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Fourth Grade and Technology Fourth graders this year have made great strides in integrating technology and computer science into several areas of their classroom curriculum In addition to regular computer skills instruction, Ms. Miller, the fourth grade computer teacher, has been working with the classroom teachers to correlate several units of study, using their scheduled computer lab time to enhance their classroom activities. While learning the basics of word processing, internet use and popular search engines, and scanning and importing photos into word documents, students have expanded their study of language arts and social studies. For example, after writing personal narratives in class, the students typed their compositions while in the computer lab, and selected photos from Google images to complement their writing. While studying about New Jersey in social studies, the students used clues on a web quest to complete an anagram all about New Jersey. Currently the fourth graders are working on descriptive essays, which they are typing and enhancing by scanning pictures brought from home. The students are learning critical computer skills and taking pride in publishing their own writing.
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