my tech assignments by raising my grades from a 1/2 to a 3/4 OR demonstrate my understanding of keyboard shortcuts by explaining them in writing.
Agenda: 1) Warm Up: TYPING CLUB 2) Look through your folders. Do you have a 1 or 2? Redo them to raise your grades. 3) OK with your grades? Become a Macbook Ninja 4) Complete the Keyboard Shortcuts with a partner 5) Use this website to find more shortcuts: -http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343
Oct 15-25
Orbis Pictus -- Thinglink
Objective: I will create a ThingLink that includes my analysis of my Orbis Pictus book.
Agenda:
1) Go to ThingLink
2) Create an account (download the handout above)
3) Find/Save pictures using Kidzsearch
4) Create your Thinglink
Oct 6-Oct 13 Searching the Internet--BrainPOP
How can BrainPOP help you in your classes?
Objective: I will have a better understanding of the activities/games/videos on BrainPOP by discovering new new activities, explaining them through writing, and sharing them with a partner.
Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Go to BrainPOP 3) Click LOGIN -- username: dpsbrainpop password: dpsbrainpop 4) Review Worksheet 5) 7 minutes
discover new activitiy/write it down; 3 minutes
share with you partner
Sept 29-Oct 3 Introduction to Google Accounts
Objective: I will show I understand my Google Account by logging in, finding my Google Drive, and uploading my Comic Life project to my Google Drive.
Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Log into Google Accounts -- upload Comic Life project 3) Discussion: How could you use Google Drive? How could Google Drive help you work with others? 4) Clean up desktop: place all your pictures into 5th grade folder 5) Digital Passport/Book Checkout
Objective: I will show I understand my Google Account by logging in, finding my Google Drive, and uploading my Comic Life project to my Google Drive.
Agenda:
Student Google login directions: 1) Go to http://googlemail.dpsk12.netand log in.
-Students’ usernames: Their six-digit student ID number.
-Passwords: Birthday as an 8 digit mmddyyyy number (e.g., 01052007 = January 5, 2007).
2) Go to Google Drive -- click on the group of tiles in the top right corner of your Gmail
3) Google Drive Video
3) Upload your Comic Life project into your Google Drive Sept 22-25 Finish Comic Life
Objective: I will add captions to my Comic Life and then collaborate with a partner to see if I could improve my project.
Agenda: 1) Warm Up: Typing Club 2) Add Captions to your Comic -Why did you include the pictures you chose? -How do the pictures represent you? 3) Share your Comic Life with a partner -Did they include what they like to do for fun/favorite subject/what they want to learn in tech class? 4) Digital Passport OR book checkout
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Sept 12-19
Comic Life--Self project
Objective: I will explain what I like to do in my free time, what subjects I like in school, and what I hope to learn in technology class by creating a comic in Comic Life.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Introduction to Comic Life
3) Finding/Saving Images
4) Comic Life Project:
-What do you like to do for fun?
-What subjects do you like in school?
-What do you hope to learn in technology class?
Sept 8-9
Cyberbullying
Objective: I will compare different forms of cyberbullying and the roles of those involved,interpret scenarios that illustrate the importance of empathizing with targets of cyberbullying, and identify ways to be an Upstander when cyberbullying occurs.
Agenda: 1) Warm up: Typing Club (click on the link above) 2) Log into Digital Passport (click on the link above) 3) Cyberbullying Video 4) Cyberbullying Mission: the Cyberbullying Mission will unlock on your homepage once you have completed all three rounds of E-volve. You should complete the Mission with a partner.
5) Book Checkout 6) Discussion:How would you describe cyberbullying to someone who didn’t know the term? If you're being bullied, what should you do? What are some ways in which you can be an Upstander?
Sept 2 Typing Club
Objective: I will have a better understanding of typing club by logging in and completing the first lesson at a proficient level.
Agenda: 1) Computer Assignments 2) Go to: http://steckstars.typingclub.com 3) Log into your account
4) Typing Club Video
5) Complete Lesson 1 Alphabets
6) What do like about Typing Club? How will Typing Club help you on PARCC? Aug 29 What information is safe and smart to put online?
