Grade 6     

The UltraKey Program will be an ongoing tool, used every week at the beginning of class, enriching the typing technique of the students.

Students are learning the new tools available in the Microsoft Office 2010 Excel Application. Writing formulas and functions will be practiced on a few different spreadsheets. Graphing student data will also be reviewed.

Homework assignment given the week of April 30th is due in class this week.

 Parents - Tips for using your smartphone safely

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-10424759-285/using-your-smartphone-safely-faq/

Parents - Plagiarism is a topic discussed in the classroom and the Computer Lab. Using all the technology available in our society creates a problem for the teacher as well as the students. "Our kids are the pioneers in a new world that has few rules. We want our children to grow up knowing right from wrong, no matter where they are. We need to be sure that they know personal responsibility is as real in cyberspace as it is in the classroom."(Common Sense Media)

Click on the following link and read further about how new media is changing research for students.

http://www.parentdish.com/2011/02/28/cheating-goes-high-tech/

Read how some parents are bending their media rules.

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/new/dirty-little-secrets-how-some-parents-bend-their-media-rules?utm_source=newsletter01.26.12&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feature1