Schedule of classes. Open periods are for support and Dean resposnsibilities

Lower Grade Parents:

For those parents in K through 2 I have included LOG IN instructions for a website I use in class called getepic.com. This website has DIGITAL BOOKS and activity oriented videos (completely safe and age appropriate) and the students have been using this through the year. Feel free to make use of this tool.

CURRENT EVENTS

Be sure to check back throughout the year for updates and a look into the Technology classes.

1st Marking Period

6th Grade

"Digital Arts, Film Making, CGI Innovations, Image Files and More "

"Using Image Files and Applications"

By using digital pictures such as JPGs, GIFs and PNGs, students are beginning to realize how the right choice of files can lead to creative designs and opens up a totally different way to create projects and designs such as "digital posters" and presentations.

5th Grade

"Responsible Technology Use"

"Safe Web Usage and Privacy Concerns"

"Cyberbullying, Digital Drama and Hate Speech"

Teaching students how to react and recognize that using a computer, or tablet or phone can be a tremendous benefit to learning and entertainment. However there are also dangers and responsibility to using those devices.

5th Grade students are also finishing our Haunted House design projects and soon starting group projects for "Amusement Park Shark Tank" as their groups will plan, design and map a new amusement park idea for their "Investor"

4th Grade

Robotics, Digital Game Creations

& More Google Applications

3rd Grade

Computer Literacy and Coding

2nd Grade

Using a Web Browser

1st Grade

Typing and Keyboard Usage

Note for the 1st through 3rd Grade parents about turning work through Google Classroom in there is a specific way to submit their assignment Please follow these directions:

1. When the students complete their work, you can turn it in one of two ways

2. A - ON THE DOCUMENT ITSELF - if you look in the top right corner above the document, there is a button as shown below (sorry it is a little fuzzy but it shows location). Simply click the blue button and confirm that you want to submit the work.

2 B - Click back on the Classroom Assignment tab (usually this is at the top to the immediate left of the Document page you have been working on). Once there you can click the blue TURN IN button and shown in the picture below. Then it will ask you to confirm you want to turn it in and then it will be submitted

Please us these methods to submit work to Classroom instead of "Sharing" the documents from Drive or from the Document page. In reality, once the students start working on the Document, there is already a shared copy and clicking Share us just a redundancy.

FINALLY - Prodigy

Students can continue to log in from home using their St. Bart's accounts to continue using Prodigy at home. I will update the "In Game" activities to reflect current mathematics curriculum

Kindergarten

Currently you can check with abcmouse.com. I believe they are offering free accounts for the time so head on over and check it out.

Thank you and God Bless!

Diocese of Metuchen’s Statement on Technology

Meeting the Technology Needs of the 21st Century Student

Students in our classrooms today will be training for jobs in the future that do not exist right now. How can we prepare them for a future we can only imagine? In order to form digital citizens for God’s world, teachers need to use the tools of the future to educate the children now. Instilling the use of technology tools into the curriculum standards ensures students use the tools effectively.

It is our goal to have our students not only become consumers of technology, but also become creative producers of technology, grounded in the moral ethics of the Catholic faith. Our students need to be evaluators of digital truth and accuracy in their global society while they are actively participating in the Catholic Social Teaching of the Care of God’s earth through sustainability and green technology.