Typingweb.com

Students in 6th grade should be finishing up with their Photoshop projects today. For those of you who are already finished, I'd like you to try out typingweb.com. I have set each of you up with an account and we will go over it in class. Go to typingweb.com and click on student login at the top of the page.

Students in 7th Grade will begin filming their President's movie today.

Website Development

This week we wrapped up our work on websites. Students created websites using weebly.com. This is a departure from my usual use of wordpress.com for this assignment. Weebly proved to be extremely user friendly, requiring very little instruction to get a real website up and running with plenty of bells and whistles. A few kids would have liked a little more freedom in their layout and design options, but overall, this is a great tool for students to build a website. You can add pictures, videos, documents, and more. This assignment gives students the freedom to create a website on any topic they would like, so websites range from sports to cooking to science. Great work everyone! 

Students are currently working through the game Ribbon Hero, created by Microsoft. Ribbon Hero is a game that helps you learn to use Microsoft Office products and is available online for anyone to use. You can download it for free here!

Your first assignment is to complete the Introduce Yourself project in Microsoft Word. Please follow the directions provided and email me your finished document. 

Click here for instructions.

Welcome to class!

Welcome to Middle School Technology! This quarter we will be sure to cover the basics you'll need to succeed throughout your academic career, and also explore different areas like website development and video editing. Use our class tagline - Explore. Experiment. Excel..., as your guide for class. Do not be afraid to make mistakes! If there is anything that you are interested in learning, I will do my best to help you explore - just ask!  

This week you will complete your first assignment, Introduce Yourself. Please feel free to e-mail me at anytime with questions and suggestions.