It is hard to believe that we have been in school almost a month now. All grade levels have started working on at least 1 TechSteps project. It is unfortunate that we can't start creating class lists or entering assessments until the middle of this month. The 1st graders are working on the TechSteps project on drawing shapes. In our adaptation the students are creating pictures of a person or face and then they are typing their names complete with capital letters. This has been a great project to start with. I'm working with small groups at a time and I'm getting a very good idea of the skill levels of our 1st graders. This will help as we get ready to take on more complex projects.
Our county technician is spending afternoons with us and is slowly working his way through the computers getting them set up for use with Odyssey,TechSTeps, Acuity, and other programs. The school has purchased 3 network laser printers to be used with each cart. We have also re-arranged some furniture to create a lab in the library. We are planning to have one cart of the laptops set up daily in the library. This will save teachers some set up time and still leaves the other 2 carts that can be used in the classroom.
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