St. Michael's Virtual Technology Lab

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  • This is your window into Technology at St. Mike’s. Most of Ms. H’s class projects start here, so pick a grade and check out what we’re doing. There are also resources for teachers and students to use at home, so use the RSS features below to stay informed!


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2nd Grade – Volcano Mission #2

February 26th, 2008 by bholland

Ready to go look for volcanoes? For each volcano, you will need to find its Name, Type, and a Picture.

Click here to go hunting.

Posted in 2nd Grade |

3rd Grade – Trek to the Summit of Mount Everest

February 6th, 2008 by bholland

We are going to virtually climb Mount Everest. With your mountaineer guide, Neil Mueller, you should be able to reach the Top of the World.

Watch each video to ascend. Make sure that you answer the questions in your Everest Journal before moving on to the next one. You have to see these in order.

Phase I – Base Camp

Phase II – Camp I

Phase II – Camp II

Phase III – Camp III

Phase IV – Camp IV

Phase V – The Summit

At the Top – Take a look around.

What other observations can you make? What else did you see on your journey? Here is a link back to the photos that you took with Neil. (For now, just view the ones of Mount Everest)

Posted in 3rd Grade |

8th Grade Language Presentation

February 6th, 2008 by bholland

Remember, you are creating this as if you have gone on a trip to your country and now want to tell the class about it. This is NOT PowerPoint. You do not have to follow the strict rules of presentations. Now that you know the rules, you are allowed to break them.

Here are the guidelines of what you need:

  1. Choose ONE theme. You can modify that theme, but don’t skip around between themes.
  2. Be consistent in your design decisions. For example, you may change the size of the title font, and possibly the color, but don’t change the whole font from slide to slide.
  3. Do not feel like you have to write in bullets. While you don’t want a whole paper on a slide, you don’t always have to stick to the facts either.
  4. Use lots of pictures! Remember, “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
  5. Make sure that you are organized. It doesn’t matter how you choose to organize yourself, just make sure that you are consistent.

A few technology things:

  • Make sure that your filename has your first name and the project in it. (ex:name-place)
  • Watch capitalization, spelling, and grammar
  • Consistency – I’m looking to make sure that you are consistent in your decisions about images, formatting, fonts, etc.
  • Slide Transitions – I will teach this once. You must have a transition on every slide. If you vary your transitions, you should have a reason for it.
  • Minimum Number of Slides – you should have at least 7 slides.
    1. Title
    2. Basic Info
    3. Geography
    4. Place to visit #1
    5. Place to visit #2
    6. Specific(s)
    7. Conclusion
  • Content – did your audience learn a lot about your place? Do you know a lot? You should now be an expert. Can we tell?

Posted in 8th Grade |

2nd Grade – Volcano Mission #1

February 5th, 2008 by bholland

Now that you have found some volcanoes in the world, can you identify them? There are four types of volcanoes:

  • Cinder Cone Volcano
  • Shield Volcano
  • Composite Volcano
  • Submarine Volcano

Let’s go take a closer look at some famous ones in the United States. You will use this website to complete the next few pages of your volcano book.

Click here to go see.

Posted in 2nd Grade |

4th Grade – Animal Websites

February 5th, 2008 by bholland

Here are a few places to look for pictures of your animal.

  1. Arkive
  2. Ask.com
  3. National Geographic

Posted in 4th Grade |

6th Grade – Intro to Navigation

February 4th, 2008 by bholland

Since this is a navigation project, I want to see if you can Navigate the directions!

  1. Open the 10 folder
  2. Drag the IntroToNavigation file into your Documents folder
  3. Once it is in your Documents folder, click on it ONCE to highlight it and then do an Apple-I
  4. Add your FIRST NAME to the file name so that it becomes Name-IntroToNavigation. To do this, look for where it says Name & Extension.
    DO NOT DELETE THE FILE EXTENSION!!!
  5. Double-Click and open the file
  6. Follow the directions in the file
  7. If you need the World Atlas, click here

Do your best to work independently. I will answer questions after you have tried to work on your own for a bit.

Posted in 6th Grade |