Dear Everyone, Things are going smoothly. Its been about a month and a half since the start of the technology class and things are progressing steadily. So far, i think the most successful lessons have been the introduction to Minecraft via dinosaurs for 4th and 5th grade and the intro to animation lessons for 2nd and 3rd grade. I look forward to delving deeper into animation later, but at the moment I am focused on setting up a typing routine and typing accounts for all older grades. So far I have succeeded at several lesson ideas, however most of the time the lessons themselves seem to take longer than I anticipate and span two weeks instead of one. It makes me wonder if I will have to trim my ideas down by the end of the year eventually... Due to popular demand, this next week I plan to finally start 2nd and 3rd grade on the path to using Minecraft in lessons. Over the past month or so I have tested using the program in older grades. It will be interesting to see how this all works out as it is a very new and experimental experience using this game as a teaching tool, especially for younger grades. I plan to send home a letter to parents detailing the topics we have covered so far and some of what I plan for the future. Speaking of the future, my plans for lessons and units still include: Website Building Computer Hardware Quad-copter building/racing Music with technology - quantized Programming with scratch Minecraft Architecture Area and volume Programming with computercraft World of Humanities / Oregon trail Video Editing Blogging -Mr K.
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2/29/2016 04:13:04 pm
Keep up the good work! Adrian is really enjoying Tech class since you arrived.
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Jacob
3/2/2016 01:55:51 pm
Nice website Mr.Kyle! It is fantastic - Jacob
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10/16/2016 10:57:14 pm
It will be interesting to see how this all works out as it is a very new and experimental experience using this game as a teaching tool, especially for younger grades.
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AuthorKyle Kertay, technology teacher at Markham Elementary Archives
November 2017
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