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Typing & Basic Skills

Typing Tutor
Typing Tutor

Practice your typing skills every week in class and at home to earn points and build your own robot!

Nearpod
Nearpod

Class guided activity, useful for teaching new skills and reviewing old skills.

Writing Module
Writing Module

Practice basic typing and sentence construction skills. Used for beginner writing projects.

Number Frames
Number Frames

A math app to practice counting, building patterns, and basic addition/subtraction problems.

Word Art
Word Art

Typing, vocabulary building, and digital design all rolled into a single fun app.

Kahoot
Kahoot

A fun quiz activity for the whole class used to review concepts we have learned together. Requires a join code.

Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum

Practice navigating a 3D space on a 2D screen. Visit one of the best virtual museums on the internet.

Coding & Robotics

Code.org Lesson 1
Code.org Lesson 1
Start your coding journey by learning basic sequencing and program your first lines of code!
Code.org Lesson 2
Code.org Lesson 2
Continue with more advanced sequencing and thinking algorithmically.
Code.org Lesson 3
Code.org Lesson 3
Learn the concepts of looping code to optimize actions which are repeatable.
Code.org Lesson 4
Code.org Lesson 4
Enchanced lessons with more loops where multiple steps are required to be repeated to complete the puzzles.
Code.org Lesson 5
Code.org Lesson 5
Create simple art work with code using the sequencing and repeating skills we have learned so far.
Code.org Lesson 6
Code.org Lesson 6
Learn event driven coding by creating a simple interactive game.
Scratch Jr (web version)
Scratch Jr (web version)
A simplified version of Scratch. Used to create fully custom games and animations.
Vex 123
Vex 123
Entry level robotics. Learn the basics required to sequence and code the robot to move in patterns.
Sphero (web version)
Sphero (web version)
Simple robotics applied. Learn to drive and code the robot through drawing of shapes.
Dash (web version)
Dash (web version)
Follow tutorials and complete simple challenges designed for this robot. It drives and behaves the way it is coded to.

Digital Design

Brush Ninja
Brush Ninja
Practice artistic skills and use all of the basic tools to create quality images, and bring them to life through animation.
Tate Paint
Tate Paint

Learn and review artistic skills to create digital paintings. This program gives your art the feel of real paint and other drawing tools.

Piskel App
Piskel App
Create art through pixels by coloring individual squares on a grid.  Each square comes together to form a greater image in a style unique to technology. (optimized for Chromebooks and desktops)
Pixil Art
Pixil Art
Create art through pixels by coloring individual squares on a grid. Each square comes together to form a greater image in a style unique to technology. (optimized for iPads)
Fotojet
Fotojet

Create impressive photo collages and edit images to perfection.

Canva Draw
Canva Draw
Start dabbling into the creative world of Canva with advanced drawing tools, clip art, and photo editing tools. Use Canva to create anything your imagination allows
Quick Draw
Quick Draw

Learn the basics of how AI learns and is able to identify objects based on your drawings.

Chrome Music Lab
Chrome Music Lab

Experiment with sounds and create your own beats, and music in this fun interactive app.

Griness 3D
Griness 3D
Learn to work in a basic 3D environment to manipulate and create simple objects in 3D.

Digital Productivity

I Am Poem (pages)
I Am Poem (pages)
Practice typing skills and be creative to create a simple poem about yourself. Click to download template for iPads.
I Am Poem (Word)
I Am Poem (Word)
Practice typing skills and be creative to create a simple poem about yourself. Click to download template for desktops and Chromebooks.
Slide Show Introduction (keynote)
Slide Show Introduction (keynote)
Learn the fundamentals of creating a basic slide show.  Click to download the template for iPads.
Slide Show Introduction (powerpoint)
Slide Show Introduction (powerpoint)
Learn the fundamentals of creating a basic slide show. Click to download the template for desktops and Chromebooks.
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