Welcome to the computer lab web page!  On this page you will see some of the technology and its application available to your child at Tully Elementary.  

          You'll also find direct links to some of the sites we use to support whatever it is your child is learning in the classroom.  Some link to information resources, while others provide activities that make practicing various skills fun!

     Although a work in progress, I hope you and your child find this page both informative and useful as a tool that allows you to extend the learning day in your home.                                                                                           

Enjoy!

    Mrs. Naples   

KEYBOARDING LAB   We've put our 'senior' computers to good work over the past few years by employing them in a separate lab used mainly for keyboarding practice.  Our students from grades three through six use the software "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" to learn the touch typing method.  From the first lesson that introduces home row through lessons offered via dictation, the children use keyboard shields that prohibit them from peeking at the keys!  It isn't easy at first, but we've sent several 6th graders to the Junior High typing over 30 words per minute!              We use the internet daily, making good use of the many free sites that offer educational activities to reinforce many of the skills being taught in the classroom.  Naturally, we use the internet for research projects and quite often use the ever popular Microsoft Office software (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) to create a finished product.         Our sixth graders have been using a new web-based quiz/testing program called "School Island," and very recently, have been introduced to "blogging!"   Equipped with 24 iMac computers, it's where our students utilize a variety of software.  "Splish, Splash Math" adds some excitement to learning addition and subtraction.  "Type to Learn, Jr." teaches the very basics of keyboarding skills to our first and second graders in preparation for Mavis Beacon thereafter.

 

Various PowerMac G3 Series   Keyboarding @ TES:

Captain John Smith

Pilgrims for primary grades

 Fast Fact Practice!