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**Standards** [|ISTE Technology Standards for students]

**Links to other teacher's websites, Blogs, Wiki** [|askatechteacher] many ideas and web-links from an experienced tech teacher [|Technology Integration in Education] website for technology teachers to share resources and ideas [|Sallie Michalsky's Computer Lab] links to many great programs [|Mrs. Michalsky's Ed-Tech Blog] [|Jefferson CO Schools Interactive Websites] large collection of resources and links [|Technologizing Teachers] many web links [|Curriculum Companion] many lessons, resources: subscription required (password email address password: password) [|Mrs. Lowie's Webpage] many great sites for intermediate grades [|Internet4Classrooms] links to many different educational sites [|Rockingham CO Public Schools] many activities, and links sorted by grade level and subject [|Lesson on Google Earth] [|The Alien Teacher]webpage from experienced tech teacher with many links and ideas <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">stm computers tech teacher wikispace <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|ikeepbookmarks.com] bookmarks to many websites for kids <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|computer lab favorites] by scholastic <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|scholastic lab] wheel of activities <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|ABCya] many learning games and activities divided by grade <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Vines Online] tech teacher website <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">smteacher wiki with ideas to teach tech <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">computer lab activities wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Primary Teaching Resources] (BBC) many great resources, requires a log-in <span class="style_5" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tammy Worcester technology Tips for Teachers] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Thinkuknow] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|nscomputer lab] this is a good example of an computer lab webpage [|Teach Parents Tech] email lessons to teach basic computer skills [|Prezi]about property, possession and respect [|Nichole Gladish's Portaportal]teacher start page for website links

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Group Online Projects** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Winter Wonderland <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The American Math Challenge] math contest for kids across the USA in October <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|World Math and World Spelling Day](March 2011)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Computer animation** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|abcya.com/animate] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|FluxTime Studio] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sam Animation] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Scratch] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Kidzdom] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|LEGO Comic Builder]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|How to make a powerpoint] 1 minute tutorial <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Photo Story] 1 minute tuitorial lesson
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How to videos **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Internet safety** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Brain Pop Jr. Video (free]) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|I Keep Kids Safe] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Privacy Playground] (First Adventure of 3 CyberPigs) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Internet Safety in the Elementary Years] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|NetSmartz Kid]s <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Disney Surf Swell Island] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cyber Cafe] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Net Safe Utah]Online safety information including student videos <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Infinate Learning Lab] life skills lessons: online safety, cyberbullying, self-esteem peer pressure... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Thinkuknow] European website with may resources for teachers about internet safety. Includes downloadable lessons and cartoons <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hector's World] computer safety cartoons (k-2) includes printable coloring book lessons

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|imput and output devices]Learn the difference then test your knowledge <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Booker's computer] learn the parts of the computer <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|ABCya Parts of a computer] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Label the Computer Parts] [|Computer Components Lesson] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Quia Parts of the Computer] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Solve the Jigsaw Puzzle]Put together the pieces of the puzzle to form a computer <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|A Google a Day]A question each day that can be researched using google. Good way to practice online research & key words <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|All about me scavenger hunt (k-3)] great idea to use! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|All about me scavenger hunt] (4-6) excellent get to know you activity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|fuzzmail]email that shows words as they are typed. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|newspaper clip generator]Type in your article or story and see it made into a news clip
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Teaching technology **

[|Teaching about the web]

**Learn to Type**

Doorwayonline.org/uk/ Keyboard Climber Key Seeker Big Brown Bear Typing with Booker Crazy Typing Find the Letter Typing with Carmen Molly Lends A Hand: Skywords Typing Chef Magic Library Treasure Dive FreeTypingGame.net Cup Stack Typing Super Hyper Typer Alpha Munchies Bubbles KeyMan Type Me Typing with Yasmine [|Type Hero] (like guitar hero) [|Starship Typing game] [|Online Free Typing Lessons]

Movie Maker and Photo Story The following are directions on how to use these programs:

Live MovieMaker Cheat Sheet

Movie Maker 2.6 Cheat Sheet

Photostory Cheat Sheet

PowerPoint Cheat Sheet

The Dot Interview 13 Colonies News HPTV News Advertisement (Voting) Local Government Persuasion (Red Light Camera) Character Ed
 * MovieMaker **

