This week in field, we got the opportunity to go to Computer Specialties with our 5th graders. They were learning how to type on the keyboard with a fun computer program. They had little black box type shields that they put over their hands so they couldn't peek. Sometimes it didn't really work because it was too tempting to look at the keys. The students also researched something about a state and printed out information on it.
We get one more opportunity to go to Computer Specialties and it will be interesting to see what they get to do next. We have had a lot of experience using Google.docs this week while preparing our lesson plans. I love the chat feature while working as partners. It gets a little frustrating to me though, because sometimes things don't work out how I want them to. Somehow the keys and the typing don't quite mesh. Worst of all, I am still struggling with alignment of columns etc. It bugs me when I try to print something and things are all out of place. I think I'm starting to figure it out a little better now.
This week we will be presenting our digital story on Lewis and Clark. We still have to finish it up. Sarah will be using it in her lesson as a wrap up of the subject. Since we are not doing it in Photo Story 3, I am going to brush up on how to use it so I can teach our cooperating teacher sometime soon.
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