"At the name of Jesus, every knee should bow..." Philippians 2:10

St Paul Lutheran School Farmington MO

Educational Technology
tech lab

Our computer lab classes  have reasearched, designed, and constructed websites for CyberFair, an international website contest.
2010-2011 contests will be ThinkQuest and Global Virtual Classroom.

Our networked computer lab is equipped with 2010 desktops (Windows) and projector. Students learn how to share files within a network and become proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), keyboarding, graphic design, digital photography, Dreamweaver website design, concept mapping, Flash animation, audio file manipulation, Glogster, Hot Potatoes HTML assessment, PhotoStory and Movie Maker (video production), and use Internet resources for research and WebQuests. Grades 3-8 study a basic Spanish vocabulary and apply what they learn with constructive, high-order cognitive projects.

We employ a mobile lab to classrooms to implement activities within the core curriculum classrooms. Grades 1-5 rooms are equipped with SMARTboards and projectors. Grades 6-8 are equipped with whiteboard and projectors. Middle school students have computer lab instruction on a daily basis. The 2010 school year includes interaction with new technology, Student Response Systems, also known as "clickers." This technology allows our teachers to provide ongoing assessment that engages all students during classroom discussion.

Our school uses FastDirect Communications as a parent & student portal. We also use Moodle as an online classroom in the upper grades. Many quizzes, assignments and exercises are interactive and web-based. Forums, blogs, online glossaries and collaborative learning are all features of Moodle. New for 2010-11 is ThinkQuest, a learning platform that also offers collaborative project competitions. Students around the world use ThinkQuest as a global classroom to exchange ideas and work together on learning projects. Also new is Global Virtual Classroom contest, in which schools are paired with two other schools from around the world to work collaboratively on a specific website research project.

Our computer technology curriculum complies with the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) established by the International Society for Technology in Education. We believe in applying current and emerging technology as a vehicle for methodology and authentic learning. Students create constructive and open-ended projects to meet NETS-S standards designed to develop critical thinking skills. Visit Teacher Technology Resources to examine the digital tools we use in our curriculum.


Visit these sites to view student work:

Spokes: Inside Competitive Bicycling 2010 CyberFair Gold Award Entry

Rock On! 2009 CyberFair Platinum Award Entry

Join the Movement--Recycling Today to Save Tomorrow 2008 CyberFair Gold Award Entry

Students Against Methamphetamine 2007 CyberFair Gold Award Entry

Shurley Method Language Instruction used for grades 1-5




KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Ctrl - Depressing the Ctrl key while clicking allows multiple selections. Holding the Ctrl key down and pressing another key will initiate quite a few actions. Some of the more common are listed in the table below:
Ctrl + A to select all items
Ctrl + C to copy selected text or items
Ctrl + V to paste the contents of the clipboard
Ctrl + P to print
Ctrl + Z to undo
Ctrl + X to cut selected text
Ctrl + Esc to open the Start menu
Ctrl + = to bring up spell checker (pre WinXP)
Ctrl + Shift + *(Asterisk) to select the current region around an active cell in MS Excel. This can be quite useful in creating charts.
Ctrl + B to add/remove Bold formatting
Ctrl + I to add/remove Italic formatting
Ctrl + W to close the active window
Ctrl while dragging a file to copy the file
Ctrl + Shift while dragging a file to create a shortcut
Ctrl + P to display the pen in a PowerPoint show
Ctrl + A to display the arrow in a PowerPoint show
Ctrl + B to turn the screen Black in a PowerPoint show
Ctrl + W to turn the screen White in a PowerPoint show
Ctrl + S to save the current document
Ctrl + U to add/remove Underline formatting
Ctrl + 9 to hide rows in MS Excel (add Shift to the sequence to unhide.)
Ctrl + Tab allows movement from one open window to the next in an application with more than one open window. 1
Ctrl + F4 to close a window in an application without closing the application.
Ctrl + Enter while in Internet Explorer - Enter only the domain name then depress Ctrl before striking Enter/Return. IE automatically fills in the complete URL for a .com address.
Ctrl + - (Hyphen) to bring up the Delete dialog box in MS Excel
Ctrl + C + C to open the clipboard
Ctrl + 0 to hide columns in MS Excel (add Shift to the sequence to unhide.)
Ctrl + arrow (in Excel) - In a large worksheet this combination allows you to quickly move left, right, up, or down. Starting from cell A1, depressing Ctrl and pressing the right arrow moves to the cell in row 1 adjacent to the first empty cell. Ever wonder how many rows are in a worksheet? On a blank worksheet hold down the Ctrl key and press the down arrow.