October

Junior High
8th graders are working on a TIME Magazine project.  They have replicated the cover of TIME in Powerpoint, with themselves featured at some point in the future, and reference to those future events that have earned them world-wide fame.  They will be interviewing one another to develop an “On The Cover” story/biography of the [...]

August/September

Tech Blog Intro:
 
SJF Faculty, Staff, Students and Parents will be pleased about the many improvements to the technology facilities at St. John Fisher this past summer.  All computer equipment in the O’Neil South Lab was replaced over the summer, and we now have brand new Dell Desktops with flat screen monitors.  We’ve transformed five additional [...]

April/May Blog

Preschool: Students will use the “Learn to Read” and “It’s Fun to Read” sections of the Starfall website.  I’m very impressed with the youngsters’ navigating abilities at this site. It’s great to see the students so excited about computers!
 
Kindergarten:   April has come and gone and we had so many exciting activities to work on in [...]

March Blog

Preschool: Students will continue with the Sesame Street programs, as well as some from PBSkids.com.  As St. Patrick’s Day gets closer, students will designing their “shamrocks” using the KidPix program.  Look for those soon!
 
Kindergarten:  It’s another busy month to celebrate many festive events we have on our calendars.  We’ll start the month discussing our Lenten [...]

January/February Blog

January
 Don’t forget our Catholic Schools Week Open House on Sunday, January 25th after 10:00 mass.
 
Preschool:  Using the KidPix program, students will create winter scenes.  They will also continue practicing using the mouse and navigating through Starfall “Learning to Read” activities.
 
3rd Grade: On Mondays, students will be completing activities on Dr. Martin Luther King, [...]

December Blog

Preschool: Students will get the opportunity to play Christmas themed games at chosen websites. Students will also play on the Literacy Center Education Network Site, which highlights Letters (both Upper and Lowercase), Colors, Numbers and Shapes.  Finally, students will also create and print their own Christmas pictures using the Kid Pix program. 
 
Kindergarten:  The month [...]

November Blog

Preschool: Students will listen to and follow along with “Living Books”. Favorite Dr. Seuss classics and new favorite characters, like Arthur, will be featured.
 
Kindergarten:  We will continue working with KidPixs by creating various Thanksgiving projects throughout the month.
 
First Grade:  We will introduce Kid Works to our first graders.  This software helps them get familiar [...]

October Blog

Junior High
Students are well into their study of the upcoming election through their participation in the 2008 National Cyberconvention Project.  They have learned about the presidential, vice presidential and congressional candidates, how the electoral college works, and the difference between popular vote and electoral vote. Most recently, the students explored women’s suffrage and the importance [...]

September — 7th and 8th grades

This week, each class will answer the “Roll Call” by introducing the class to other classes across the nation participating in the 2008 National Cyberconvention Project.  Additionally, 7th graders will produce “Powerful Poetry” — their works will be on display at open house, so look for them!  8th graders will work on their TIME Magazine [...]

Welcome!

We are excited about starting a new school year, for a variety of reasons in the technology department.  This past summer, we replaced all the computers in the O’Neill North Lab, so have brand new Dell desktops with flat screen monitors.  Additionally, seven of our classrooms were outfitted with tablet pcs and wireless projection units, [...]