SJA-EClass-Technology

6th Grade-Explorers

2010-03-17T08:25:00.000-07:00

The sixth graders have been using their hyperlinking skills to create a presentation on their favorite explorer. Look for examples soon!

5th Grade-Tuck Everlasting

2010-03-17T08:16:00.000-07:00

The fifth graders read the book Tuck Everlasting in their classroom. They used their hyperlinking skills to create a non-linear presentation. They thought about some pros and cons to drinking wather that would make them live forever. Great work, 5th Graders! Look for examples soon.

4th Grade-Create a Question

2010-03-17T08:06:00.000-07:00

All classes 4th-8th learned all about hyperlinking slides to create a non-linear presentation about the Winter Olympics. The 4th graders used this skill to create questions about themselves. They typed in a question with 3 wrong answers and 1 correct answer and linked the answers to the appropriate slide. They will be going to their classmates' slides to see how well they know each other. Look for an example soon!

3rd Grade Civil Rights Leaders

2010-03-17T07:56:00.000-07:00

The third graders have been working on their Civil Rights project for Mrs. Schneider. They each chose a leader to research. In technology class, they used the Marion County Library website to search for information about their leader. They will use this infomation in the classroom for their Wax Museum project. They will also create a presentation using PowerPoint with the information they find. Look for examples soon!

2nd Grade Parts of Speech

2010-03-17T07:45:00.001-07:00

The second graders have been learning about parts of speech. They are using PowerPoint to create slides for nouns, verbs, and adjectives. It's so fun to see them having fun creating their slides.

First Grade Colors

2010-03-17T07:33:00.000-07:00

The first graders have been busy learning how to use PowerPoint, and they are very good at it! They learned how to add and change text and insert pictures, and they learned how to add backgrounds. They created a prayer. We say a new prayer at the start of each class. They also learned how to add autoshapes and change colors to create a very colorful slide.

Enjoy examples of some first grade work!

Great Christmas Websites

2009-12-09T05:44:00.001-08:00

Have fun with your children with some of these neat Christmas websites.

www.northpole.com

http://www.highlightskids.com/Magazine/Dec05/h1magazineFlashObjects/h11205DecemberArtist.asp

www.claus.com

St. Joan of Arc Technology

2009-12-09T05:34:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone! I thought it was about time to use this great tool. I feel like things are settling down a bit here on the technology end, and I now have some extra time. I am really enjoying all the students here. They work really hard and have some great technology skills. I am excited to share some of their work with you. We are working on purchasing some printers. Our color printer went out, and now the black/white printer is out of toner. Look for some student work after break.

Welcome to your SJA eClassroom

2008-08-07T19:18:00.001-07:00

Your eClassroom is a new tool to enhance the educational experience for you, your students and their families

An eClassroom is Essentially a Blog
Perhaps one of the most fascinating tools that has emerged from the Internet cloud in recent years is the Blog. A shortening of the term Web log, the Blog is an online publishing tool that enables people to easily publish their loves, passions, dislikes, peeves, discoveries, and insights.

Blogging is also showing up in schools, where teachers have known for a long time that students develop better communication skills when they are authentically communicating. A number of educators are helping their students developing their writing skills by having them publish their work as blogs, and then invite comments from people in the outside.

There are many freely available tools that facilitate blogging, but none seem especially suited for the classroom. That is the reason for developing the eClassroom for SJA. This online blogging tool is explicitly designed with teachers and students in mind, where the teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students' blog articles in a controlled environment. It is and will be constantly in development. We need your input to refine the look, content, layout of the eClassroom.

There are many options available to teachers who utilize web journals (blogs) to enhance the learning experience. Teaching in a participatory culture can be challenging, but rewarding. Today, teachers have to learn to communicate in the language and style of their students—who some call digital natives (inhabitants of the Web 2.0 world).

Assignments, etc.
For students in grades 4—8, the eClassroom will be the source point for classroom activites, supplemental learning resources, assignments, long-tern projects, links to relevant sites, field trips, etc. How you integrate your eClassroom may vary from other teachers, but understand that with regular use, this tool will become a vital part of your curriculum and teaching style.