3-408 - 2/12/13 - China

Class 3-408,

Today is Friday, February 1st. I am out of the building today so Mr. Waisome is covering you.

You will not be working on China research today. Instead I have a different, yet related, assignment for you...

4-404 - 1/31/13 - Build a Website

Students of 4-404,
Even though I am not in the building today we are still moving forward with our work, as well as looking toward a future project.

Today, you will finish your PowerPoint presentations & start thinking about building your own website...

4-409 - 1/18/13 - Build a Website

Students of 4-409,
Even though I am not in the building today we are still moving forward with our Google Apps exploration.

Today, you will start building your own website...

5th Grade - Christmas Break 12/2012 - Time Lapse

5th Graders,
Ever want to see all of New York City in 5 minutes? Central Park change colors during the Fall in less than 3 minutes? New York in both day and night, at the same time?

Time lapse, that's how!

What is "time lapse" you ask?

4th Grade - Christmas Break 12/2012 - Climb Mt. Everest

4th Graders,
Last year you did an assignment during the February vacation in which you looked at 360 degree panoramas. Remember, a panorama is a wide-angle look at something. 360 degrees is a full circle...



You were able to look at a monument or city from every angle. You got a birds-eye view, a view you've never seen before.


This year we will use the same technology, high quality panoramic images, to climb Mt. Everest...



Your assignment:

3rd Grade - Christmas Break 12/2012 - Technology & You

3rd graders, please answer these 2 questions over the Christmas Vacation....


(click "Read More" to see the questions)

4th Grade - Thanksgiving 11/2012 - How to Cook a Turkey

You are in charge of cooking Thanksgiving dinner. You have to cook a turkey and 2 side dishes (a side dish is usually mashed potato, mac & cheese, stuffing, etc).

How are you going to cook the turkey? What side dishes are you going to make?

3rd Grade - Thanksgiving 11/2012 - What is Thanksgiving?

What is Thanksgiving? Do you know where the holiday came from? Do you know some of the myths of thanksgiving?

5th Grade - Thanksgiving 11/2012 - Who's Coming To Dinner?

Imagine you are hosting Thanksgiving. You can invite one person to eat with. That one person can be anyone at all. It must be a living person, but other than that you can choose anyone in the world to share Thanksgiving dinner....

No, I Don’t Teach Typing

Takeaway: After years of the same question, I felt it was high time I answered the question, and explained my rationale. No, I don't teach typing...


Every year, at least a dozen times a year, I get asked if I “teach typing.” Why do I place that in quotation marks? Because in general, when people ask, they are referring to basic keyboarding skills. Home keys and such. And no, I don’t “teach typing.” But that doesn’t mean I don’t teach students how to type. But what is more important is that I teach far more than typing. I see students once a week and in my professional opinion, with over nine years’ experience as a computer teacher, “teaching typing” is a waste of time. Time is better spent on technical skills, core technology knowledge base, and creative productivity.