http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech Kilobytes, Megabytes, and Gigabytes...Oh my! Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:53:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ACMS Olympics week! The tech lab will be open only for students making up assignments. http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2008/01/11/january-14-18-2008/ Happy New Year! Snow and more snow! Due to the snow days, Mrs. Decker's and Mrs. Colborn's 6th students and Mrs. Eppolito's 7th grade students will be back in the tech lab to finish their projects. http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2008/01/07/january-7-9-2008/ Literary device, figurative language what??? Mrs. Decker's 6th grade students will be working to produce a ortion of a class PowerPoint based on these. They will define it, find an example, write their own and locate a graphic to represent it. Help! How do I find what I really am looking ... http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/12/14/december-17-20-2007/ Check out the cool "Forms of Fiction" resource books the 6th graders in Mrs Stewart's/Mrs. Fagan's classes are carrying around this year! They are going to create and publish their own individual book in the tech lab this week using PowerPoint. Lights, camera, action! Mr. Kehoe's 8th grade students ... http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/11/30/december-3-10-2007/ Collaboration and teamwork - that is what the 7th grade students of Ms Brittain's classes will be doing as they work in groups to produce a poster on one of the Islamic beliefs or practices. They will use the internet, and Microsoft Word. Mr. Bruno's 8th grade students will take their ... http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/11/09/november-13-16-26-2007/ Web 2.0? Mrs. Heydon's 7th grade students will be learning about how research using the Internet requires the right keywords to get the information they are trying to find. They will also learn about evaluating the web sites. Have you every heard of the "Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" ... http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/10/26/october-26-november-5-2007/ Students will be using this week to complete projects started in the tech lab. On Friday, Dave Curry and Annette Cooper will be in the tech lab to help parents access their student's Aeries grade file. http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/10/14/conference-week-october-15-19-2007/ Mrs. McMaster's 7th grade classes is beginning their unit on Islam with research in the Tech Lab. They will learn how to use various web sites to obtain information and images for a group presentation on their topic. Mrs. Stephens's 7th grade classes will be producing a PowerPoint presentation on their ... http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/10/07/october-8-16-2007/ Students in Mrs. Mock's 6th grade students will be using the USGS website to research earthquakes all over the world. They will compile their findings in an Excel workbook. Rock and Roll! Mrs. Kerr's 7th grade students have collected data on the Seven Intelligences, a chimp's diet, and crickets vs temperatures. ... http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/10/01/september-27-october-4-2007/ The ACMS Technology Lab Opens it's door for the 2007-2008 school year this week! Students in Mr. Hilton's 6th grade students will be using the USGS website to research earthquakes all over the world. They will compile their findings in an Excel workbook. Rock and Roll! Mrs. Kehoe's 7th grade students are ... http://aldercreekmiddleschool.org/tech/2007/09/23/technology-lab-opens-door/