Your First Week at Spurgeon is Procedure, Procedure, Procedure!

Now that you are situated in Ms. Kline's computer lab, you will spend the next two days familiarizing yourself with Spurgeon's school-wide behavior expectations.

Spurgeon students must follow the P.A.W.S behavior matrix program:

P  =  Positive

A  =  Attentive

W  =  Willing

S  =  Safe

In every area of your beautiful new school, there are behavior expectations that correspond with Spurgeon's PAWS acronym. Again, you will be introduced to Spurgeon's procedures and expectations with the PAWS program over the next two days.

Schedule:

Wednesday: You will attend a grade-level assembly with Spurgeon's principal Mr. Irving, assistant principals Mr. Zamudio and Ms. Lloyd, Spurgeon's TOSA Ms. Costello, and counselors Ms. Estrada and Ms. Sawczuk.

Thursday: You will take a tour of your newly renovated and remodeled school with one of Spurgeon's knowledgeable tour guides...hint: you met them at the grade-level assemblies!

Friday: You will review Ms. Kline's class procedures and her Technology class syllabus. Also, on Friday we will being reviewing Spurgeon's Schoolwide PAWS Behavior Matrix in every class. The elective classes will focus on PAWS in Spurgeon's office areas.

Welcome to Ms. Kline's Technology Class!

Spurgeon's Technology Program with Ms. Kline

It's the start of another amazing year at Spurgeon!

You will have a lot of fun learning a variety of computer technology related skills including how to:

• type using the touch typing technique. 
• use Google Apps to create documents, presentations, websites, spreadsheets, blogs, and more!
• use digital art software to create artwork.
• effectively and efficiently use the Internet to do research.
• produce multimedia projects with digital photography and digital video.
• use audio editing software to create audio projects or produce podcasts.

Today you will be assigned to your permanent computer station in Lab D.

Over the course of the next two weeks we will:

Google Chrome

• review Spurgeon's school-wide procedures, especially the new CHAMPS program!
• review Ms. Kline's class procedures.
• learn how to login to our Google Apps accounts.
• learn how to connect to the Spurgeon lab server when we need to save a project.
• learn how to use a web browser, like Google Chrome, or Firefox to visit a web site.
• learn how to use the Keyboarding Online program for learning to type by touch.

Keyboarding Online