Objective: I will have a better understanding of how to keep myself safe online by completing the Privacy: Share Jumper mission to earn my Digital Passport.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Your assigned a computer; Log into your Grade Level; Open Firefox
2) Tape your student Login sheet into your folder
3) Go to:Digital Passport
4) Login in with student information
5) Share Jumper Video
6) Work on Missions
7) Wrap Up: Clean Up procedures
Welcome to the new School Year!!! Aug 25 objective: I will have a better understanding of the rules & expectations of technology class
Agenda: 1) Practice coming in quietly & finding your seat 2) Read through rules/expectations 3) Table Partners (powerpoint presentation) 4) Warning System -- Yellow Cards & Red Cards 5) Class Dojo 6) Volume Levels 7) People Bingo 8) Sign Expectations
Digital Passport
DPS Google
May
ScratchObjective: I will create a simple game using Scratch.
Agenda:
1) Typing Club
2) Scratch
BrainPOP
dpssteck
dpsbrainpop
April
Science Review LessonsObjective: I will have a better understanding of what will be on the Science CMAS by creating lessons and quizzes using Google Slides and Google Forms on either Mixtures of Matter, Human Body Systems, Organisms, Solar System, Earth's Weather Conditions, or Renewable vs Nonrenewable energy.
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Complete the Character Survey:
--Dersham's Home Room Survey
--Bates' Home Room Survey
3) Research one topic (your choice) using LION Online Database
4) Answer the question on your handout
March
Book Trailer ProjectObjective: I will have a better understanding of the elements of a book trailer in order to create my own using iMovie.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Introduction to book trailer project (see your handout)
3) Watch book trailers and more here
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February
CMAS testing tutorialsObjective: I will be better prepared for the PARCC test by completing the PARCC games proficiently.
Agenda:
1) Typing Club
2) PARCC Games
3) Choose 2 reading games/2 math games -- share with a partner
Objective: Students will have a better understanding of the CMAS/PARCC tests by completing the testing tutorials proficiently.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) PARCC Tutorials -- click View TestNav 8 Tutorial
3) Complete the PARCC tools and questions worksheet as we work through the tutorials
4) Any questions you have about PARCC or if you have any advice to give your classmates post it:
**Bates** Online Corkboard
**Dersham** Online Corkboard
5) PARCC Practice Tests
Jan 26-30
Khan AcademyObjective: I will have a better understanding of how Khan Academy could help me in my core classes by completing a lesson proficiently.
Agenda:
1) Typing Club
2) Khan Academy
3) Complete a Math lesson
Jan 12-23
InstaGrok-Searching the internet
Objective: I will have a better understanding of how to search the internet by creating concept maps and sharing them.*If you finish InstaGrok, try these sites:
-brainpop
username= dpssteck password= dpsbrainpop
-NovelList K-8
helps you find the next best book
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) InstaGrok--click Login (top right corner) & create a new account
-Name & username = Lunch #
-Password = 8 digit birthday
-Email = lunch #@dpsk12.net (example - 555555@dpsk12.net)
*if you don't have an email, use steckstudents5@gmail.com
3) Search something you're interested in learning more about (must be school appropriate)
4) Use the InstaGrok worksheet to document your research
Jan 6-9
Google Documents -- Sharing your Projects
Objective: I will create a new document, share it with my teacher, and create links to my projects on the document.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club Test
2) Login into DPS Google (link to Google is above)
3) Follow the Google Power Point
4) Book Checkout
5) Complete this Google Docs Survey
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December
ScratchObjective: I will create a simple game using the Scratch blocks (coding).
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Scratch
3) Create an account using your Student ID # as username & password
4) Complete the Step-By-Step Intro in the Tips Window
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November
Weather PhenomenaGOAL: I will compare and contrast different weather phenomena by using the Big6 Research Model to collect and analyze information to produce a Digital Learning Product using an online tool.
TAKE THIS QUIZ: Big6 Research Model
EMAZE presentation tool
-if you finish with your research & image collection, see if you can create an account:
email= student ID@dpsk12.net (555555@dpsk12.net)
password = 8 digit birthday (02251981)
Need help with Emaze??
http://www.emaze.com/support/
Agenda:
1) Typing Club
2) Weather Phenomena Introduction
3) Helpful Resources:
-Digital Earth Systems
-National Science Digital Library
-Brittanica Online Encyclopedia
-World Almanac for Kids Online
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Oct 27-31
MacBook NinjasObjective: I will EITHER show mastery on my tech assignments by raising my grades from a 1/2 to a 3/4 OR demonstrate my understanding of keyboard shortcuts by explaining them in writing.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: TYPING CLUB
2) Look through your folders. Do you have a 1 or 2? Redo them to raise your grades.
