That’s because there is always a whole lot of awesome in the lab on Thursdays, when Keyboarding comes after Animation Station. Today’s video will give you a idea of how incredible a view I have from my desk. It has been a joy to work with these talented and inspiring children!!
Category Archives: Keyboarding
After School Tech Classes in Full Swing!!
Not like me to wait until week 3 to post, but the Session 1 Afterschool classes in the technology lab have gotten off to an incredible start!
On Mondays, the students in Crack the Code have started off with Kodable, which is perfect for emerging readers. They start with sequencing, then move on to other coding concepts like conditions and loops.
Animation Station meets on Thursdays. Students are quite self-directed, and they are working in small groups on a variety of projects. It’s very exciting to watch the students with some experience help out students who are working with cameras, laptops and software for the first time. I hope you enjoy Omar’s project!
Keyboarding meets on Tuesdays. New students start out with Dance Mat Typing, then move on to Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing.
We have a new 9-12 class on Fridays called Bits & Bytes. Teams of students have started building self-driving vehicles. These engineers are having a lot of fun exploring circuits and electronics.
Stay tuned, as I will be posting pictures from Tuesday and Friday WeDo Robotics soon!
Session 3 Happenings
Just wanted to share a couple of videos, so you can get a feel for the excitement that is Session III. The first video was done in Keyboarding and Computer Basics, the second in Lego Robotics. Enjoy.
Session III
Hard to believe that graduation is just around the corner! Beginning students completed lesson 10 on DanceMat Typing this week, while intermediate students continued with Mavis Beacon. We usually spend the last part of each session practicing computer skills. Today, however, we played with Photobooth!
Keyboarding — Week 11
Students often practice keyboarding skills by using the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing school edition activities, which offers fun and exciting ways to build skill and accuracy. One of their favorites is the Creature Lab. Check out this moose-turtle created today!
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