8th Grade Technology Elective

The Walker Middle School is offering a series of electives for 8th graders that want to choose between Technology, Drama, and Art. This program will enable each 8th grader to choose a course that will offer a more demanding and fullfilling environment in a subject area that interest them.

8th Grade Technology:
In the technology course; students will learn how to edit and prepare pictures, Fireworks batch files, create photo slideshows, utilize web 2.0 tools, make digital movie projects, create podcasts, and delve into simple programming.

The course will start out with some simple techniques and tools to make photo slideshows. The students will use PowerPoint and Photo Story to create photo slideshows with music of their choice playing in the background.

Phase two of the course will involve learning how to use a variety of Web 2.0 on-line tools. The web tools that will be used include: on-line quiz making, comic strip creation, graph and chart creation, music ripping and conversion, diagram creation (make a diagram of their house), and much more.

The next phase of the course will involve the use of the programming tools Alice and Scratch. These two programs use visual drag and drop functions to create simple graphic storylines. Storylines include people, objects, scenery, sound, and movement.

This elective promises to be both challenging and fun for the tech savvy 8th grader that loves using their experience and skill to create a variety of sophisticated projects.

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