Technology

Suggested Websites

Following the links below, you will be leaving Addison Elementary's web page.

Keyboarding Practice

www.nimblefingers.com/index_1.html

Yahoo Kids

http://kids.yahoo.com/

Ask for Kids

www.askforkids.com

Little Explorers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

Merriam Webster Student's Dictionary

http://www.wordcentral.com/

Reading

http://www.starfall.com/

Math

http://www.allmath.com/

Welcome to an Exciting New School Year

I would like to welcome each of you to a new and exciting school year at Addison Elementary.  I look forward to working with each of you in the computer lab.  We will be addressing our technology standards as we learn how to use software programs.  Depending on your grade level, you will be able to answer some of the following questions.

• How do maps help me?
• How can I display data?
• What is the purpose of webbing software?
• What is proper keyboarding?
• How can I use the internet?
• Why do I need to know presentation software?
• What software allows me to display text?

Don't forget to watch the Swamp Shack News Show each morning.  Fifth grade students produce the show each morning to bring you the latest news!

Welcome and enjoy your year of learning!

Technology Standards

If you wish to view the technology standards, click on the link below.  Under CCSD Curriculum Standards, click on Technology Integration.

http://picasso.cobbk12.org

I would like to introduce myself . . .

I am Terry Elmore, Instructional Technology Specialist for Addison.  I grew up in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.  I graduated from Radford University in Radford, Virginia in 1977 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Education.  Actually it was Radford College when I graduated.  My first 17 years of teaching were in Virgnia as a Business Education teacher.  Since moving to Georgia, I have been the Instructional Technology Specialist at Addison Elementary.  I really enjoy teaching children of all ages how to properly use technology.

You can always find me in the computer lab or reach me by e-mail at terry.elmore@cobbk12.org.

Recycle

Would you like to participate in recycling ink cartridges, old cell phones, and old laptops?  Addison participates in the "Cartridges for Kids" program.  We earn money for each item we recycle.  Send your empty cartridges and discarded cell phones and laptops to the computer lab.  There is a box located outside the computer lab door to place your items.

Swamp Shack News

Have you seen Swamp Shack News?  The show begins at 7:40 a.m. each morning.  Announcements, lunch menu, the Pledge of Allegiance, and Moment of Silence are included in the show.

Each fifth grade class rotates the responsibility of producing a morning news show.  Students may apply to be a member of the news cast.  Positions of anchor, director, camera operator, mixer operator, reader of the day organizer, announcer, weather person and character word presenter are shared.  It is amazing to watch students become news cast experts!

What are we doing in the Computer Lab?

Kindergarten

Kindergarten students will become literate users of the following software programs:  Neighborhood Map Machine, Read Write & Type, Kid Pix, and Kidspiration.

First Grade

First Graders will add to their software knowledge Graph Club.  They will enhance their skills in  Kidspiration, Kid Pix, and Neighborhood Map Machine.

Second Grade

You will see second grade students become experts in Kidspiration, Graph Club and Kid Pix.  They will be learning word processing skills using Student Writing Center.

Third Grade

Third grade students will learn proper keyboarding skills, appropriate use of the Internet, Inspiration and Graph Club.

Fourth Grade

Fourth graders will review proper keyboarding skills, learn how to use Powerpoint and Word.

Fifth Grade

Fifth grade students review proper keyboarding skills, use Timeliner, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.