Story Time...

After reading some well known fables, students wrote their own. hHe assignment was to write a story to young children with a moral or lesson from them to take away from it. Today we shared them with students in other classes at DATA. They were a hit!

 

Here is an example of one students first page.....

 

Well done kids!

Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

Yes! After reading this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/can-you-make-yourself-smarter.html?pagewanted=all
We tried this game to improve our intelligence:
http://dual-n-back.com/

Here we are:

Having Fun and Learning Together

Using technology and friends to help us review for the CST!
Fun!

What Do The Students Like Best About Their Netbooks?

Here is what they have to say:

Greetings NTC! What do you love most about using a computer at school? Answer here and you can earn an extra ticketJ

Name	Grade	What do you love most about your netbook?
Ramos	6	Having the textbook on my netbook
Hector	7	Can research anywhere and anytime on campus
Courtney	6	The fact that we can do interactive learning.
Allison	6	You get to do all of your homework on it and you can do fun projects and research.
Cheryl	6	I like that we can research more on a topic that interests us and also we can do creative writing.
Danile M	6	You can type instead of write
Lexie	6	I like that you can have your work saved all in one or two place.  That way if you lose something you always have it.

NTC Members Spring Break!

The question was, "What did you do?":
Here is what the great kids were up to:
Daniel M. said, "I went to the beach".
Allison P. said, "I colored and decorated eggs".
Courtney C. said, "I danced".
Pedro R said, "I played x-box 360 games".
Liam said, "I went on a cruise".
Hannah P. said, "I went to Hurst Castle".
Veronica said, "I read a book".
Cheryl said, "I went to Chico State University to visit my brother".

Analogies!

Practicing together can make analogies fun.

Making Friends at the NTC!

The pictures tell a story:)

Many students have made friends while learning some cool applications on their netbooks. Well done students!

The Hunger Games Share Out

Guess Who Saw the Hunger Games last night?!

Our very own NTC member, Courtney! Here is a short summary of her take on the movie. She can answer questions as well!

Hi!!! Courtney here, I’m going to tell you about an awesome movie I saw last night. Yeah, I mean last night. I went to the midnight premiere of The Hunger Games. I expected it to be crazy, but it wasn’t, it was actually really fun. Before the movie started we (we being my mom, brother, and friend) were waiting in line. There weren’t a lot of people but still, we had to wait. But the best part of the night was right before they started screening the movie, they gave out posters, people were shouting out numbers and when it all got quiet I shouted “A7” and the lady looked at me and said “A7”. My friend’s mom looked at me and said “I’m taking you to Vegas after the movie” and we laughed about that during the whole movie. I think the actual movie itself was more than I could imagine, it was awesome. But if you haven’t read the books, I suggest you read the books first then see the movie, it will explain a lot.

            I really liked the movie, but there were some notes. In some of the violent parts, they camera gets shaky. I think that just really confused some of the people who didn’t know what was going on. But the violent parts aren’t that violent. But bring tissues, because you are sure to cry.

Have any questions? Ask me. I’m the one with the blue sweatshirt

Fun in the Library

What have we been up to?
Lots of stuff including;
Google sketch up demos by Liam, typing skills practice, working on homework, google question of the day, making short movies with a message, Dr. Seuss activities (making a group poem in his "style"), and more!
Stop by and join us sometime, all DATA students are welcome. We are here from 7:45-8:30!

Battle of the Books!

DATA hosted the Battle of the Books!
All four middle schools in Ventura have amazing teams with much knowledge about books!
Check out the link to learn more and see images of this amazing day!
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/feb/24/battle-of-the-books-gives-middle-schoolers-to/

Happy New Year from the DATA Technology Club

Were back to DATA after our Winter Break and continuing doing some fun activities before school in the Library from 7:45-8:30.
Yesterday we showed the students how to make a business card using MS Publisher.