Circle-Rock Computer Tech Blog

1st Grade Computers

2006-05-04T14:00:00.000-05:00

Counting Money

Words And Pictures

Sentence Scrambler

Rhyme Time

Exploding Numbers

What Comes Next?

1st Grade Computers!!!

2006-04-26T11:09:00.000-05:00

1st Grade Computers!!!

2006-04-26T10:07:00.000-05:00

Here are some activities you can work on today in computer class...

Subtraction Bowling

UFO Subtraction

Find the Missing Number

Number Cracker

5th Grade Computers!!

2006-04-24T10:29:00.000-05:00

Today we should FINALLY be able to get into some blogging! We'll learn about posting, inserting pictures and editing our profiles! There's a lot to learn so come in ready to listen and follow Mr. P's instruction at the front of class!!

6th Grade Compters

2006-04-24T10:18:00.000-05:00

Hey Guys and Gals!

Welcome back to school after a week off!

Tell the world what you did over the last week! Go to your blog and start typing. At 1:30 we'll have free time.

I can't wait to hear what you all did! And remember, keep it clean!

Mr. P

Kindergarten Computers

2006-04-10T13:24:00.000-05:00

Big Bird Goes Camping

Oscar's Bumper Cars

Sesame Street Breakfast

Grover's Rhyme Time

Addition Fun

6th Grade Compters

2006-04-10T11:24:00.000-05:00

Today is Mavis Beacon day...20 minutes of typing, then PAT time

5th Grade Computers!!

2006-04-10T11:23:00.000-05:00

Today we are going to finish signing people up for Blogs and talk about creating a new post and editing your profile. Until Mr. P starts instruction, you can have QUIET PAT time!

6th Grade Compters

2006-04-03T11:21:00.000-05:00

Today is Mavis Beacon day so find your typing seat and spend 25 minutes in typing practice, then you can have some PAT time

Kindergarten Computers

2006-04-03T10:56:00.000-05:00

Another Addition Game!

Here!

And a fun Mouse Game!

Here!

Kindergarten Computers!

2006-03-28T22:40:00.000-06:00

Elmo Weather

4th Grade Computers!!

2006-03-28T12:59:00.000-06:00

Visit this site today for some cool games!

7th Grade Assignment

2006-03-28T11:18:00.000-06:00

7th Grade - Today I would like you to login to your blog and tell me an interesting story about your weekend or about the lock-in or something else that you were thinking about during the weekend. This should be no less than 10 sentences. Be creative and have fun!

Remember this is a Christian school! Consider your words before you write them.

Animals

2006-03-28T10:18:00.000-06:00

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2nd Grade

2006-03-27T11:27:00.000-06:00

MATH MAYHEM!

Hi!

2006-03-24T12:00:00.000-06:00

Please go to purplestar93.blogspot.com in your spare time for the latest holiday updates and exciting stories!

Mrs. Boone's Class!!!!

2006-03-23T13:56:00.000-06:00

Here's your activity for today!

Watch Mr. Pritchard at the front of the class show you how to play!!!

Have fun!!

Word Bank

Middle School Assignment March 23 Thursday

2006-03-23T10:41:00.000-06:00

1. Login to your blog

2. Create a new post

3. Write a paragraph on why you are excited about the lock-in tomorrow night!

4. Check out circlerockpe.blogspot.com

5. If you aren't going to the lock-in tomorrow night, work on your blog or work on Mavis Beacon.

6. The last 15 minutes of class will be PAT

Mrs. Burke's Class!!!

2006-03-17T14:44:00.000-06:00

3rd Grade Computers!!!

2006-03-17T14:41:00.000-06:00

I have a list of several games that I want you to try today

Long & Short Vowel Mix & Match

Mouse 1.0

Da' Numba

Click on one of the games above to play a game!

Have fun!!

Thursday March 16 Computer Class!!!

2006-03-16T09:03:00.000-06:00

First Grade - Today we're going to practice some math problems by using our computers to complete our assignments. Here are 3 websites that I will show you how to use and then YOU can choose which game you want to play.

Base Ten

Math Dojo

Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Fifth Grade - Continue signing students up for blog accounts

Sixth and Seventh Grade - We will be learning how to add links to our blogs to share our favorite websites with other people.

I need you all to think of 3 websites you really enjoy going to...these could be ones about your favorite sports star, games, email, information...any site that you want to share with other people. REMEMBER this is a CRPS blog so use your head to determine if the website is appropriate for everyone to view. Mr. P will instruct the class on how to add their personal websites to their blogs.

8th Grade - Mavis Beacon day. Half Mavis, Half PAT.

Monday March 13 Computer Assignments!!!

2006-03-13T10:50:00.000-06:00

2nd Grade - Find the bird on this website and click on it one time. Then click on the bird again when the new website appears. Have fun!!!

6th Grade - Today is Mavis Beacon day so when you sit down for class, go to your typing computer and begin doing lessons. At 1:25, you can have PAT if you have been working quietly and are working hard for 20 minutes.

5th Grade - Today we are going to start talking about Blogging. I need you to first find the definitions of several words on the internet to share with the class. You can do to www.dictionary.com for the definitions.

Username

Password

Blog or Weblog

Kindergarten - KIDPIX!!

Mrs. Burke's Class!!!!

2006-03-10T14:20:00.000-06:00

Hey Girls and Boys!! Here is your job today. We are going to practice typing small words with the keyboard. Click below to get started!!

We will type until 2:50 and then we'll have free time!

8th Grade AND 3rd Grade!!

2006-03-10T12:57:00.000-06:00

Today is Mavis Beacon day...practice typing until 1:25 and then the rest of the class will be PAT!!

