September 7

Year 7,

First, let's start the class with a little typing lesson. Click here to visit Free Typing Games. This site offers free lessons and games. To become a really proficient (fast and accurate) typist, you should do a combination of both lessons and games. Lessons help because they show you where you should place your hands on the keyboard and give practice with specific letter combinations. Lessons help typing become automatic. Games are fun and help you build speed!

We will begin each class with 15 minutes typing;-)
Next, in our first Unit of Work we will learn about the Design Cycle. Our project will be to create a poster to inform others about the 5 stages of the Design Cycle:-)

Remember the goal of MYP Technology is for you to become a problem solver. Every Unit of Work will begin with a "guiding question" which is the problem that you will try to solve. The guiding question for the first Unit of Work is "How can I use Computer Technology to teach others about the Design Cycle?"

1) Let's look at the structure of the documentation process. Remember that this is a scholastic document (a formal school project) and should conform to certain standards. That means that is a school project that you must hand in and you will be graded upon this work so it has to look professional;-)

We will type in font size 12. We will type in black. We will use a formal font (Times New Roman, Calibri, Ariel).

Let's look at the template for the Investigate that will make this process easier for us: Click Here