8th Grade

Activities for 8th Grade Students (we will complete several of the following activities)

Middle School Technology - Home Page (weebly.com)  

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/ 

Google Classroom Login

https://classroom.google.com/ 

STEM Robotics and Engineering (Wonder Workshop, Architectural Engineering, Snap Circuits, Chain Reactions, Robot Creation Kit, Physics Laws).  LAB ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

https://www.makewonder.com/en/ https://sphero.com/ 

Coding (Code.org)

Various Lessons https://code.org/

Various Google Digital Applied Skills Lessons

Introduce yourself in Google Slides

Use Drive to Organize Files

Design a Poster About You

Design and share a digital badge

Build a logo to explore who you are

Design an Infographic in Google Drawings

Make Pop Art in Google Drawings

Create an animation in Google Slides

Create a comic strip in Google Drawings

Google Workspace Docs Part 1-3, Google Workspace Sheets Part 1-3, Google Workspace Slides Part 1-3

Create a Brochure

Write a story using Emojiis

Make a promotional flyer

Design a comic strip 

Write using online research

Research and Develop a Topic

Explore a Topic: Generative AI

Create a Digital Post Card 

Crash Course Artificial Intelligence (videos) 20 Videos 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtO65LeD2p4_Sb5XQ51par_b 

Crash Course Games (what is a game, ancient games, dawn of video games) 29 videos

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPTrc_yg73RghJEOdobAplG 

Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Digital Media and Your Brain  

How does digital media try to hook you, and what can you do about it?

Media Balance & Well-Being

Being Aware of What You Share

How can you protect your privacy when you're online?

Privacy & Security

Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities  

How does using social media affect our digital footprints?

Digital Footprint & Identity

Responding to Online Hate Speech

How should you respond to online hate speech?

Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech

This Just In!

How should we react to breaking news?

News & Media Literacy

Web Literacy Evaluating Websites

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/web-literacy.html

Vocabulary

https://sites.google.com/view/mrshamblin/techterms?authuser=0 

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/vocabulary.html 

Troubleshooting

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/troubleshooting.html

EBOOK CREATION

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/ebook.html 

Movie Editing

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/movie-editing.html

Photo Editing

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/photo-editing.html 

Online Research Projects

Mrshamblin.com - MLA (google.com) 

https://middlegradestechnologyprojects.weebly.com/the-day-you-were-born.html 

Lego Mindstorms (Extra)

https://www.youtube.com/@DuckBricks