Every year in May the 8th grade students take a technology test called the Technology Literary Assessment (TLA). We know how to text, take pictures/videos with our phones, blog and use apps on the iPad but there is a lot more to technology that we are not as familiar with such as Spreadsheets, Databases, Word Processing, etc. Since we have to take this test in May we asked Ms. Powell, an Educational Technology Specialist for FBISD, to help us further our technology education. She visits our school two days every month and introduces us to new topics. This month it happened to be Wednesday and Thursday of this week and we focused on Databases and Word Processing. While we were working on Word Processing we also were able to continue studying Westward Expansion. We watched a few short videos about the Mexican American War, used this website below as a database, and created a chart about the significant people and events in Microsoft Word.
Mexican American War Database
This is the website where you can find the directions how to complete the Mexican-American War Chart. We also use this website to watch videos and complete interactive modules to prepare for the TLA.
www.learning.com
This is how we log in:
Username: our lunch number
Password:123456
District: Fort Bend ISD
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