Sixth+Grade

Web 2.0
We will be working with several programs that will allow you to create your own content on the web. > > ===**__Portfolio Using Google Sites__**===
 * [|Edmodo]: A social networking site designed for classrooms! We will be using this for several activities. Check it every day for new assignments. Register with [[image:http://edmodo.userphotos.s3.amazonaws.com/default-avatars/8.jpg?r=61 width="69" height="69" align="right"]]your Class Code.
 * [|Wordle]: to make "Beautiful Word Clouds" (Rt. click to open it in a new tab)
 * Google Apps with [|My AGSD.Net]
 * [|Pixlr:] Online Photo Editor (use it to edit and resize photos)
 * Looking for technology terms? Go to: [|Tekmom's Technology Buzzwords]
 * [|Google Sites] (log in with your "myagsd.net" account).
 * [|All About Me Poem]
 * [|Pixlr:] Online Photo Editor (use it to edit and resize photos)

//** NEW --> ** **Make A Movie with [|ANIMOTO]**// //**Resource: [|World Book Student]**//

**Online Typing Activities**

[|Typing Tutor]
 * (Log in with your "typing tutor" username, use your regular password)


 * [|Dance Mat Typing]
 * [|Bubble Typing]
 * [|Keyboarding Practice]
 * [|Typing UK Typing Lessons]
 * [|Typing Tutorial Lessons]
 * [|Games Zone Typing Games]

==**Company Research Power Point** == Research facts about a company, including its stock, for a Power Point Presentation.

Download

 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png caption="CompanyStatistics_JotChart2.docx" link="file:agi241classes/CompanyStatistics_JotChart2.docx"]] ||
 * CompanyStatistics_JotChart2.docx ||

**Resources** **[|Yahoo Finance] **

**Birthday Facts Newspaper Project**

**What have your birthdays been like? Now, we'll find out how many historical events happened on your birthday. What were they? What impact did they have? Use the following websites to find out. Write facts on your JOT CHART to use when we make our Newspaper.**




 * Research Websites: **


 * [|Fact Monster Today in History]
 * [|New York Times]
 * [|History Channel] (choose the category you need after you choose your birthdate)
 * [|AnyDay Today in History]
 * [|Brainy History]
 * //On-This-Day. com//
 * [|Misc. History]
 * [|Music History] (use for Entertainment Facts)
 * Find Famous People Born on Your Birthday
 * [|Fact Monster Birthdays]
 * [|Brainy History: Birthdays in History]

**Computer Lab Favorites (Online Learning Activities)** > == ==
 * [|Word Find]
 * [|Noun Dunk]
 * [|Synonym Toast]
 * [|Spelling Match (choose grade)]
 * [|Magnetic Poetry]
 * [|"It's Greek to Me" (learning roots of words)]
 * [|Robo-Packer]
 * [|Roman Numerals]
 * [|The Gold Coin]
 * [|Puzzled States]
 * [|Place the State]
 * [|U.S. Geography Map Game]
 * Map Puzzles:
 * [|Continents]
 * [|World Features]
 * [|North America]
 * [|Africa]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|South America]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Middle East]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Europe]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Asia]
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Computers and Technology ==
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Computer Basics Concentration]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Intro to Computers: Rags to Riches]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Computers and Internet Terminology: Jeopardy]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Technology Terms: Hangman]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Computer Parts: Hangman]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Keyboarding: Rags to Riches]