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Welcome to the Mountain Park Technology Club

Information about this year's club:
 
We hope that everyone has enjoyed a wonderful and relaxing summer vacation. As we prepare for the new school year, we are considering some different options to give more students an opportunity to participate in Technology Club.
  • Tech Club will still meet on Monday and Thursday afternoon, but we will divide the school year into different sessions, probably 6-8 weeks long (meeting one day a week, either Monday or Thursday afternoons 2:45 - 4:00). This way, if you are involved in other afterschool activities, you can choose to participate when you are available. As always, the resources will be shared with the entire MPE family, so even if you are not coming to the meetings, you can practice and work on projects at home.
  • Another change is that each session will focus on a specific set of technology skills and a technology project. We would like the tech club students to participate in the county Technology Fair this year (held in January) so the focus in Tech Club will be skills and applications that students can use for the Technology Fair.
  • If you participated in Technology Club last spring, you will continue to have access to the club wiki, so please keep working on your pages and skills. If you have anything you did over the summer, please share it with the club! We'd love to see any pictures, videos, or projects.
  • The teachers involved with Technology Club will meet to discuss plans and schedules during the first couple of weeks of school. Once we know how many teachers we have (and hopefully we will have access to the new lab to add more students to the club) we will be able to send out information about signing up.  We hope to begin club meetings by Labor Day week.
  • If you would like to help with the club this year, please email Kim Creagh at creagh@fultonschools.org. In your email, please let us know which days you would be available, and any specific skills you could share with the students.
As always, thank you in advance for your support and cooperation as we start the school year. We know that getting everything up and running can be an involved and sometimes difficult process, and we appreciate your patience and understanding.
 
A couple of reminders:
 
Students, please remember you can save images, photos, files, documents, PowerPoints, or other data to your flash drive to bring to the club meetings. Many of you want to use pictures you already have, so if you save them on your flash drive, you can bring it to the club meeting and you'll be able to use them.
 
Students: You will report to the lab when the Primetime students are dismissed (on your meeting day).
 
Parents: Please remember pick-up will be promptly at 4:00 in the front driveway (by the front office).
 
 
Frequently asked questions: 
 
1. What days and times does the club meet?
    The club is divided into 2 groups, Monday and Thursday. The groups will meet from 2:45 - 4:00 in the Computer Lab. This year, we
    hope to be able to use the new lab so we will be able to accommodate more students. Additionally, we will divide the club into smaller
    sessions, so that students do not have to participate the entire school year. More information about this will be sent out after school
    begins.
 
2. What are the meeting days for the club?
    Students will be assigned to either Monday or Thursday. We will make every attempt to work with individual schedules, but we have
    limited number of spaces available in the clubs.

    

3. What does my child need to bring to the club?

    Students may want to bring a flash drive (jump drive) to save their work. We will also encourage students to save their work to    

    the school network server so they can access their documents and files from their classroom.

 

4. Does my child have to complete a project to be in the club?

    No, but students will be encouraged to apply the skills they learn to create or complete a project. We'll share ideas and resources for

    projects, competitions, and exhibitions that your child may enter. Also, we will encourage all members of the club to create a project

    for the technology fair (to be held next school year).

 

5. What do I do if my child can no longer attend?

    If your child is no longer able to attend the club meetings, please email Kim Creagh at creagh@fultonschools.org so that we can

    invite a student on the waiting list to join the club.

 

6. What do I do if my child has to miss a meeting?

    We will post the weekly activities on this webpage, so if your child is absent, please have him or her check here to see what skill they

    missed that week.

 

7. Is there a fee for the club?

    There is no fee to join the club. Teachers have volunteered to help with the club, and we also have several parents who have offered

    to get involved.

 

8. If I want to volunteer to help with the club, what should I do?

    We would love to have parents and community partners help us with the club. If you (or someone you know) could help us, please

    send an email to Ms. Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt@fulton.k12.ga.us

 

9. What will my child do/learn as a member of the club?

    In addition to learning how to use different Web 2.0 applications (wikis, blogs, etc...), members will also learn about Internet safety,

    digital citizenship, multimedia applications, project planning, and choosing the right technology for projects. Students will also learn

    skills related to topics of personal interest (digital photography, webpage design, robotics, etc...).

 

If you have other questions that aren't posted here, please post a question to the comments section below, or email one of the faculty sponsors: Kim Creagh, Shelly Vanderbilt, Julie Adams, Ellen Rubin, Richard Ziemba, and Heather Welch.