Hi,
My name is Miss Wieneke and I'm the technology teacher this year at Aquin.  I have enjoyed my first month at Aquin and getting to know the students. I was born and raised in Dyersville.  I attended St. Francis Xavier Grade School and Beckman High School.  After Beckman I went to college at Loras in Dubuque.  When going to college I majored in elementary education.  I was a sustitute teacher for two years.  After being a substitute I was a first grade teacher in Cedar Rapids for two years.  When completing my second year in Cedar Rapids I decided to come back to this area to teach.  I then accepted a position at St. Francis Xavier Grade School in Dyersville. I was a fifth grade teacher last year at St. Francis Xavier School. This school year I split my days between St. Francis Xavier Grade School and Aquin. I teach sixth grade in the mornings at St. Francis Xavier Grade School and teach technology in the afternoons at Aquin.  I look forward to this school year.
Miss Wieneke
I have a list of what each grade is currently working on in technology classes.
3rd grade - The students learned how to make a PowerPoint and they are currently working on making a PowerPoint with another student. 
4th - The students were introduced to a program called Museum Box.  This program allows students to present information by using pictures, text, and sounds.  The students are doing research on a state in the U.S.  They will then present their projects to the class.  The students also typed out a poem they wrote in their homerooms.  We typed them in technology class and the students learned how to insert pictures in the poems.  I will be printing their poems out and give them to the homeroom teachers.
5th -  The students were introduced to a program called Museum Box.  This program allows students to present information by using pictures, text, and sounds.  The  students started making a Museum Box of their own on a book they have read.  When students are completed with their Musuem Box they will present these in class.
6th - The students were introduced to a program called Museum Box.  This program allows students to present information by using pictures, text, and sounds.  The students started making a Museum Box of their own on a book they have read.  When students are completed with their Musuem Box they will present these in class.
7th - The students have been busying working with the Museum Box program.  They are doing a book report on Museum Box.  The students will be present these in class when they are finished with them.  The 7th grade has been in charge of several newscasts. 
8th - The students have been busying working with the Museum Box program.  They are also doing a book report with Museum Box.  They will present these in class when they are finished with them. 
In each grade the students learned ways on how to be safe on the internet. 
The students were introduced to a website that Keystone provides to schools.  This website has several resources students can use in the classroom or when doing projects for teachers. 
This is the website for this resource. http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us
When getting to this website you need to click "Online Resources" on top.  After doing this there will be a list of resources for students.  When clicking on one of the resources you will need a User Name and Password.  The User Name is kaea133 and the Password is kaea01.