3) OK with your grades? Become a Macbook Ninja
4) Complete the Keyboard Shortcuts with a partner
5) Use this website to find more shortcuts:
-http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343
Oct 15-25
Orbis Pictus -- Thinglink
Objective: I will create a ThingLink that includes my analysis of my Orbis Pictus book.
Agenda:
1) Go to ThingLink
2) Create an account (download the handout above)
3) Find/Save pictures using Kidzsearch
4) Create your Thinglink
Oct 6-Oct 13
Searching the Internet--BrainPOP
How can BrainPOP help you in your classes?
Objective: I will have a better understanding of the activities/games/videos on BrainPOP by discovering new
new activities, explaining them through writing, and sharing them with a partner.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Go to BrainPOP
3) Click LOGIN -- username: dpsbrainpop password: dpsbrainpop
4) Review Worksheet
5) 7 minutes
discover new activitiy/write it down; 3 minutes
share with you partnerSept 29-Oct 3
Introduction to Google Accounts
Objective: I will show I understand my Google Account by logging in, finding my Google Drive, and uploading my Comic Life project to my Google Drive.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Log into Google Accounts -- upload Comic Life project
3) Discussion: How could you use Google Drive? How could Google Drive help you work with others?
4) Clean up desktop: place all your pictures into 5th grade folder
5) Digital Passport/Book Checkout
Objective: I will show I understand my Google Account by logging in, finding my Google Drive, and uploading my Comic Life project to my Google Drive.
Agenda:
Student Google login directions:
1) Go to http://googlemail.dpsk12.net and log in.
-Students’ usernames: Their six-digit student ID number.
-Passwords: Birthday as an 8 digit mmddyyyy number (e.g., 01052007 = January 5, 2007).
2) Go to Google Drive -- click on the group of tiles in the top right corner of your Gmail
3) Google Drive Video
3) Upload your Comic Life project into your Google Drive
Sept 22-25
Finish Comic Life
Objective: I will add captions to my Comic Life and then collaborate with a partner to see if I could improve my project.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Add Captions to your Comic
-Why did you include the pictures you chose?
-How do the pictures represent you?
3) Share your Comic Life with a partner
-Did they include what they like to do for fun/favorite subject/what they want to learn in tech class?
4) Digital Passport OR book checkout
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Sept 12-19
Comic Life--Self projectObjective: I will explain what I like to do in my free time, what subjects I like in school, and what I hope to learn in technology class by creating a comic in Comic Life.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Typing Club
2) Introduction to Comic Life
3) Finding/Saving Images
4) Comic Life Project:
-What do you like to do for fun?
-What subjects do you like in school?
-What do you hope to learn in technology class?
Sept 8-9
Cyberbullying
Objective: I will compare different forms of cyberbullying and the roles of those involved,interpret scenarios that illustrate the importance of empathizing with targets of cyberbullying, and identify ways to be an Upstander when cyberbullying occurs.
Agenda:
1) Warm up: Typing Club (click on the link above)
2) Log into Digital Passport (click on the link above)
3) Cyberbullying Video
4) Cyberbullying Mission: the Cyberbullying Mission will unlock on your homepage once you have completed all three rounds of E-volve. You should complete the Mission with a partner.
5) Book Checkout
6) Discussion:How would you describe cyberbullying to someone who didn’t know the term? If you're being bullied, what should you do? What are some ways in which you can be an Upstander?
Sept 2
Typing Club
Objective: I will have a better understanding of typing club by logging in and completing the first lesson at a proficient level.
Agenda:
1) Computer Assignments
2) Go to: http://steckstars.typingclub.com
3) Log into your account
4) Typing Club Video
5) Complete Lesson 1 Alphabets
6) What do like about Typing Club? How will Typing Club help you on PARCC?
Aug 29
What information is safe and smart to put online?
Objective: I will have a better understanding of how to keep myself safe online by completing the Privacy: Share Jumper mission to earn my Digital Passport.
Agenda:
1) Warm Up: Your assigned a computer; Log into your Grade Level; Open Firefox
2) Tape your student Login sheet into your folder
3) Go to:Digital Passport
4) Login in with student information
5) Share Jumper Video
6) Work on Missions
7) Wrap Up: Clean Up procedures
Welcome to the new School Year!!!
Aug 25
objective: I will have a better understanding of the rules & expectations of technology class
Agenda:
1) Practice coming in quietly & finding your seat
2) Read through rules/expectations
3) Table Partners (powerpoint presentation)
4) Warning System -- Yellow Cards & Red Cards
5) Class Dojo
6) Volume Levels
7) People Bingo
8) Sign Expectations