Technology

Mrs. Susanne McKay

Technology & 6th Grade Math

(716) 652-5855

[email protected]

About Mrs. McKay

Hello ICS family innocent

I would like to tell you a little bit about myself.

I am orginally from Hamburg and still reside there with my son, AJ.

After finishing Hamburg High School, (once a Bulldog always a Bulldog laughing) I graduate from St. Bonaventure University in 2003 with a Teaching degree and again in 2005 with a Counseling degree.

I have worked in a lot of different schools from Ellicottville, the city of Buffalo and almost every suburb in between.  I also lived in Maryland for 4 years teaching Kindergarten and 2nd grade.  I have worked in Catholics schools since 2017 – Saints Peter and Paul – 1st grade, St. Amelia – 7th/8th grade Literature and here at ICS since 2019, teaching Technology and 6th grade Math.

I can’t wait to help the students explore all the different technology software and hardware that we have available to us .

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Class News

All current students have their own email and password. Their email is the first letter of their first name, their last name then the year they finish 8th grade followed by @icschoolea.org.

For example: A Kindergartener whose name is Susie Jones, their email is [email protected].  If you have further questions about the emails please email me.

For the Google Classroom Meets, you need any computer that has internet access, a camera and a microphone.  Eventhough we use Chromebooks at school, what you use at home DOES NOT need to be a Chromebook.

If there are any questions I will be having my Technology classes with the students and you can ask questions then or email me at [email protected].  I will respond to all inquiries as fast as I can.

Grades K – 3 – Students are intrduced to the basics if the Google Suite of products that the school uses ( Docs, Slides, Classroom).  They work with different websites to build the foundation of coding and typing skills.  Also, they use webistes to enforce Reading and Math skills.

Grades 4 – 8 – Students are introduced to how to use the internet to do research.  I work with the classroom teachers to do projects in Technology for their other subjects (Social Studies, ELA, Science and Math).  In 7th and 8th grade they work on creating a 3D printing project.

In Math there are 12 Chapters in 5 units.  The units are Ratios & Proportional Relationships, The Number System, Expressions & Equations, Geometry, and Statistices & Probability.  I do my best to keep information updated in my Google Classroom, so if you are not connected to it yet please let me know.

Websites

These are the websites that we use in technology class for different activities.  These are all free and can be used at home. Some of these sites require login information and the students should have that information, you can also request that information from me.  At no time should you have to pay for a subscription, some upgrades do require payment but the basic subscription is free. 

I am constantly on the look out for new and interensting websites for the students to enjoy.   I also love trying to find “tech-less” activities to show that it is necessary to have balance in our digital lives.

Internet safety:

  • We use the website Commonsense.org to learn what is appropriate behavior for online usage.  Each grade level has lessons that are appropriate for them.

Coding:

Typing:

Reading:

Math:

Sites to help you study – search a topic and there are questions to help you study various topics.

3D printing – Our 7th and 8th grade students design a project using the site tinkercad.com