Welcome to the JES computer lab! I am Sara Stephan, your local computer teacher. This is my 8th year teaching computers at JES. Here's a quick background on me, I graduated from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelors in Elementary Education in 2005. In 2013 I completed my Masters in Elementary Education at Montana State University-Billings. I love teaching new technology to students and seeing their creativity take off.
In second grade this year we will be using our Google Drive regularly to build our digital portfolio of work we complete. Second graders will focus on digital collaboration with our peers and what skills it takes to be a good digital citizen: not sharing personal information, respecting others online, having a trusted adult to ask for help, standing up to cyberbullying and balance their time online with other activities.
In first grade we begin the year by collecting data from our peers. We will be looking at how to analyze the data and understand the information it gives us through Microsoft Excel. Later this year we will begin using our Google Drive and transfer the Excel skills to Google Sheets. We will also talk about what information is and isn't safe to share online.
Kindergarteners are just beginning their tech skills. This year we will focus on being independent learners on the computer who can log in and out of the computer and applications. We will focus on proficiently finding letters on the keyboard and using our mouse properly. In regards to digital citizenship, Kindergarteners will focus on identifying who the trusted adult is to ask for help when using a computer.
Come back to the blog to see what we are doing this week and examples of student work!
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