Kindergarten draft

Hello KINDERGARTEN students and parents! 
Here are some of the sites we have used this year!

STARFALL 

THIS IS SAND

MAKE-A-FLAKE

CONNECT 4

MATH MATCH

BUILD YOUR WILD SELF

SPACE PUZZLES

SCRIBBLER

MAZE

STRING SPIN

Doodle Pad

MATCHING

BLOCK STACK

Picassohead

VISUAL MEMORY

STARFALL

PIECES

ESCAPE

SLIDER

MEMORY

FIND

DOT-TO-DOT

BUILD YOUR WILD SELF

MATH MATCH

SPACE PUZZLES

BLOCK STACK

MATCHING

CONNECT 4

MAZE

MAKE-A-FLAKE

STARFALL

THIS IS SAND

MATCHING

MAZE

SPACE PUZZLES

Memory

PIECES

ESCAPE

Make a Pizza

CONNECT 4

MATH MATCH

MATH POOL

Number Bingo

Photography

If you are doing any kind of photography in school, below you will find some tips for producing powerful photos.

Composition - how you choose to frame your picture will tell a story. 

Poor composition makes for unsatisfactory viewing and makes the viewer feel that something is wrong in the picture. 

Strong composition has exactly the opposite effect - the viewer instantly understands the story being told, and feels like the photographer has "nailed it".

Here are some links to help you with photograph composition:

Rule of Thirds - one of the most important concepts in creating powerful photography

Use of Shadows 

Horizon - where you place the horizon in your photo changes the effect of your photo dramatically

Rack Focus - deciding whether to have the object(s) in the foreground or background as your focus

Pic Monkey - photo editor

Refresh Firefox

Internet Safety

Welcome back, everyone! 

As we start a new year, it's important that students are reminded of internet safety, since most of them access the internet many times daily. 

We will be discussing the issues around internet safety in tech classes at the start of the year, and regularly throughout.

Here is a powerful video about the importance of internet safety and online privacy. 

Internet Safety - Online Privacy

KINDERGARTEN

Hello KINDERGARTEN students and parents! 

Here are some of the sites we have used this year!

STARFALL

Matching

MATH MATCH

MAZE

SPACE PUZZLES

BLOCK STACK

MATH POOL




PIECES

Memory

FIND



DOT-TO-DOT

MATH BINGO

Guitar - Gr. 5/6

To learn to play songs on the guitar when you are just beginning, one of the best things to do is to google something like "easy guitar songs", "beginner guitar songs" or "3 chord guitar songs".

Here are some resources to use as well:

Ultimate Guitar - enormous database of lyrics and chords of almost any song - be sure to pick the version that uses CHORDS, not TAB, and has a good **** rating with a high number.

Online guitar tuner - Use this online guitar tuner to tune up at home.

Interactive Fretboard - online fretboard to explore and learn chords. Good for both beginner and more experienced players.

Chord-C - excellent site that shows you different ways to play the same chord (this is called chord voicings). More advanced students can use this site to challenge themselves by learning different chord voicings.

E-Chords - another good database for song lyrics and chords.

Online Guitar Fretboard - notes ring out so you can hear multiple notes playing together. Good for studying chord formations and notes on the fretboard.

How To Hold A Guitar Pick - start out with good habits.

Song Chords

I Gotta Feeling

Leaving On A Jet Plane

She Will Be Loved

U Smile

Just The Way You Are (transpose down 2 half steps)

Research Sites

World Book Online
Name: whonnock
Password: sd42

Simple English Wikipedia
Wikipedia articles written in elementary-level language.

BC Encyclopedia
Name: whonnock
Password: sd42

Canadian Online Encyclopedia

Mac Keyboard accents 
How to type different accented letters, symbols and other characters on a Mac keyboard

French Accents on Mac Keyboard

Basic Powerpoint skills

Reveal formatting pallete
Reveal toolbars - standard and drawing - use VIEW menu
Choose different background designs
Create a text box
Type inside a text box
Change text font, font size, font colour using Formatting Pallette
Align text (centre, left, right) using Formatting Pallette
Rotate a text box
Delete a text box
Add new slide in 2 different ways - double click and the "+slide" button
Create a title using Wordart
Adjust Wordart title size, etc..
Add a picture from Clip Art
Add a picture a file (ie. a picture from the Internet - must be appropriate, obviously!)

More challenging...
Animate the different items using the “Animation” option in the FP
Make everything appear in a certain order

If you are stuck.....remember....
- be patient and keep trying -- look around the menus
- ask a nearby person - quietly
- the HELP menu is also your friend!!

Don't be afraid to try new things!