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Student Projects!

READ and SEE what students have been doing in Computer Class!!

Featured Project:

Kindergarten Chick Video!!

Video/pictures taken by Ms. Rochester's K class.

Doodle4Google (6/7)

Students entered a competition to resdesign Google's homepage (the lucky winner receives $15,000)!

PicasaWeb Slideshow

Quick Links

In Class TODAY: May

4th Grade

Finishing Alternative Energy Slideshows

5th Grade

Video Project

6th - 7th Grade

Videography
8th Grade

Yearbook

Videography

Select Completed Projects

4th: Animal Slideshows

6-7th: Collage (Photoshop)

4th: Countries (PowerPoint)

6-7th: Genetic Diseases (Wiki)

Meet the Teacher

Mr. Calkins

Hi - This coming year ('08-'09) will be my 2nd year at Hillcrest. I also work as an Instructional Designer and trainer, and have done graphic and web design, lectured at UCB, and spent 3 years teaching in Africa.
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Lab News

Spring Upgrades New Cameras: Bought 10 new 10MP digital cameras for the lab that can also shoot HD video!Installed video conversion programs on all computers and upgraded the current video codecs ...
Posted Mar 13, 2009 11:02 AM by Andrew Calkins
Fall Upgrades Backups: Bought 2 500GB hard drives and set up an automatic daily backup system for our small networkBitDefender Virus protection and Firewall installed on all lab computersRAM: Upgraded ...
Posted Mar 13, 2009 10:59 AM by Andrew Calkins
Summer Upgrades This summer we were very busy upgrading the technology in the lab. We now have:Laptops! The old desktops have been moved into teachers' classrooms, and we now have 27 ...
Posted Mar 13, 2009 10:51 AM by Andrew Calkins

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Blogs

My Japan Trip

Secrets of the iPhone

Read our very own Aquacena Lopez's blog of her ongoing adventures Down Under! 4th graders have been following her movements in Google Earth and asking her questions on her blog.