2015+6th+grade

=6th Grade 2015= ===Welcome to our Class: Class Meets for 7 Weeks. 1st week of class, we use this site, but after 1st week we switch over to our online class Edmodo. After 1st week this site will not be updated.===

Parents you will need to create a Parent account to see our classroom. Link
**Session 1 August 14 - October 3** **Session 2 October 6 -** **November 25** **Session 3** **December 1 - January 30** **Session 4 February 2 - April 3** **Session 5 April 6 - May** **22** If we get more snow days it will be revised.


 * Computer Technology 6** Computer Technology 6 familiarizes the student with basic computer functions and safe internet use. A variety of integrated projects provide students with the opportunity to enhance their use of word processing, spreadsheet and graphics applications. Additional software and multi‐media technology is used to create presentations and reinforce problem solving skills.

Day 1: Welcome! **Student Work**
 * 1) We will get you all Logged on!! **I am so happy you are here.**
 * 2) Introductions:
 * 3) Today we will go over expectations and rules.
 * 4) Set up Typing Club Account - Write your Log on Information in your Student Planner. We will transfer this over to a Lockbox file.
 * Typing Club Help Create your account Link and create an account. Spend 10 minutes practicing.
 * 1) **Need to Bring your Head Phones by tomorrow. **
 * 1) Whole Class: Navigate our School Website and my Site: Learn how to Lock Computer: Windows key + L

Day 2
 * 1) Finish Expectations from yesterday. After Reading this page, Go to this link and Read and Answer the questions: Link to Computer User Agreement:  This will be treated like your signature and that you understand how our class will operate.
 * 2) Sound 101 Open this Link: Make sure you have your headphone.
 * 3) ** Go to your folder ** . Folder Help use link. Create a Computer folder. Create folders for other classes. Drag and Drop file to class folder.
 * 4) Log into your Email account go to school home page Log into your Email account: Add signature Name (First and Last) Title (6th grade Otms student) Email address
 * 5) Teach you how to use the Snipping Tool to take a screen shot of your folder. Link to Snip and screen shot off any device
 * 6) Go to Typing Club Go to Link: @http://otmscomputer.typingclub.com/?sign=498674782731 after you have your folder cleaned out and a folder created for each of your classes. Make sure to create a computer folder.


 * Day 3: Hopefully we can all log on today? I am keeping my fingers crossed.**
 * 1) Log into Typing Club I will set the timer for 10 minutes.
 * 2) You will join Edmodo today. Open this Link  to Learn about Edmodo, learning targets, and use the Thinglink for learning the parts of the Edmodo Window.
 * Set up your Account: How use this Link We will log in to our Email Accounts. I will show you how to access off of our school website. Log on is exactly the same as log on.
 * Edmodo: These instructions with help you if you already have an account or if you don't have an account. DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT IF YOU ALEADY HAVE ONE! I will give you the code to join our class.


 * Day 4: Edmodo Setting, Google Drive and Lockbox**
 * 1) Update your Settings, add avatar You cannot have an image of you for your avatar use the creator in Edmodo. Select Time: Central Standard Time Country: United States Confirm your Email. Log into your Email to click on your blue confirmation of email. The Red "x" will change to a green check mark. Verify your email address. It might come to your Spam folder. Spam is in More settings.
 * 2) Edmodo settings: Career Goal and Learner Type
 * 3) Add to Backpack: Go to Folders and Add a 6th Grade Computer Folder Go to Backpack and Add the following as Links.
 * 4) Make sure to place in your Computer Folder
 * Typing Club Link-- []
 * Overland Trail home page []
 * Blue Valley Email link: http://studentemail.bluevalleyk12.net
 * Student Vue: []
 * Mrs. Rehagen site: https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/
 * 1) We will Marry your Edmodo Account to your Google Drive Account. Click Accept
 * 2) Set up our Lock box in Google Drive. https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Lockbox
 * This site will not longer be updated as we will now be using our online site Edmodo! **

Day 5 Thursday, December 4 1. Typing Club 10 minutes 2. Add items to your 5 items Edmodo backpack and we will practice uploading a file from student folder. Link your Google Drive Account to your Edmodo Account 3. . Add to Backpack: Typing Club Link--see below, Overland Trail home page, Email link: http://studentemail.bluevalleyk12.net Extra Credit: have parents set up a Parent account: https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Edmodo+fo... Thursday, December 4 1. Typing Club 10 minutes 2. Add items to your 5 items Edmodo backpack and we will practice uploading a file from student folder. * Link to typing Club * Blue Valley email * Link to my website * OTMS 1 link * Student Vue...
 * Link to typing Club
 * Blue Valley email
 * Link to my website
 * OTMS 1 link
 * Student Vue

