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With the school year just beginning, we plan to continue integrating our technology lessons into current classrooms studies, as in years past. The flexibility of technology allows us to mold and shape our activities and projects to make them relevant to what students learn in the classroom. Always, we will focus on obtaining technology competence as related to the National Educational Technology Standards and the Pennsylvania State standards for technology.
K-4
Students in grades K-4 focus their attention on making sure that all students felt comfortable with working on the various software programs used in the computer lab. As the year progresses, students use programs and online activities which help build writing, reading, spelling, math and critical thinking skills. They are beginning to develop skills, too, for navigating the Web in a safe manner. They also learn to understand and use the computer interface. In an effort to make the learning more meaningful to students, we endeavor to ensure that the activities in computer class tie into the content being taught in the classroom as much as possible. Younger students will work on shorter activities, such as creating virtual fabric in Kindergarten, which will build their skill sets and allow them to eventually fold their knowledge into a project when they reach the middle school.
Middle School
As a result of developing an integrated curriculum across the middle school grades at Green Woods, we use our technology classes as an opportunity for students to learn new software tools as well as to apply those tools to projects and activities which tie into classroom content. This includes tasks such as building an interactive map presentation, creating a multi-page newsletter, or constructing a small database. All of these ventures help the students learn important computer skills. At the same time, the students learn to apply the tools in a variety of situations. |
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Lower School
With the year just beginning we will spend time reviewing our computer basics in the lower grades, with a focus on using proper terminology and navigating the computer. After that, we will move onto some integrated classroom activities, such as the bat study in 2nd grade, and tree webs in third grade.
Middle School
Middle school students will receive a refresher on report formatting and web research skills, to help them start the year off strong as they begin larger projects in technology and their classroom studies.
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