FIVE LESSONS FOR TEACHING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
This week, Education World provides five lessons about technology. Click each of the headlines below for a complete teaching resource. (Appropriate grade levels for each lesson appear in parentheses.)
What’s Inside My Computer?
Students draw a picture of what they think a computer looks like inside. Then they explore more. (Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, advanced)
Mousing Around
Practice using a mouse and complete a mouserobics scavenger hunt. (Grades PreK, K-2, 3-5)
Word Processing Can Be Lots of Font!
A fun poem activity helps reinforce basic word processing skills. (Grades 3-5, 6-8)
Finding Your Way in the World Wide Web
A fun grouping activity teaches about databases. Then students test kid-friendly search engines to find the best one. (Grades 3-5, 6-8)
There’s a Monster in My E-Mail!
In this simple collaborative e-mail project, students make new friends as they practice their drawing, writing, and computer skills. (Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
More Computer Lessons...
As Education World editors combed the Internet in search of great technology resources for teachers, we found the following 20 lesson plans. Approximate grade levels for each lesson appear in parentheses.
- Creating and Presenting Haiku With Kid Pix (Grades 3-5)
Students use KidPix as they develop original haikus. - Computers at Work (Grades 9-12)
Explore careers in the computer field. - My First PowerPoint Presentation (Grades K-2, 3-5)
Students create their first PowerPoint presentation. - Using DHTML and JavaScript to Animate a Snowman (Grades 9-12)
Older students learn to use DHTML and JavaScript to create animations. (of course it is prefered that you change this to something more appropiate, inshaAllah) - A Digital Quilt (Grades 3-5)
Use digital photography to create a digital quilt. - TechKnow Genius (Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Create a PowerPoint game based on TV’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. - Make A Great WebPage (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
Students learn to build a Web page. - Web Trails: An Online Adventure (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
Complete a WebQuest about exploring Iowa’s parks. - Primary Keyboarding Skills (Grades K-2)
Introduce younger students to keyboarding. - Use Boolean Search Terms to Shorten Web Searches (Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Explore the advantages of using Boolean search terms for Internet searches. - True or False: A Lesson in Web Literacy (Grades 9-12)
Students learn how to evaluate the reliability of a Web site’s content. - Evaluating Web Sites for Bias (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
Students evaluate a Web site about Dr. Martin Luther King for bias. - Jo Cool or Jo Fool? (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
This "online game about savvy surfing" from the Media Awareness Network includes an extensive Teacher Guide. - Rules in Cyberspace (Grades 3-5, 6-8)
This lesson plan on hacking and copyright violations includes links to cyberethics sites for kids. - M&Ms (Grades K-6)
Students create a spreadsheet showing how many M&Ms of each color are in a single bag. - WYSIWYG (Grades 6-12)
How do you know if a Web site is legitimate? - Grandmother and Me (Grades1-9)
Students from around the world participate in an e-mail project in which they tell the word for grandmother in their language, describe things they do (or did) with their grandmothers, and write a collaborative story about grandmothers. - Grade 6 Cool Sites (Grades 3-9)
Visit several Web sites and write a critique of the most interesting site. - Geo Game (Grades 3-8)
Students participate in a collaborative online project in which they help create and solve geography puzzles. - Spreadsheet Lesson Plan (Grades 3-5, 6-8)
Learn how to use a spreadsheet to enter data and perform calculations.