K-8 Computer Lab Teachers

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Glenboski on March 30, 2008 at 9:45am

Wow! What an awesome group to find. You all have made my day. I am currently a 2nd grade teacher in a Catholic School. I've taught 2nd grade for nine years now and I've just accepted the Computer Teacher position for next year. I use technology in my classroom all the time and have experience with Kidpix and Kidspiration. We had a full-time Computer Teacher for years, but when she moved away, the position was not filled again. We as teachers handled it the first year and this current year we have one teacher traveling between our elementary, middle and high school campuses. They have been using the K to the 8th program. Our parents and students have not been impressed. We are now back to a full-time Computer Teacher at the elementary school and that's me. I feel like we have a lot of ground to make up and I am both very excited and nervous about this new adventure. I was reading through the posts and I'm very excited about some of the things I've read. Thank you all for this wonderful group.

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Glenboski on March 30, 2008 at 9:47am

I have so much to learn. Does anyone have a good Keyboarding Program that you use? I'll be teaching grades K-6.

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Permalink Reply by Amber Coggin on March 30, 2008 at 10:52am

Hi, glad you found this group! Can't wait to share resources with you. This is my first year teaching computers to grades K-5.

The keyboarding program we use is Learning.com. It is subscription based (our district provides it). There are also free ones such as Dance Mat Typing.

Please join the computer lab teachers group here.

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Permalink Reply by JoNelle on March 31, 2008 at 4:28pm

My Kg- 1 use Type to Learn, Jr and 2-5 use Type to Learn3. Second graders used to be on TTL,Jr, but theclasses have grown and there is not enough room for them now. We also use the free online Dance Mat Typing for another resource - the students love it, and they can use it at home.

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Permalink Reply by Erin McGuyer on April 1, 2008 at 7:07am

I teach 6-7th grade computer classes and we use MicroType to teach keyboarding. The kids really like it. Also, www.topsy.org/keyboarding.html has some good keyboarding practice programs for free.

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Permalink Reply by Durff on March 30, 2008 at 12:48pm

I have grades 3-8 for computer. We do keyboarding in 3-5 + an activity. We are doing videos in 7th & 8th, and the history of computing in 6th.

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Permalink Reply by Chrissy on March 31, 2008 at 11:05am

I teach PreK-8th in a Catholic School. We do intensify keyboarding for 4th grade using the old Type to Learn and supplement the other grades with Dance Mat Typing on line.

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Permalink Reply by Chrissy on March 31, 2008 at 11:07am

Does anyone know a site that covers many different immigrant groups to U.S.? I need one that is appropriate for 3rd graders and that covers places like Trinidad, Kenya etc....

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Permalink Reply by Amber Coggin on April 7, 2008 at 8:54am

Hi everyone,

I have just created a new wikispace for K-5 Computer Lab Activities. Please join this space and share your computer lab activities. I know you have numerous activities/lessons, but if you could maybe add one a day or as you come across something, we could build up a pretty big database! I've already added about 6-10 for each grade level.

Hope to see you there!
Amber

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Permalink Reply by nstrehlow on April 7, 2008 at 3:28pm

Hi!
I taught in a computer lab for over 14 years at a school in Milwaukee and loved almost every minute of it. I started out with Apples, moved up to Macs and then overnight they took all my Macs and put in Windows machines. Through it all there was one enduring truth. It's not the machines, it's how well you integrate whatever you have with the curriculum. I have a great middle school project that is fully integrated and the kids love it:

Connections Unit

Attachments:

• Connections.ppt, 3.3 MB
• ConnectionsEvaluation.doc, 40 KB
• GradingRubric.doc, 40 KB

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Glenboski on April 7, 2008 at 4:05pm

Thanks for the info. I am very excited about teaching computer next year. Especially since I found this site and all of the wonderful people here. I grew up in Milwaukee, where did you teach?

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Permalink Reply by nstrehlow on April 8, 2008 at 7:33am

I taught in a K-8 parochial school in the suburb of Whitefish Bay. My degree is in Art Education but we art teachers were right there with the math teachers in the beginnings of curriculum integration! I lived on the east side near UWM my last four years ending in 2004 and I do miss the city a lot but not the weather. Chicago is another great city and I hope you like it there. Gotta love the lake and the museums. :)

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