What We Study in Our Technology Classes
Dexter Community Schools uses Macs in all classrooms, labs and media centers, so all tools are taught on the Mac platform. Some of the Topics Covered:
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Related Websites Edmodo Edmodo is a collaborative learning environment that Ms. Darling uses for giving assignments, grading, communicating with students and more! Parents and other teachers can join us as well. There is a specific code for parent logins. Ask your student or email me for the code. Come join us! Crunchzilla Code monster will be explored with fifth grade. We will take our javascript skills up a notch with sixth grade with code maven. CryptoKids We will learn different ways to create codes and ciphers, discuss how binary is essentially just a substitution cipher (that computers can understand) and write a note using a substitution cipher of our choosing/creation. Michigan E-Library Research databases at a 5th/6th grade reading level, these include citations at the bottom. Michigan e-library is a collection of excellent databases provided to residents of the state of Michigan free of charge. Students explore the "Teens", "Homework Help" databases for their Night at the Museum project. How to Find Anything on Google A tutorial on advanced Google search techniques. Classes experimented with adding site:.edu and site:.gov to their keyword searches as well as using Boolean operators such as "and", "or" and quotation marks. Citation Creation Machines Although these always need to be checked by hand, using Bibme and Easybib can help you get a start on your full citations for your bibliographies. Newscast from 1981 This video does an excellent job of showcasing how far we've come (and how quickly) in terms of computers and the Internet. |