Learn how to use the Snip Tool: Take a snip of your cleaned out folder and save snip as folder to your computer folder and file type change to jpeg

Snip of cleaned out student folder Turn in the snip of your folder. I should see a computer folder and a folder for each of your core classes. Math, Science, ELA/Reading, Social Studies, Computer. All files should be in a folder. Link to my Snip Tutorial https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Screen+shot+Screenclip+and+Snip+Tool+to+take+Screen+Shot
 * Assignment 1**

Day 6 Friday, December 5 1. Today you will turn in the Snip we took yesterday of your student folder. What I need to see is a computer folder and a folder for all of your classes and NO orphan files. 2. You will turn in your first assignment via Edmodo. 3. If you have your parents set up an account you will get extra credit. You will need to give them the parent code which is located on Your home Edmodo screen. They can use the link below to follow. It has to be set up by 10/31/2014 for extra credit. 4. I will show you how to add an app called Floor Planner. Design a fun room using Floor planner 5. Typing Club, if you finish lessons 1-10 take a snip of your work and save it as a jpeg and call is TC 1 to 10. The turn in box is open and you can turn it in if finished. If not you need to work as lessons 1-10 are due Monday, Dec. 8 Link: how to turn in a file Edmodo: https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Edmodo+Turn+in+Assignments Link: Edmodo Progress Tab: https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Edmodo+Progress+Grades

Take a snip of your completed Lesson 1-10. If you need to show more than one snip do so. Turn in the Snip of completed lessons.
 * Assignment 2**
 * Typing Club Lessons 1-10**

Day 7 Monday, December 8 1. Typing Club 10 minutes and Learn how to check Progress in Edmodo. 2. Review Snip Tool 3. You will turn in your 2nd assignment via Edmodo. Typing Club Lessons 1-10 4. If you have your parents set up an account you will get extra credit. You will need to give them the parent code which is located on Your home Edmodo screen. They can use the link below to follow. It has to be set up by 12/19/2014 for extra credit. 5. Go to Link Learn about Google Drive: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/googledriveanddoc... Open and save the file Playing in Google cloud to your computer folder. I will give you your partner. You will need to set them up as a contact in your email account. Edmodo Parent https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Edmodo+for+Parents Email Contacts: https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Contacts+Email Playing in the Google Cloud: Word file

Tuesday, December 9 Early Release Finish your Google Story from yesterday. Share it out with me use this email address teststudentotm@bluevalleyk12.net

Due Dec 15, 2014 Turn in the snip of your completed lessons 11-20 in Typing Club
 * Assignment 4**
 * Typing Club Lessons 11-20**

Day 8 If it works Wednesday, December 10 1. Typing Club 10 minutes 2. Hour of Code: Watch Message from President Obama. Start with Elza and hour of Code: http://studio.code.org/s/frozen/stage/1/puzzl... Take a snip of your completed certificate with your name on it and turn it in. 3. If you finish use the Tynker link and the Projects link. Use Google Drive as browser. Projects made with code: [] Flocabulary Top Ten Reasons to Code; [] Tynker Hour of Code: []


 * Assignment 5**

**Hour of code**
Turn in the certificate of Elza and any other projects you create.

Day 9 Thursday, December 11 1. Typing Club 10 minutes 2. Finish Hour of Code with Elza and snip your certificate. 3. Move on to Tynker, link on yesterday post. Snip any of the items you complete. Flappy Bird Options for after you finish Elza: @http://studio.code.org/flappy/1

Day 10 Friday, December 12 1. Typing Club time minutes. Next set of lessons 11-20 due next Monday. 2.You have today to work on Module 1. You will need head phones. Snip your final score and place it in the turn in box. The test itself will let you know if you need to retake it. There are 40 questions. Basic Computer Quiz, if you did not pass with an 85% you need to retake today and Snip your score plus what you missed and turn in to the Turn in Box. 3 Done with everything, Check your progress and Notification in Edmodo. Link to Computer Basics Module: []


 * Assignment 6**

**Computer Basics Module Snip**
Turn in the snip to your Computer Basics Module. There are 40 questions Take a snip of your completed and Passed Computer Basics Quiz. Make sure to show also what you missed. You need to have an 85% to pass.


 * Day 11 **

Link to Windows: [] Thursday, February 19 1. 10 Minutes of Typing Club you will turn in TC Lesson 11-20 2. Finish Module 1 Basic Computer Quiz and Module 2 World Wide Web, if you did not pass with an 85% you need to retake today and Snip your score plus what you missed and turn in to the Turn in Box. 3. Start Windows 7 Modules Same as Module 1 you will need an 85% to pass. Take a snip of your completed and Passed Windows 7 Quiz, 29 questions. Make sure to show also what you missed. You need to have an 85% to pass.

