JRB Tech Class

Exploring technology as a tool to learn, create and communicate

Learning Goals

  1. Find information using an online encyclopedia.
  2. Take notes efficiently.
  3. Explore ways to write a biography that is fun and interesting to read.

Hands-on in the Lab

Our main project: the MA Hall of Fame!

  1. Go to the library Web page and search Groliers Online.
  2. Copy and paste a picture of your famous person into Microsoft Word, and add in some information about why your person is famous.
  3. Read the encyclopedia article about your famous person, and answer these questions.
  4. Use the information you've found to make a puppet of your person in art class with Mrs. Richard and a paragraph about your person in tech class with Mrs. Davis.

Here are some Web sites that will help you:

 

Finished Early? Explore on the Web

  1. Simple Machines: learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the house and tool shed.
  2. Math Magician: practice your math facts
  3. Giggle Poetry: funny poetry for students.
  4. Journey North: learn more about the migration of the monarch butterfly.
  5. Pyramid Power: reach Planet Power by fueling your rocket with healthy food and exercise.
  6. Fun with pictures: Dumpr & FX
  7. MakeBeliefsComix: create your own comic strip!
  8. You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving from Plimoth Plantation
  9. The First Thanksgiving from Scholastic