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Welcome to Technology Literacy !. Please take a seat Choose any seat except mine DON’T touch the computers! Don’t sit near someone who might get you in trouble!. Technology Literacy 6 th grade. Mr. Whipple Instructional Technology Specialist. Introduction. Who am I?
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Welcome to Technology Literacy ! Please take a seat Choose any seat except mine DON’T touch the computers! Don’t sit near someone who might get you in trouble!
Technology Literacy6thgrade Mr. Whipple Instructional Technology Specialist
Introduction • Who am I? • What will we talk about today? • Short overview of expectations for behavior • Overview of topics for this course • Your questions • If time, logging in to the computers
What’s this course about? • This course will prepare you for the technology you use in middle school, high school and beyond • Since some of that technology has not been invented yet, I aim to teach you how to learn to use new software and other tools
Rules for the Start of Class • DON’T open the computers until told to do so! • Be on time! I will start most classes with instructions for the day, and you’ll miss them if you’re late! • Please ask questions after instructions • Don’t cross in front of the projector (anytime)! • Don’t leave the room without checking with me
Big Five Rules (anytime) • Don’t Interrupt when I (or anyone else) is speaking • Be Patient when asking for help, and try to solve your problem while you’re waiting • Follow Directions and re-read them when you have a problem • Always Give Your Best Effort • Have Fun
Special Code for Mr. Whipple’s Class If you shout out “Mr. Whipple, Mr. Whipple!” or wave your hands around, that means: “Mr. Whipple, I’m doing just fine and I don’t need your help!”
A Brief Tour of Your Electronic Resources • Links Page • Introducing KMSWEB.ORG • Class blog • Where I post the instructions for each class, as well as links to other important resources • Moodle (coming soon!) • Where you post your work and check your grades • Technology Literacy Wiki • Where you can find copies of many of the documents for this class • You won’t need to worry about that one too often
Topics for the next 10 weeks • Introduction/Review • Computer Basics • Logging In • Using Applications • Ethics and Safety • Cyber-bullying • Plagiarism • Spreadsheets and Graphing • Creating a spreadsheet and organizing data • Creating graphs, charts, tables • Opening, editing, saving documents • Inserting images
Topics, part 2 • Information Literacy • Basic search techniques • Online research • Podcasting • Use of Garageband • Saving and inserting images • Recording sound, adding effects • Possible Additional Topics • LOGO graphic drawing tool • STYKZ stick figure animation
Logging in • If time allows, we’ll log in and try this out today • If not, we will definitely cover it next class
Questions? • Review • Start of Class Rules • Big Five Rules • Topics for this course
Logging in to the computer • When you turn on the computer, log into it: • User name: student • Password: student • When using the student/student log in, DO NOT change anything about the desktop • On the next slide I’ll show you how to log in under your own name
Logging in With Your Own Name • Use the first two letters of your first name and your last name: • User name: josmith • Password: <student ID number> • For this year only, you can save documents when logged in as yourself. THIS WON’T WORK NEXT YEAR! • When you’re connected, go to http://www.kmsweb.org
