Dear Families,
Welcome to St. Bartholomew School! I am so excited to be your child’s K-5 technology teacher this year and look forward to a fun, engaging, and meaningful year of learning and faith together.
Prior to joining the St. Bart's team I had over 27 years of public school teaching experience in at all grade levels from K-12.
In our classroom, students will explore new ideas, develop important skills, and grow as confident, caring individuals. We will use a variety of tools, including technology like iPads, Chromebooks and interactive applications such as Starfall, to make learning hands-on and exciting. My goal is to create a safe and supportive environment where every student feels encouraged to try new things and reach their full potential.
Communication between home and school is very important. I will keep you updated through, emails, phone calls. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions or would like to share insights about your child’s learning style and needs.
Thank you for entrusting me with your child’s education. I look forward to a wonderful year of growth, learning, and fun at St. Bart’s!
Additional updates are coming soon...!
During the year students will be exposed to keyboarding and typing skills. Knowing that your children will be at all different levels, they will be exposed to various sites that differentiate from beginning to advanced typists.
Some sites we will use, which can be extended to home practice are:
Curriculum Topics and Subjects Included
Kindergarten
Mouse/Tracking Skills
Parts of a Computer
Navigating a device for learning
Keyboarding
Keyboard letters and numbers
Math/ELA integration
Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship
1st Grade
Mouse/Trackpad Skills
Parts of a Computer
Navigating a Device
Keyboard familiarity and practice
Internet Safety, media literacy and digital citizenship
Computer Skills
Word/Docs
2nd Grade
Keyboarding Proficiency
Computer Vocabulary
Internet Safety, media literacy and digital citizenship
Beginning Coding
Google Slide/Docs
3rd Grade
Internet Safety, media literacy and digital citizenship
Google Slide/Docs
Basic Online Research Skills
Typing Skills
Coding
4th Grade
Online Research Skills
Slides, Docs, Sheets
Coding
Computer Vocabulary
Typing Skills
Internet Safety
5th grade
Creation Tools
Research Skills and Practice
Internet Safety Research Projects
Word Processing and typing skills
Coding
Google slides/Docs/Sheets