Carpenter - Computer Skills 7-8 (Section Thur 2)

Instructor
Anne Carpenter
Department
Technology
Terms
2019-2020 School Year


Assignment Calendar

Course Description

 

Class Title:

Computer Skills

Code:

E970 MEL980

Text:

Typing.com, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite

Rating:

2

Prerequisite:

None

Grade:

3­-4, 5­-6, 7­-8

Fees:

None

Max:

15

Can be repeated? Yes

Students will work through a self­paced typing program to learn touch typing skills through lessons, games and activities. Students are expected to practice keyboarding for 1 hour each week, using the online program or other assignments at home. Students will also learn basic computer functions and how to use word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software to create fabulous documents they will be proud of. This class is appropriate for students with some computer experience as well as those just beginning their computer literacy.

 

 

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Week of October 14 and 21: Computer Skills

What We Did:

  • Google Docs Challenge
  • All tutorial videos and quick notes are available in Google Classroom if students need a refresher 
  • We worked on: tables, fonts, line spacing, alignment, inserting a picture, text wrapping, table, bullets, footnotes, page numbers, citations, typing 

What to Work On:

  • Unfinished work
  • Typing.com 

What We Plan to Do Next Week: 

  • Intro to Google Sheets

Week of October 7: Computer Skills 7-8

What We Did:

  • Tuesday/Thursday: Docs- Getting to Know You- students show me what they know how to do in Docs 
  • Friday: Formatting in Docs- Docs Skills Challenge
    • Students choose a topic to write about in Docs
    • We will learn how to do new things and practice what we know in Docs
    • Assignment, rubric, quick notes, and tutorial videos are available in Google Classroom for students 

What to Work On:

  • Practice typing- typing.com (sign in with Google and use your SVVSD account) 
  • Unfinished work

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • Docs Skills Challenge 

Week of September 30: Computer Skills 7-8

What We Did:

  • Login routine and typing practice
  • Wrap up Applied Digital Skills with Google- Organizing in Drive
  • Students made copies of files, renamed them, moved them, shared them, edited them, made folders, color coded folders, shared them, made subfolders, and more to learn how to organize in Drive

What to Work On:

  • Any missing work has been sent home, please complete this and send it back to school-- it is the student’s responsibility to resubmit work if needed 
  • Typing.com (login with Google using the SVVSD login information) 

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • Tues/Thurs: Show me what you know how to do in Docs-- Docs Getting to Know You
  • Fri: Google Docs Challenge  

Week of September 23: Computer Skills 7-8

What We Did:

  • Continued to work on organizing in Drive
  • The skills we are working on:
    • Making a folder and a document
    • Making a copy of a document
    • Moving documents
    • Renaming documents and folders
    • Color coding folders
    • Sharing documents and folders 
    • Plus more! 

What to Work On:

  • Typing practice: typing.com 
  • Practice logging-in to drive.svvsd.org 

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • Finishing organizing in Drive 

Tech in the Community

**From time to time I receive emails about tech in the community because of the classes I teach.  I forward information that may be of interest to my students, but am not involved with the projects.  Please contact the person in charge if you have any questions. Thanks!** 


The Innovation Center is partnering with Misty Robotics to host a one-day Coding Jam on socially-assistive robots using the new Misty Robot!


You'll spend the morning learning how to use the Misty Platform (learn more at this link: https://www.mistyrobotics.com/robots/).  Then, after lunch, you will work on teams on a design challenge.  The day will end with dinner and an exhibition of each team's skill that you designed and programmed.  Misty employees will be providing training and supporting teams during the jam.


Details:

 - Saturday, October 5

 - 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 - Cost:  $30

 - Location:  SVVSD Innovation Center 33 Quail Road, Longmont, 80501


If you are interested in this event, please sign up on using this initial form.  Once we get our registration page built in Revtrack, we'll send to you.


Students grades 6-12 are encouraged to attend.  Teachers are also invited to attend and can receive professional development credit.


If you have questions, please email Axel Reitzig ([email protected]).

Week of September 16: Computer Skills 7-8

Update on Participation Grade

1pt: on task 

1pt: digital citizenship

1pt: login and password

1pt: contribute to discussions

1pt: logout 

** If you have any questions about what this looks like, please ask your child 

What We Did:

  • Login routine
    • Laptops
    • Drive.svvsd.org
    • Google Classroom
    • Typing.Com, typing practice
  • Tuesday/Thursday: Continuing in Google Drive with Applied Digital Skills with Google 
  • Friday: Google Docs- what do you know how to do? (the site we have started using last class wasn’t working, so we will continue next week with our Drive organization) 

What to Work On:

  • Typing.com (sign in with Google- use your SVVSD account) 
  • Practice logging into Drive, Classroom, and Typing.com if it is a struggle in class 

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • Wrap up working in Applied Digital Skills with Google with Google Drive

Week of September 9: Computer Skills 7-8

Students have begun to receive graded work back.  Each assignment will have a rubric or points for assignments.  They will be handed back for students to keep and entered into the gradebook.  I’ve been entering grades into Infinite Campus. Students always have the opportunity to resubmit work if they would like to earn more points.  Students are graded on the work they submit. I am looking for thorough work that answers all the questions and completes all of the assignment.  My goal is for students to learn what we are doing in class, so they are always welcome to resubmit work in order to learn more and earn more points.  We will have a hard deadline at the end of each semester, so I can finalize and submit grades. But other than that I’m fairly lenient on turning assignments back in to earn more points.  It is each student’s responsibility to resubmit if they would like to do so. I will be sure to give explicit feedback, so students know what they’ve done well and what they can keep improving on. Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thank you for your support at home! 

What We Did:

  • Beginning of class routine practice
    • Login to the computers
    • Login to drive.svvsd.org
    • Open Google Classroom
    • Login to Typing.com
    • Practice typing 
  • How to be a good digital citizen
  • Organizing and navigating Google Drive

What to Work On:

  • Practice logging in to drive.svvsd.org
  • Typing practice with typing.com (suggested time: 10 min per day or approx. 1 hour per week for students who need help typing) 

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • Continuing to organize and familiarize ourselves with Google

Week of September 2: Computer Skills 7-8

What We Did:

  • Practice logging on to the laptops and our accounts
  • Reviewed our beginning of class routine:
    • Login to the laptops
    • Login to Google Drive (drive.svvsd.org)
    • Login to Google Classroom
    • Login to Typing.com
    • Start typing 
  • Introduction to Google Classroom and how to navigate it 

What to Work On:

  • Practice logging in to drive.svvsd.org
  • Practice typing on Typing.com (sign in with Google and use your SVVSD account) 

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • How to be good digital citizens
  • Introduction to Google Drive
  • Organizing files with folders in Google Drive

Week of August 26: Computer Skills 7-8

Welcome to the tech lab!  We had a great first week of school!  Each week I will send home a weekly newsletter.  It’ll be a bulleted list of what we’ve done during the week, what students can work on at home, and our plans for the following week.  Sometimes plans change, but this is largely what will be coming up in class. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. I’m looking forward to a great year with the students in the tech lab! 

 

What We Did:

  • Intro to class 
  • Getting to know you
  • Class expectations 
  • Digital citizenship and our expectations with devices 

What to Work On:

  • Practice logging in to drive.svvsd.org
  • If you are having trouble take a look here
  • Practice your typing: typing.com 
  • Typing practice is for those who need it-- if your child needs some extra practice a good goal is 30-60 min a week 

What We Plan to Do Next Week:

  • How we can be good digital citizens
  • Login to SVVSD account
  • Introduction to Google Classroom