Mrs. Florea's Class

2006-03-09T14:15:00.000-06:00

Today we're going to learn about blogging, which is sharing information with other people about yourself and your interests on the internet.

Middle School Assignment!!!

2006-03-09T09:59:00.000-06:00

Middle school students! Here are your assignments for today!

6th Grade - go to www.blogger.com and login to your blog
find a picture online and post one picture to your blog
for instructions, see Mr. P's guide to adding pictures to your blog
you can find pictures on Yahoo! or Google
appropriate pictures ONLY!!

when you find your picture and put it into your blog...write a short paragraph telling people why you chose to use the photo you did. Why are you interested in the person or thing in the photo?

7th & 8th grade - Today is Mavis Beacon day so go to your assigned typing seat, type lessons for 20 minutes and then you will have PAT for the rest of the class period

2nd GRADE Computers!!!

2006-03-08T13:54:00.000-06:00

Today we're going to spend some time practicing typing, then we're going to have some free time for PAT! First, click on the link below to get started! Have fun!

Click here for the typing game!

Vadonis Landfair: Jaguar X-TYPE

2006-03-08T12:59:00.000-06:00

Vadonis Landfair: Jaguar X-TYPE

Vadonis Landfair: Facts about Ford Bronco's

2006-03-08T12:58:00.000-06:00

Vadonis Landfair: Facts about Ford Bronco's

4th Grade Computer Assignment

2006-02-28T12:58:00.000-06:00

Hi Class! Here is your assignment for today...

1. Open Mavis Beacon and continue to work on your typing skills

2. At 1:35, if you are working HARD and QUIETLY you can have PAT time!

3. Since this is the end of the month, next week will be PAT week!

If you have any questions, ask Mr. P for help!

Thanks you guys!

Tuesday, Feb 28

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7TH Grade!

1. Find the Mavis Beacon icon on the bottom of your screen

2. Click once to open the program

3. Turn off the volume!

4. Find your class and enter the classroom

5. Click on the computer screen in the middle of the room

6. Select "Test Typing Level"

7. Complete the test and begin lessons by clicking on "Start Lesson"

8. At 10:35 you have PAT time!

Monday Feb 27, 2006

2006-02-27T13:14:00.000-06:00

SIXTH GRADE!

1. go to www.blogger.com

2. type your username and password

3. click on new post

4. write one paragraph about why you think Black History Month is important to you

You have PAT when you are finished!

Middle School Assignment Thursday Feb 23

2006-02-23T10:57:00.000-06:00

Using Microsoft Word to Create and Edit Posts

2006-01-26T22:17:00.000-06:00

Mr. Hogan alerted me to a cool addition to Microsoft Word that blogger has created that will allow you to create, edit, and post articles directly from Word instead of online, giving you a lot more formatting options. You do have to download and install a plug in from blogger here.

Click on the link that says "Agree and Download". You will see this box

Click Ok and wait for the download to finish. Once again, find the file called BloggerforWordSetup.exe on your desktop and install the add on to Word.

Once you are finished installing, open up Microsoft Word on your computer. A new toolbar should appear

Now you need to input your username and password so that Word can communicate directly with your blog online. To do this, click on the "Blogger Settings" button. A box will pop up for you to input your information.

Once you've entered your username and password, click Ok. The rest is self explanatory (hopefully, haha, email me, seriously :)) Click on Open Post to create a new post, and click on Publish Post to enter a title and publish your post directly to the internet. Pretty cool, huh? Ok I'm tired, it's late at night and blogging is addicting suddenly. I can't seem to pull myself away...

anyway question or comments, same as usual...comment here or joshp@circleurban.org

Picasa 2.0 - Organize and Share Photos

2006-01-25T13:00:00.000-06:00

My last post showed how to insert photos into your blog using the "add picture" option. Now I'm going to show you how to use free software called Picasa to organize all the photos on your computer and easily share them on any of your blogs on www.blogger.com

First you need to download the software from google by clicking here.

After you click, if you are using Firefox for internet, this box should appear

Click ok and wait for the download to complete. Once it is complete, find the file named picasa2-current.exe on your desktop and double click on it to start the installation process. Once you've installed it, the program will scan your computer for any media (picture & video) files on your computer and display them.

How does this relate to my blog, you ask? Here is a link for a tutorial on how to quickly and EASILY add photos into your blog straight from your computer and picasa. Try it out!

any questions or comments are welcome either here or at joshp@circleurban.org

Adding Photos To Your Blogs

2006-01-24T11:05:00.000-06:00

Several people have asked me to show them how to add photos to their blogs. There are several ways to do this. I'll share a couple simple ways I've found to add photos to your blogs to make them more useful for you.

Both ways involve clicking on the icon in your edit box that looks like a picture.
After you click once on the icon, a new box will pop up.

You now have two options for adding a photo to your blog:
1. Add an image from your computer
2. Add an image from the web

When you click on the browse button to add a photo straight from your computer, another new box will pop up.

"browsing" your computers files will allow you to specify the place on your computer where your photo is located. Once you find your photo, click the "Open" button. You now have several formatting options. Once you are satisfied, click upload image and your photo will be added.

To add a photo that you find from a website, you type in the address to the photo that you found on the internet, and click on upload photo.

any questions or comments can be left here on this blog or sent to joshp@circleurban.org

Hi CRPS/World!

2005-11-16T09:40:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone, my name is Josh Pritchard and I am a teacher at Circle-Rock Prep School in Chicago. Working here is like being part of the evolutionary process. We're always adapting, morphing, substituting, and transforming our identities and lives to hopefully bring glory to our almighty Father God. Hopefully if I can remember to post here on a consistent basis, you'll be able to know exactly what I'm talking about!