Techonology

Principles Purpose and Time are the Tools For Teaching ~ Pat Parelli

Technology NewsHelpful LinksEvaluating WebsitesCitation InformationScratch7th Grade ResourcesFree Online Keyboarding WebsitesAdvanced Internet SearchesAEA ResourcesITEC Technology Fair Playground -TECHNOLOGY/COMPUTER LAB St. Francis of Assisi School supports an up-to-date and active technology plan developed and monitored by the SFA Technology Committee.  The technology curriculum has at its focus the integration of technology in all areas of the school curriculum.  The Technology Standards and Benchmarks are directed and implemented by the Technology Coordinator with additional implementation by classroom teachers.  St. Francis students have access to technology in a variety of settings.  Each homeroom classroom has 3 PC stations.  Related arts classrooms also have PCs and are slated for mini-labs as we grow.  St. Francis school also has two computer labs for student instruction.  This provides excellent access for student use of technology.  SFA is a networked building and has direct access to the internet from every station for teacher directed research/information purposes.  Additionally, each classroom has cable television and scan converter capabilities for large group instruction.   All students must have written parental permission on file to use the internet.

Technology News

Technology Folder

I have decided that it would be helpful if students in grades 3-7 would have a technology folder to hold handouts that are given throughout the year.  They don't need to be any specific color and they don't even need to be new.

Helpful Links

Typing

If your child is practicing their typing skills at home and they are having a "peeking" problem, you might want to try using Speedskins.  Speedskins cover the keys on your keyboard so students can not peek at the keys, yet they can still comfortably type.  This encourages them to look at the screen, or at the document they are typing from, to help increase speed and accuracy.  For more information or to order Speedskins, click on the link below.

http://www.speedskin.com/

Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Websites Worksheet

Evaluating Websites Sites

Citation Information

Copyright Handout

Copyright Consequences

Finding Citation Information

Citing Music

Sandisk Flash Drive Fix

Click here to find out how to fix Sandisk U3 flash drives that are not working with school    computers.

Download Scratch

Click here to download Scratch for free!!!

Scratch is new programming language that was created by researchers at MIT that makes it easy to create interactive stories, games and animations - and share your creation with others on the web.

Don't for get to check out the video tutorials and the Scratch Cards.

7th Grade Resources

Newspaper Instructions

Advanced Internet Searches

Resources for advanced Internet searching

Search Engine Showdown.  A fun little tutorial on how to do advanced Internet searches.

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/strat/advancedsearch.shtml

Describes how to do advanced Internet searches using Boolean search terms.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2911_conduct-advanced-internet.html

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