Today I set Dylan up with his account on battschool.typingclub.com. I saved this website onto his "favorites" as well. His username is DylanS and password is student. He can practice at home if he likes. He learned where the home-row is located and which fingers go where. We started with letters F and J today. He knows he should not look at the keyboard when typing, and should feel for the little bumps on the F and J keys to set his fingers up. He did a great job during practice. We also played with Dash by giving him simple commands to follow using a program app called Blockly.
Today, Jackson continued to refine his typing skills. He is up to 22 WPM and around 97% accuracy. Next, I showed Jackson the basic elements of coding an HTML page.
Today, Jackson continued to practice his typing skills. Then I showed Jackson how to find a set of data, and create an Excel spreadsheet of that data, as well as how to turn the data into a line chart. Jackson did so with the batting averages of the Yankees. Lastly, I showed Jackson how to edit the design of the chart.
Today, Jackson decided to restart his online card project after becoming comfortable with the online photo-editing tools last week. He found an image, adjusting it's color settings and added layers of customized text. Next, I showed how to add a plugin on gmail that would allow him to schedule his emails to send them on a holiday, for instance. Jackson installed and configured the plugin on his google drive, and the scheduled an email of the card that he made. Lastly, Jackson continued to practice typing paragraphs using the home-row position. Jackson is increasing his speed and accuracy continually, and is now at an average 16-18wpm and around 98% accuracy.
Today we began with typing practice. Jackson was able to increase his typing speed by 7wpm while keeping the accuracy at 99%. Next, we discussed the difference between hardware and software. We took an interactive tour of all the hardware in a computer. We discussed RAM as the 'brain' of the computer that determines how much capacity a computer has to run its software. Next, I showed Jackson how to use Google Docs, and how to share a document. I asked him to come up with an idea for an announcement or message he would want to design and send. He found an image, and I introduced him to an online photo editing program. Then I took him through all the different photo measures that can be changed to edit a photo for different purposes. Next, I showed him how to add text to the photo.
Today, Jackson and I discussed the computer age and the need to share, store, send, retrieve, and analyze data. We went over numerous industries that have the need for IT and the different types of data they would deal with. Next, I showed Jackson how to set up an email account. I gave him a walk through over how to create and compose an email, as well as how to add an attachment, design the font, and create hyperlinks. We also discussed the need to be extremely responsible and conscientious online, and the need to be aware of stranger danger on the internet. Lastly, Jackson practiced his typing skills. He did two difference practice drills and is testing between 7-10wpm with around 90% accuracy.
Today, Stephen and I played a science game on the computer about Earth. Next, he played a game in which you have to turn a rectangular object in order to make it move around a board and fall into a specified location. It was very challenging! It forces Stephen to utilize his spatial relation abilities and predict where the object would land.
