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Andrew Swift
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL
Zip Code: 10707
Contact Andrew Swift

Page Last Updated May 24, 2012
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Welcome to the Official Schoolnotes 2.0 page for Mr. Swift's Technology and Music classes.

Students in grades 3-8 recently participated in an Archdiocesan survey about bullying. Here are the links:

Other Recent Happenings...
    • Kindergarten are becoming quite adept with their use of the trackpad

      1st Graders have developed a good level of independence with their use of the computer

      2nd Grade students have been honing their math skills on Sumdog.com

      3rd Graders have been using Xtramath.com to drill their addition facts

      4th Grade students used Doozla to create Mother's Day pictures

5th and 6th Grade students have been learning about collecting, organizing, and presenting data using Numbers, a spreadsheet application similar to MS Excel.

7th Grade students have been using the drawing tools in Keynote to recreate product logos.

8th Grade have been using the animation tools in Keynote to create short computer based animations.

PAST PROJECTS

Sit back and enjoy this compilation of short broadcast news style segments written and filmed by the class of 2011. The students used BoinxTV software to chroma key a green screen background and add layers.



To view some past projects, please visit our Vimeo page.

COMPUTER RESOURCES

Dance Mat Typing: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

Ripping and Burning CDs using iTunes: http://www.macworld.com/article/141116/2009/06/rip_and_burn_cds.html

Please watch this space for further updates!

Until then - thanks for visiting!













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