Its been quite a while again since a post on here, and since I am about to start having 5th grade begin their own blogs it only seems fitting that I post on my own too! The website unit is progressing steadily, some students are finishing much faster than others. This will be the third day of making websites today and hopefully most students will be able to finish or at least come close to finishing. Since Last post I have finished a transportation Unit in Kindergarten and 1st grade and have moved on to Programming. This is going to be exciting as I have never considered teaching Programming to students at such a young age, and so far they are enjoying it. Fourth grade has taken a break from website making to begin a special Oregon Trail journey in Minecraft. The teacher who made the Oregon trail map had been working on it for a long time and finally posted it at the perfect time, right as they were beginning their unit, I'm excited for next week when they will actually be able to walk around in Independence Missouri and buy supplies for their journey. Second and third grade are still focusing on typing but are having fun in Minecraft as well and most of third grade has begun a famous landmark architecture project in MC. Second grade is still getting the hang of just using things and digging in a Paleontology map.
Little update, only students in fifth grade were able to come close to finishing their websites this week. I was surprised more were not closer to finishing by the end but I think the reason why is that everyone is just having too much fun customizing their own special site. It would be great if the tech class periods for 4th and 5th grade were 1 hour long instead of just 30 minutes! Good news and bad news! Bad news is... so far I still have not begun the computer hardware, quad-copter racing, programming, animation, or music with technology lessons for 4th and 5th grade! I don't think I'll have enough time by the end of the year to cover everything! Each time I begin a new project with the students It simply takes much longer than I expect. The good news is I now have a functional Art Gallery with images and art from the entire range of grades. The kindergarten art is really cool looking! -Kyle
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AuthorKyle Kertay, technology teacher at Markham Elementary Archives
November 2017
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