6th+Grade

Welcome to the 6th Grade Wikispace Page!

Welcome to our class! I will be teaching you using lots of technology tools that may be new or may be familiar. I'm looking forward to teaching each of you! To access your edmodo account, click here.

In this class, you will be expected to learn touch typing! Please practice at home if you can. Everyone should be able to touch type all alphabet keys correctly.

Remember to sit ergonomically correct at all times while typing!

Two sites to for you to use when you want to show words in images: tagxedo and wordle

We have learned how to create a GOOD powerpoint (remember what makes a bad presentation!), how to create cards in Publisher, and we are beginning to learn more about MSWord. Soon, we will be using MovieMaker to create our own movies!

Your videos!

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Here are a few Quick Reference cards for you to use:



Check out the movies everyone made! Go to YouTube

If you want to practice your typing and your spelling, go to one of these sites: [|SpellingCity] - you can key your spelling list into the site and then play games with your words! You can see how well you would do in a real spelling bee at [|Big IQ Kids]! Make a crossword puzzle from your words at [|variety games], [|crossword puzzle games] or [|Club BING]

Create cartoons at: [|readwritethink] and [|toondo]

If you want to practice your typing skills at home, visit: [] - race others! http://www.nitrotype.com [] [] [] [] (practice your rythym) [] [] [] [|TypeWith.me][|www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing][] []