For Winter term, the 6th grade will be enrolled in 2 tech classes, running concurrently: Tech Tuesday & Working Wednesday.  Typing will continue to be required, 3 days per week.  Students can get ahead on these assignments by typing over Winter break.  For each day over break that a student completes an assignment, they receive a day’s credit (up to 10 days) for the Winter term!!

Tech Tuesday

Jac & the 6th grade will work in a seminar style to research, hypothesize and deconstruct tech companies that are having a huge effect on our lives. Students will be expected to work in small groups and participate in full class discussions.  There will be some homework – mostly reading short articles in preparation for class discussions.

Working Wednesay

Kasha will introduce the 6th grade to the Microsoft Office suite of applications.  Students will become proficient with Word, Excel & PowerPoint this term through a series of creative and practical lessons designed to introduce program functionality and teach students when such tools are appropriate.  There will also be time for students to use these programs beyond their “intended” use, for instance, making art with Excel or creating Mad Libs using Word’s mail merge feature!