WELCOME TO THE COMPUTER LAB!

WHAT ARE WE UP TO?

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY

The community service blog is up and running!  You can 

click on the link at the bottom of my page in the recommended links

section or get there - for the time being - from the school's

homepage too.   Or you can copy and past the link from here into a

new tab to take you to the site.  

http://www.edgartownschool.org/commservice/

People must have a valid email and

include their full name to post to the blog  or you may request a log

in to become a member of the blogging group.  It's a great place to

get ideas or share ideas.  Thanks to the core group  of 6th - 8th

graders who are working on this!

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I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOUR CHILDREN

HAVE  A THUMB DRIVE OR FLASH DRIVE FOR SCHOOL! 

These are USB drives where kids can store their work for easy

transport back and forth between school and home.  Students

are not permitted to use email in school so the best way for

them to transport computer work that they need at home and at

school is with a flash drive.  They are sold in the school store

for $15. or less.  And some banks and insurance companies even

hand them out as "freebies".  

I will have a few available for sign out but cannot guarantee

availability.  Additionally, your student will become responsible

for replacing that drive if they sign it out and don't return it.  

We will have a sign out/sign in method in place.  Students will not

be permitted to simply leave borrowed drives on my desk or

anywhere but my hand, at which time we will BOTH sign the item

back into my possession!  That way, we get to keep track of them

and there are no questions about where they are.

We are looking for opportunities for independent technology projects

for students to take part in.  If you have ideas or opportunities for our

kids - perhaps you need a video edited, a video ad for your

company or non-profit organization, or photos edited - give me a call

and we can see if we can work out some ideas that will 

our student learning and creativity!

We're all over the place, as usual, in the computer lab these days.

Some classes are working on spreadsheets!  I was VERY impressed with what 

3S in particular remembered from last year!  Good for them!

4th grades are finishing up slideshows.  Our hope is to convert them to a user friendly

format and share them on the web.  That didn't work out so well for us last year

but we have high hopes for these!

8th graders are working on an iMovie project that should take them until

vacation to finish.  Then we have to do some skills work and then we

hope  to do a special project for 8th Grade Celebration Day!

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The 2012 yearbook is underway!  We are still weeding

our way through thousands of pictures.  If you are an 8th

grader or have a student in the 8th grade, please

remember that autobiography information and pictures

were due two weeks ago!  Please get them into us as

soon as possible.  With the help of Lisa Magnarelli and a

staff of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, we'll have the book

ready to go by April!  This year, we will be taking orders

and accepting  payment ahead of time so we have a

better idea of how  many books we need to order.

 Notices will go home soon and we will post

more information here so keep checking back!!