Welcome to the 2008-09 School Year

Well, its begun. Yup, the new school year and changes are afoot in room 418!

If you've had the opportunity to mosey into my classroom you will have seen that I have all new computers. Yup, brand new computer towers, courtesy of the voters of Union 113. Believe me that I am very appreciative of this major upgrade. The towers have very fast processors, lots of RAM (lessening the chance that running multiple programs will lock up the PC), a slew of ports (USB and Firewire) and headset jacks in the front (for those new student headsets)! Add to that, the most recent version of Photoshop Elements 6.0 along with other updated software and my students have computers that will more than meet their needs.

As parents and teachers know, it is becoming more and apparent that students become very computer literate in order to succeed now and in any path they may take after high school. It's a digital world and they need to explore then many computer tools at their disposal. I hope to guide students in this endeavor. No, I won't neglect important applications like MW Word, PowerPoint or Excel. But they will blog routinely, learn to research efficiently and effectively on the Internet and explore the many web-based applications available to them.

Have a question of how this will evolve or need other information, don't hesitate to drop me a note (email is preferred). Also, don't hesitate to comment on my postings and visit the Schenck Website