Monday, November 25, 2013

Videos

We recently made videos about our class and our school. We wanted to use Windows Movie Maker, but it was unreliable on our school network, so some of us used 'Animoto' to make short videos online. Here are some of them...

8S DOCO

Meet 8S

8s

Fabric Tech Movie

Fabric Technology

Fabric Technology at Marist College

Music Marist

Music class

Fabric Tech

the food room

Thursday, October 31, 2013

PADLET surveys

Today in Computing we learned to use new tools for online surveys called 'padlet'. Here is one that we used to survey the class about whether they think cellphones should be allowed at school. We made these anonymous comments, so that the girls would feel confident to give their real opinions without fear of judgement. 
We'll be updating our opinions after further discussion in class next week.
Use the scroll-bars to explore.


Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Typing pre-test

Hi 8S, 
Today we are going to do some typing speed tests, to see how fast and accurately we can type. 



The faster we get, the more efficient we will be when working on the computer in later life. If we get really good, we will be able to 'touch type' - type without looking at our hands. 

The typing test site we will use is 
http://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/english

Please comment with your name and your current typing speed, as well as how fast you would like to get at typing by the end of the year. 

Monday, August 26, 2013

Camp question ...

What is one thing you will do at camp to help other people, and to make sure EVERYONE has a good time?

Preventing cyber-bullying

What is one thing that you can do to help prevent cyber-bullying in our school?

Computing feedback

http://padlet.com/wall/8rfeedback



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This is our class blog - we can post our best work here and show it off at home. We can also use the blog to gather feedback or answer questions.