Rancho Lab December update

It's been a busy few weeks. Here's a few highlights.

Our district is in the process of upgrading its information infrastructure. During this upgrade, Math Blaster broke. No one could play for four days. The kids were heartbroken,and I was frantic. Without going into details, I finally finished reinstaling it on all lab computers today. I learned more than I wanted about Server migration, but it does mean it will never be broken this long again. Quite the learning experience.

The fifth grade classes are in a race to make their State Boards the best they can be. That means they are here in the lab every spare moment they have. The projects I have seen so far are beautiful. I 'm hoping I can post pictures of many of them on the blog so everyone gets a chance to see them.

The fourth grade classes have been busy building Power Point presentations. I posted some of them on the Blog where I could contact a parent for permission. One class even did a presentation for the NUSD School Board. It was taped. Let me know if you would like a copy.

Second and Third grade classes have been using Type to Learn and Kid Pix. In Kid Pix, they're learning how to change font styles and sizes. They are simply amazed at how much they can do on their own. In addition, they're writing Haiku and Acrostic Poems.

First grade classes will start to come to the lab in January.

Finally, we're up to 3,152 books and 52,489,439 words.