Welcome to Kindergarten!

Welcome to Kindergarten!

                                                                        Topic: Introduction to Technology



My mission is to promote teaching and learning as core human activities dependent on relationship, passion and vision--in service to creativity, personal growth and a sustainable world.

Instructor: Mr. Almaas

Hello Students:

A new year and (for me) a new school!

Welcome to our Technology class. You are living during a time when we are experiencing the largest increase in expressive capability in human history. It will be a function of this class to help you become effective communicators in the media of your time.

We will be meeting here and online every week where we will use and study technology.  

Today you will be assigned a seat here in our classroom, we'll go over the rules and then jump right in to our first assignment.


The Rules Of Our Class:

1) Be respectful of yourself and others.
2) Raise your hand to speak during class.
3) Listen quietly while others are speaking.
4) Always do your best!

Behavior Rubric





Grading 

Each week you will be given an assignment to complete in class. If completed satisfactorily, you will get a check in the grade book beside your name as per the rubric below.  


Technology Rubric

Check Plus = The main idea of the assignment is clear and related to the purpose or theme of the project.


Check =The main idea of the assignment is more or less clear and related to the purpose or theme of the project.


Check Minus = Completed week's assignment approaching standard. The completed assignment does not have a clear purpose or central theme. 

No Check = Assignment was not completed.


Final Grade Rubric

All check pluses for the projects and weekly assignments, along with good behavior, during a grading period will result in a final grade of:

4

A mixture of checks and check pluses for the projects and weekly assignments, along with good behavior, during a grading period will result in a final grade of:

3

Too many check minuses and/or questionable classroom behavior during a grading period will result in a final grade of:

2

Too many check minuses, unexcused absences from class and poor classroom behavior during a grading period will result in a final grade of:

1

TODAY'S ACTIVITY

Today we have gone over the rules and procedures of our class, you watched a PowerPoint presentation introducing you to myself and our class and you learned how to sign in and access the online activities for this class.



Now you will notice New York State's geographical location in the United States by completing an online activity where it's up to you to point out where the 50 states go on a map of the United States:

Click the hyperlink above and begin.

Good luck!