Take a snip of your completed and Passed Windows 7 Quiz, 29 questions. Make sure to show also what you missed. You need to have an 85% to pass.
 * Assignment 6**
 * Windows 7 Snip**

**Typing Club Lessons 21-30** Due Jan 5, 2015 Turn in the snip to your Typing Club lessons 21-30
 * Assignment 7 **

Tuesday December 16 1. Today we are going to introduce you to the World Wide Web and the Difference between it and Internet. 2. Watch the video below about World Wide Web vs. Internet. 10 minutes long together. Do this before you start the Module. 2. Go through Module, World Wide Web. It will have 33 questions. Score of 85% or higher. If you need to go through the 2nd time to better your score do so. 3 Typing Club at end after you finish. Turn in 21-30 when ready it is due on Monday, Jan 5. 4. Go to your Edmodo Progress tab. Make sure you are adding your snips to your items you are turning in. 5. Go to Google Drive work in Floorplanner or Pixlr Express Link to World Wide Web: [] Show Video difference []
 * Day 12 **


 * Assignment 8**

**World Wide Web Module**
Go through Module, World Wide Web. It will have 33 questions. Score of 85% or higher. If you need to go through the 2nd time to better your score do so.

Due Dec 19, 2014 Turn in the snip to your designed dream room in Google App Floorplanner
 * Assignment 9 **
 * Floorplanner Dream Room**

Wednesday, December 17 Typing Club 10 minutes Finish any of the 3 modules if you need to Your task today is to go to your Google Drive account and finish designing your Dream room Turn in your snip of your finished room. Done move on to Pixlr Express Learn the tools in Pixlr Express Use the Webcam to take your picture and explore the tools [])
 * Day 13**

Day 14 Thursday, December 18 Typing Club 10 minutes Finish all of your work Enjoy some winter fun https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Winter+Fu... Play some Kahoot

Day 15 Monday, January 5 1. Typing Club 10 minutes or finish any work. 2. We will use the picture I took of you to create a Tagxedo image. Open link below. 3. You will change your avatar in Edmodo to your new Tagxedo image when finished. https://otmscomputer.wikispaces.com/Tagxedo+Project+25+Words

Day 16 Tuesday, January 6 1. Typing club 10 minutes 2. Finish your Tagxedo from yesterday. Save as 250 jpg to your computer folder. 3. All about me Day 1 Research: Open file below. Save to your computer folder. Locate the information. Place it in the research file. Don't worry about formatting. This is just a Research file.


 * Assignment 10**

**TC 31-40**
Due Jan 12, 2015 Turn in the snip to your completed Typing Club lessons 31-40

Day 17 Wednesday, January 7 1. Typing Club 10 minutes 2. Finish Research from Day 1 3. Open the directions for day 2. Also Open a new Word file. Name is All about me and save it to your computer folder. Follow the directions from Day 2 to place in your All about me file.

Day 18 Wednesday, January 8 1. Typing club 10 minutes 2. Finish your work from Day 2 3. Today is your Day 3 work. I will show you how to place your data. All of it needs to fit on one page. Open the directions for Day 3. Place all of the information in the All about me word file.


 * Assignment 11**

**All About Me Word File**
Due Jan 9, 2015 Turn in the Finished Word file

Day 19 Friday, January 9 1. Typing Club 10 minutes 2. Finish and turn in your All About Me Word file. See Rubric Below Turn into Edmodo 3. Cyberbee Café: [] 4. NSTeens Making Safer Choices Online: []

Day 20 Monday, January 12 Do not log in as we have guest speaker Officer Covington

Day 21 Tuesday, January 13 1. Typing club 2. Finish your about Me and turn in 3. Go to last Friday post and finish the cyberbee and you can play the games. 4. Check your progress tab. If it says Not turned in you have a zero recorded. 5. Check your Student vue account.


 * Assignment 12**

**TC 41-50**
Due Jan 20, 2015 Turn in the snip to your completed Typing Club lessons 41-50

Day 22 Wednesday January 15 1. Typing Club 5 minutes We will learn what your digital footprint is and how you leave one. 2. Today we will become Digital Citizens. Open and save the Word file below to your computer folder. You will perform the task in the file. Make sure to use Google Chrome. Use this file for your Digital Citizenship Quest. 1. Open and save to your computer folder. 2. Follow the directions. Use Google Chrome as your Browser. You will see link or bar under the address bar that you will need to run the plug in. If it does not load in Chrome, try Firefox and then Internet Explorer.