Technology

November: This month students worked on developing their mouse skills. Students participated in a "mousercise" activity in which they practiced scrolling through long documents, double clicking, among other mouse skills. Students were also introduced to the concepts of algorithms by helping to code a character named Ruby to cross a bridge and visit her friends using arrows. Students had their first taste of Grade 2 code.org in which they practiced writing algorithms to help get their angry bird to the pig! Coming soon will be more practice writing algorithms and using persistence to debug code!

October: Grade 2 students learned that a computer is a type of machine. It doesn't have a brain like us, and it can't think or have ideas, but it can follow stored instructions and do lots of useful things. There are computers everywhere. At the doctor's, in the supermarket, even in cars. We also reviewed inputs and outputs. We've also been perfecting our mouse skills. Soon we will begin looking at algorithms and coding!

November: This month we worked on strategies to help us identify keywords. We used a variety of plugged and unplugged activities to help us understand how to search the Internet more effectively.  Next month, we will begin our study of coding. 

October: Students have been learning about the importance of keeping their passwords safe and how to create strong passwords. We've recently started learning how to use keywords to help us with our research skills. 

November: This month we worked on strategies to help us identify keywords. We used a variety of plugged and unplugged activities to help us understand how to search the Internet more effectively. We also have been studying IOPS- input, output, processing and storage and will be working on using Adobe's "Animate with Audio" to demonstrate what we have learned about how computers work. 

October: Online tools are empowering for kids, and they also come with big responsibilities. But do kids always know what to do when they encounter cyberbullying? Students learned appropriate ways to take action and resolve conflicts, from being upstanders to helping others in need. Students have recently been learning about using keywords to assist with their research skills. 

November: This month we have been studying IOPS- input, output, processing and storage. We worked in teams to sort what we believe are examples of computers vs. things that are not computers. We will be studying each of the parts of the IOPS model in greater detail and will eventually return to our charts to confirm or revise our predictions. 

October: Students started the year with a challenge to use Adobe Express to visualize and share their creative identity. Recently students have been learning to "Be Internet Awesome" by learning how to avoid scams and what they can do if they are concerned that they have been scammed.