INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL: January 4-February 8, 2016, Mondays only, 3:30-5:30 PM • 4th-6th grade • Location: Pinhead HQ • Tuition: $150/6-week series.
Expressly for girls, these introductory courses in computer coding are designed to show the fun side of computer science, build confidence, and whet girls’ appetites for this critical 21st century skill as students write code to build apps. Instructors: Alley Rubadeau.
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Dear TIS Superstars,
I’m looking forward to working with all of you tomorrow at 8:30 in TIS room 105.
Please take a moment now to make sure you are able to log in to Schoology and can see your courses (classes). After signing in, please join my Schoology Course with this code. JVVFW-5W5C6
If you are unable to log in to www.schoology.com with your school email address, please let me know right away. OR if you don’t see your classes, let me know.
Christopher
Location: TIS Room 202
Bring: Charged laptop & charged iPad (w/ Schoology Application)
Getting Started w/ Schoology 8:30-10:15
Getting Started with Schoology provides an overview of Courses, and Course Materials in addition to a snapshot of Groups and Resources. Participants will learn the skills and knowledge needed to begin using Schoology with students.
Upon completion of this course learners will be able to:
Utilizing Google Drive w/ Schoology 10:30-11-30
Utilizing Google Drive with Schoology provides a thorough understanding of how to create a seamless work flow between Schoology and Google Drive. Participants will:
Notetaking w/ Notability 1:00-2:00
Notability is a powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and annotation.
Students and teachers can use Notability daily to take notes, sketch ideas, annotate PDFs, mark-up photos, record lectures, provide audio feedback and more. It is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note taking experience at school, at home, and at work. And with iCloud, your notes are always up to date.
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Tech Tuesday is coming up March 18th, 3:30-4:30 (room 200). During this session, we’ll explore using Prezi on the iPad to meet Common Core SL. 5.5. With Prezi, students can create presentations that are more engaging and memorable.*
*Warning overuse may result in nauseousness.
Please create an account [free] using a laptop/desktop at prezi.com. I recommend creating the account through your Google account. You are not able create an account from the iPad.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prezi/id407759942?mt=8
Objective:
Common Core SL.5.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
To Bring:
Please your iPad loaded with the Prezi.
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Teachers,
I just put up posters requesting students for a TIS Tech Crew. I’ll make an announcement during the Miner Meeting as well.
TIS TECH CREW
Students are welcome to sign up now or wait until after the Miner Meeting. If they have any questions, they can talk to me or wait until the Miner Meeting.
The plan is to meet with students weekly. I may have to divide the team into two groups 4/5th and 6th due to schedules. Students will learn how to trouble-shoot common software/hardware issues and will also create and publish tutorials via screencasts.
If you have a student in mind that you think would be great for this, please encourage them to sign up. They can use the QR code scanner to scan the bar code on the poster, which will take them to the form. Or they can just go to www.goo.gl/hzxrdb.
Thanks so much!
Christopher
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Classroom Teachers,
Computer Science Education Week is December 9-15, 2013, I’d like to pretend it runs now through January 31st 2014! 🙂 So I’ll just go with that.
Code.org describes this as “a celebration geared to encourage interest in the field and show that anyone can learn the basics. Today, we’re surrounded by technology. Many students have their own tablets and phones — and yet, few are learning how computers actually work. Simple computer science activities can help nurture creativity and problem solving skills. By getting a feel for computational thinking early, students will have a foundation for success in any future career path.”
SO… in order to encourage students to give coding a try, I would LOVE to come into your classroom sometime during December (6th Grade only) or January (4th, 5th and 6th) to give your students time to code. We’ll be using Hopscotch which enables students to visually move blocks of code around and instantly test their work.
I apologize for putting you off until January 4th/5th teachers. The app I need wasn’t able to get installed over break, but will be (I’m confident) during Winter Break.
If you are up for this, let me know. An hour of time is ideal. It is the “Hour of Code.” But I’ll settle for 45 minutes or whatever time you have. If you want to pass, no problem.
During the lesson I’ll demonstrate to students how they can draw points, lines, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. CCSS.Math.Content.4.G.A.1
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