SITES/APPS TO ACCESS

Here is a list of web apps we’ve used in the past (and a few new things). If you have questions please email me at  wtipton@smscranford.com. I will be checking a couple of times a day.

There are tutorials on Youtube for most of the sites listed below.

Web Design
Similar to a very visual WordPress – Sign up for a Free Basic Account
https://www.weebly.com/

Basics of Coding
Middle School
Free
https://www.w3schools.com/ 

Blockly
Ages: 8+
Pricing: Free
https://blockly.games/

Code.Org Studio
Ages: 4-14
Pricing: Free
You can create an account here and track progress
https://studio.code.org/courses

Code.org Hour of Code
Activities for All Grades
https://code.org/learn

Kodable
Free to a point. The younger kids like it.
Also available in  Code.org/learn
https://www.kodable.com/

Scratch
Ages: 8-16
Pricing: Free
https://scratch.mit.edu/

App Inventor
Ages: 13+
Pricing: Free
http://www.appinventor.org/

Code Monster
One of my favorites for the older kids but I think 5/6/7 grades can do no problem.
Ages: 13+
Pricing: Free
http://www.crunchzilla.com/code-monster

CodeCademy
Ages: 13+
Pricing: Free. A PRO track is available for a monthly subscription.
Need to create an account.
https://www.codecademy.com/

Office Applications
Everyone from 2nd Grade on has a login for this. I will bring the logins home so if they don’t remember them they can check with me. I will respond via email asap.
https://www.office.com/

Simple Graphic Design

Canva
4th Grade on has tried this. You might want to create an account for yourself. 
Very simple to use for design or many things such as posters, cards, memes, social graphics, etc.
If they don’t remember their username or password on this one I can’t get them in but you can create a new one using a bogus address.
https://www.canva.com/

Educational
Prodigy Math
Math battles in virtual worlds
2nd Grade and up have used this.
If they don’t remember their username and password email me or you can create a new account.
https://www.prodigygame.com/

ABCYA
Pre-K-6 but more geared towards the little ones.
https://www.abcya.com/

PBS Kids
https://pbskids.org/games/

Star Fall
Pre K – 3
https://www.starfall.com/h/

Story Place
Beginning Readers
https://www.storyplace.org/

Khan Academy Kids App
Age Range: Pre-K to 1st grade
https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/

Banzai Workbooks for Financial Literacy
Teens
https://static-app-misc.teachbanzai.com/booklets/finlit-teen-workbook.pdf

 Preteen Readers
http://static-app-misc.teachbanzai.com/booklets/finlit-elementary.pdf

Welcome to the 2019-2020 Saintt Michael School year.

Let me start by saying I am very excited for the opportunity to work with your children as we explore the world of technology together.

My goal is to make computer class fun, interesting and educational. I will follow much of the same curriculum handed down to me but will also be adding new lessons, depending on the grade level, such as basics of web design, graphics arts, introduction to the cloud and cloud resources, hands-on hardware investigation and more. I know some of these have been covered in the past, but I am hoping to introduce new methods and tools.

If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions I would love to hear them. Please email me at wtipton@smscranford.com

This is our previous list of recommended free programs to download at home. Feel free to download and use these and please check back as I will be updating this list with new programs we will be utilizing during the school year.

Open Office

TuxPaint and Stickers

Gimp for Mac

Versions of Gimp for Windows

Scratch

Bookmarked pages in Symbaloo for Grade PK-3 – 8 and Selected Projects

Saint Michael Google Docs for Education

Especially for parents:

CommonSense Scope and Sequence for Digital Literacy and Citizenship