Technology at MUS
There are currently 2 computer labs available for classroom use at MUS. Each class visits the labs twice each week to work on their computer skills. In addition, there are 4-6 computers in each classroom for the students to use to extend the skills and concepts that are presented in the computer labs. The main lab is open each morning before school from 8:00 to 8:25 for the students to use.
Keyboarding at MUS
Projects:
First
Grade
Each class is designing and creating a slide show presentation.
Each child plans and then creates a page of the slide
show. Topics for the slide shows include Families and
Our Community. Students learn to include sound and transitiions
in their presentation.
Second Grade
Each class is designing and creating a multimedia presentation
using a program called HyperStudio. Each student researches
and prepares information about the topic, then uses it
in the presentation. Students learn how to include text,
sound, graphics, buttons, and transitions in thieir project.
Second grade topics include Owls, The Life Cycle of a
Pumpkiin, and Monarch Butterflies.
Third Grade
Each class is designing and creating a multimedia presentation
using a program called HyperStudio. Each student researches
and prepares information about the topic, then uses it
in the presentation. Students learn how to include text,
sound, graphics, buttons, and transitions in thieir project.
Some third grade classes are doing their projects on Chumash
Indians, other classes are still deciding on a topic.
Fourth Grade
Fourth grade classes are planning a number of technology
projects this year. Students have already begun working
on their keyboarding skills, learning to use a program
called Inspiration, and improving their word processing
skills. Mr. Bower's class has been leaning to work with
digital video using a program called iMovie.
Fifth Grade
The fifth grade classes have been working with a program
called HyperStudio. Using this program, the students have
created autobiographical projects called stacks. A stack
is a file that contains one or more cards, along with
any buttons, graphics, sounds, animations, web links,
and other multimedia elements that have been placed on
those cards. The students are designing the layout of
each card, and learning to use animation. They have also
learned how to scan a picture into their presentation.
Each 5th grade student has his/her own e-mail account
and is learning to use e-mail as an effective communication
tool.
The
5th grade students continue to work on their keyboarding
skills. The goal is for each student to be able to type
20 words per minute with at least 95% accuracy.
Sixth Grade
Sixth grade students use computers and related technology
for many of their assignments. They have learned about
spreadsheets, and how to create and use them. They have
continued to learn and use word processing applications
to create different kinds of documents including newletters,
poems, title pages, etc. Students have learned to use
the Internet effectively for research.
The
6th grade students continue to work on their keyboarding
skills. The goal is for each student to be able to type
30 words per minute with at least 95% accuracy.
Later in the year, students will use computers extensively
as part of their opinion poll project, learning how to
create and format tables within a document and to graph
their results. Then each student will create a web page
with their results. Each student will participate in the
10th annual Computer Art contest by designing, drawing,
saving, and printing a color picture using a computer.
Each student will also create a multimedia presentation
about their experiences at W.O.L.F School using Power
Point.
