Mr. Roddy's Technology Blog

Hand Held Clicker

2010-05-12T09:44:00.001-07:00

Students in Mrs. Perkins' 5th grade class learn to use hand held clickers to answer questions on a novel the class is reading.

Multimedia message

2010-04-12T06:50:00.001-07:00

Internet Safety
Sivells Elementary decorated the lab for an upcoming lesson on Internet Safety.

Microsoft Excel

2010-03-30T06:35:00.001-07:00

3rd grade students learned the basics of Microsoft excel. In the lesson, students recorded the number of M&M's in a bag then created a bar graph using Excel to illustrate their data. In addition, students created math sentences based on the bar graph data. Finally, students were able to print document.

Mrs. Busby's First Grade Class learn to Blog!

2010-03-29T07:27:00.001-07:00

Students in Mrs. Busby's first grade class spent their lab time today learning to blog. Kids participated in commenting on blogs posted my Mrs. Busby. Mrs Busby was excited about the created ways she could use blogging in her daily classroom activities.

Having a FUN moment in the lab!

2010-03-08T12:16:00.000-08:00

Second Grade learn about Internet Safety

2010-03-08T08:11:00.000-08:00

2nd Grade Students Learn to Blog!

2010-03-05T12:26:00.001-08:00

Students in Mrs. Silva's second grade class learning about Blogging. Mrs. Silva plans on using Blogging in her classroom as well as the computer lab.

Acrostic Poem

2010-02-26T05:33:00.000-08:00

This acrostic poem was done in the computer lab by a Wharton student.

I’m Wonderful

Blue is my favorite color.

Reading is what I’m best at in school.

Eager to go back to Disney World.

The Rocket’s are my favorite basketball team.

Texas is where I live.

Brett

T-rrriffic

2010-02-25T10:06:00.000-08:00

Students in Mrs. Ousley's class had fun doing a lesson in the computer lab. The finished product was made into a bulletin board.

Work Cited

2010-02-15T15:52:00.000-08:00

Students in Mrs. Shoftner's 5th grade class use the computer lab to complete their work cited page over a class project.

Digital Storytelling

2010-02-15T10:57:00.000-08:00

Students in Mrs. Watkins' 4th grade class are busy creating digital storytelling projects over habitats

Saturday, February 13th

2010-02-13T18:25:00.000-08:00

Well, it's now been a few days since I attended the TCEA conference. The things I learned were amazing and as you can see, I have spent a lot of time creating this blog. I am still very excited about the advantages blogging can offer students and parents. Hopefully, I can keep to my goal and showcase Wharton's technology achievements.

Mrs. Silva's 2nd grade class

2010-02-13T13:35:00.000-08:00

Mrs. Silva uses the smartboard to teach a Cscope lesson on placevalue.

Week of Feb 15-19

2010-02-13T11:16:00.000-08:00

This week, these are the things students in Kindergarten, First, Second and Third grade will be learning in the Computer labs at Sivells and Wharton Elementary.
Kindergarten-Lesson #15-Starfall-Students will practice moving the mouse, typing site address in brower, and clicking and dragging objects.
First Grade-Lesson #15-Microsoft Paint-Students will illustrate math problems by creatively drawing shapes in paint.
Second Grade-Lesson #15-Word- Students will learn how to typing a complete paragraph using Microsoft Word. Correct spelling and grammer use will be stressed.
Third Grade-Lesson #5-Word-Upper/lower case typing. Students will be shown the shift key and how to use the key to achieve capital letters. Students will practice typing sentences to explore new knowledge.

TCEA Conference

2010-02-12T05:55:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone. Just woke up and decided that today is the day I would start putting my new blogging knowledge to work. I am very excited to get back to work and show my fellow teachers the creative technology I have learned. My goal, to create a blog that showcases my students and their achievements. Hopefully, if I do well, students and parents will have a place to visit to express the concerns, voice their praise, or see the new direction Wharton Independent School district is heading concerning technology. I am excited about my new position and truely believe that if we are to prepare our students for a "world of technology" they will encounter, we must continue on our new path and get the job done.