Notify Me When Page is Updated
Login To SchoolRackSign Up for an Account

Welcome to the Friday Tech Class

Friday

To connect to your Middle School Website, click here -http://www.schoolrack.com/lialms          

To connect to the Moodle website, click here - http://online.cyss.org/moodle/

Engineering activity- http://engineeringinteract.org/interact.htm

Security activities at onguard online - http://www.onguardonline.gov/games/mission-laptop-security-quiz.aspx  and http://www.onguardonline.gov/games/invasion-wireless-hackers.aspx

Spyware activity - http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/botnets-hackers-spam.aspx

Additional activity for Cybersecurity Awareness Month - http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/

Go to this site and take the 1 minute test for #27 Classic Tales - http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp      Show your score to Mrs. Jones for 10 points.

Go to this site and take any lesson.  Show that you've completed the lesson to Mrs. Jones for 10 points... Keyboarding online - http://www.freetypinggame.net/

Another site that is more entertaining for typing lessons **keyboarding is a very important skill!!**  Dance Mat Typing  at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

Buy it or not? How do you decide what to purchase?  Is it a want or a need? Check out what kind of spender you are at this website - http://www.themint.org/kids/buy-it-or-not.html 

We are going to start learning about personal finance.  We will learn how to decode a paycheck -  http://www.themint.org/kids/decoding-your-paycheck.html

Youwill learn how to write a check at this website - http://www.themint.org/kids/writing-a-check.html

Go to this website to learn about poet, Mattie Stepanek (You will use his information to make a powerpoint presentation of one of his poems) - http://www.mattieonline.com/about.htm

  Look at this website to review prevention tips against viruses and malicious code, then send me an email at lial_jones@ gaggle.net with three tips to prevent your computer from being infected.  You can send a copy of the same email to your parents for extra credit. (use the cc feature of the email)  http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/u/virusprevention.htm

Go to this website about online safety - http://onguardonline.gov/index.html 

To aid in feeding hungry people around the world - http://freerice.com/ (For each word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program) **New - look at all the subjects!

Use this site to understand the history of computers - http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/articles/generations.htm 

 Just for fun - try this cosmic zoom site - http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/cosmic_zoom/index.htm

Visit the time-lapse photography at this website which is a tribute to the victims of 9/11 - http://www.projectrebirth.org/camera.php

Microsoft Office Publisher Tutorial - http://office.microsoft.com/training/Training.aspx?AssetID=RC102448621033&CTT=6&Origin=RC102448621033

training practice - http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RP102448691033&CTT=6&Origin=RP102448791033

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 Awesome art website: http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm

Adobe Digital Photography Website http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/intro/index.html

Toledo Lucas County Public Library now offers free Rosetta Stone software to help you learn a foreign language.  Visit their site - http://www.toledolibrary.org/

Technology vocabulary and tutorials with media animations and interactive glossary: *time to explore - http://www.techtionary.com/

Information about internet hoaxes:  http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

Art education - http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/play.html

Jo Cool or Jo Fool quiz - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/jocool_jofool/kids.cfm

Word art activity - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312802&sd=tech