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Greetings iRobot & iStem Students and Parents from Mr. Rogers By now you should have been contacted by the TSD and your home room. Here is a quick refresh on what the end of the school year looks like for Robotics DROP DAY Monday 9am Tuesday 12:30 pm Ill be dropping weekly assignments on Mondays /Tuesday per the Bush Schedule Be looking at Google Classroom by 9am on Mondays for updates Virtual Classrooms Need a chance to connect - Ill be hosting Zoom time. Feel free to join if you wish Monday  1:11 pm - 1:33 Tuesday’s 9:44 - 10:10 Curriculum You will need Google Chorme and Google Classroom  We will be using Coder Z   Virtual Robotics -    https://gocoderz.com/ for Virtual Blocky coding with the EV3 and other robots.  For more info take a look at the link above or this intro video. CODER Z VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au3qUudqBo8 Coder Z Sign In Most students should sign into Coder Z in this manner Login First Name

Greetings Bush iSTEM and iRobot Students Teachers are doing training this week and we hope to have more educational tech lessons posted later this week or by next Monday. I hope you are staying safe and take a look at the videos below if you have not. Also - Typing is a great practical Tech Skill that can help you get a job in your future - https://www.typingclub.com/ Try 10 min a day! Miss seeing you all - Mr. Rogers

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students, I hope this finds you happy and healthy. I know that most of you are aware that this past Monday, our Governor and State Superintendent made the hard decision to cancel in-school learning for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. Although this was not shocking news, it was still a hard pill to swallow when speculation became reality.  You likely have a lot of questions regarding how this impacts school as we move forward, I do too. Unfortunately, there is currently no change in the type of instruction or interactions we will be having with students. My understanding is that our district is still in the decision making process and no information has been released to teachers at this time. I wish I had more answers for you, but at this time, I don’t. I am just as anxious as you are as to what we will be doing next. For the time being, there is an educational experience video with some questions on Google Classroom for iROBOT and

Greetings to iROBOT and iSTEM Students and Parents from Mr Rogers. A few things as we all adjust to this new “School at Home” thing. First -  I haven’t forgotten about you guys. Ever since school ended so fast on 3/13, I have been awaiting some sort of a clear directive of how we (teachers) should be handling things on our end.  We are starting to get some direction from TSD. I am sorry if some of you have felt confused about what to do now.  What I want to assure you is that I miss you guys and have been mulling over ways to best carry out “distance learning” as we move forward.  Second -  It looks like much of our learning will be taking place through Google Classroom.  I have posted some “enrichment options” for the week of March 30-April 3 on Google Classroom for students in iRobot and iSTEM. Parents, I encourage you to have your students explore some of the activities.  Make sure to encourage students to check in during the week - I plan on postin

February - March iRobot and iSTEM GOOGLE - 21 Century Skills - Digital Citenzenship Students in both classes are working on Google Suite during February and March We have explored our Google Drive and Organization ideas We have worked on Google Docs - Word Processing - My Spring Break Report This week we explored  Google Sheets - Spread Sheets We did a Skittle Challenge and learned some simple coding to help with formulas in our Sheets Next week we will look at Google Slides - Powerpoint Presenting! Also iRobot is a CTE course so we usually explore 21 Century Skills during the week and review on Fridays I really believe in teaching 21 Century Skills as these are key skills students need to be successful in any career in the future. Explore more on 21 Century Skills HERE Last - Throughout the Semester both iRobot and iSTEM will be looking at Digital Citizenship lessons. Monday we explored the topic of CYBER BULLYING Here is a great link o

2nd Semester - Welcome to Bush Middle School - STEAM - Tech - Robots Hello - Here is a little introduction for those wondering about my background.  My Name is Tim Rogers. I moved to Olympia in the 80's from Portland Oregon where I was born. I graduated from Capital High School in the 90's and have a BA in Communications with a Video/Radio emphasis from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. I have a background in Technology, Graphic Design, Visual Production, Video, Web Design and Photography. I have over twenty years in industry in various communication and technology roles. I'v help positions in Colorado Springs, Chicago & Peoria IL, Athens Greece and Olympia, WA. I started teaching at SPSCC college in 2006 and also was the Technology Specialist at Evergreen Christian School from 2015-2019. My family and I live in Tumwater and my wife works for the TSD as an ELL. I love Soccer and Photography and taking photos of nature, sports and Senior and Families. I am p