Pizza Our Flag Past Present [|The Dot Retell] Documentary - Holidays
 * Photostory **

__** Biking Movies **__

[|bike22.wmv]

[|bike21.wmv]

[|bike19.wmv]

[|bike10.wmv]

[|bike12.wmv]

[|bike4.wmv]

[|bike3.wmv]

__** Newscast Movies **__

Weather

What's Happening

Perseverance

Rules

Classroom

Animal Movies

Pizza Sequencing

__Animal Pictures__

Birdcroc

Birddog

catrabbit

crocfrog

dogbird

eagledog

ferretpenguin

foxbird

koalaelephant

parrotdog

squirrelcat

tigerpolarbear

__Quiet Music__

Open Forest

Quest

Victory Planet

__Fast Music__

Blaster

Freezer Burn

Now We Dance

Spyder

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Technology Vocabulary** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|TEK Mom Tech Buzzwords for students] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tech Terms Computer Dictionary]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Computer activities & printouts for when computer lab is not available** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|coloring page of keyboard] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|pre-colored version of keyboard] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cyber smart] printable activities with each lesson <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Net Smart] coloring book

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Whiteboard resources** (could be used when lab is not available <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Computer jeopardy] vocabulary game

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Technology Grant Information** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**[|tech grant calendar]** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Utube videos** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[] video to encourage staff to use technology

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Tools** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Wordle] Make a beautiful word cloud <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tagxedo] Word cloud with styles <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|bubbl.us] brainstorming and mind maps <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|KerPoof] spell a picture, make a movie, drawing, picture, tell a story <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Online Stickies] online stickies <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Scratch] create and share interactive stories, games, music and art <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tux Paint Open source drawing software <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Puzzlemaker] make a word search, criss-cross, maze... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jeopardy Labs] make your own jeopardy review games that can be saved or posted online <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mister Maker Magic Paintbox] check out all the things you can draw with, from rainbow rollers to glue and buttons to pasta and more! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Kids Blog] a safe online way to Blog <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Google SketchUp] cool design projects <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|make your own trading cards] great get to know you activity

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Just for fun** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jam Brett Postcards]personalize and send a postcard for free to any cyberfriend with an email address! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|font de music] type a word or phrase, add music and watch it rock out <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Coloring For All] online coloring pages, dot to dot pictures, drawing, puzzles

[] create what looks like a text message conversation from an iPhone. It can be used for vocabulary, practicing voice in writing, book reviews, poetry, and more!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Learn to use the mouse**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mousing around](Kindergarten)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Bees and Honey] (Kindergarten)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tidy the Classroom] for kids who can read

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mouse Program]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Song My Computer Mouse] (K-1)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mouse Program] practice skills: move the mouse, single click, double click...


 * Lesson Ideas Younger Kids:**

We type the alphabet later in the year, type their names, type numbers. To help learn the parts of the computer I sing a song to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus". The buttons on the mouse go click click click, click click click, click click click...the buttons on the mouse go click click click in the computer lab. On the monitor we see our work...The CPU it thinks thinks thinks....With the headphones we hear it talk, hear it talk, hear it talk...on the keyboard we type gently, type gently, type gently. We do hand motions with each part...we click with out fingers, type for keyboard, point to our eyes, ears, and head for the others. The kids remember the song. We sing it every time they come for several weeks

Read "Go Away, Big Green Monster" book to kick start and do my own Monster Exchange

I have used the Rainbow Fish and had the students create their own Rainbow Fish pictures in KidPix. I have done the same with Elmer (the patchwork elephant). For a different project, we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Then the students had to write their own sentences, like "On Monday he ate through a (blank)". They chose the item for the caterpillar to eat through, then stamped a picture of that item and drew a hole in it to show where he had eaten. All of these have been very popular lessons with my students.

I just did a lesson with my 2nd and 3rd graders using Judith Viorst's poem "If I Were in Charge of the World." We read the poem and talked about things they would change. Then we used Kerpoof to create a picture with the speech bubbles saying the things the kids would change if they were in charge. Some of the kids wrote changes that were specific to the picture they used. These were great fun and so easy on my part!

"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" is great fun too with making their own picutres in Kid Pix.


 * Lesson Ideas Using Word**

A great lesson I do with my 3rd graders at the beginning of the year is a list of favorites.

First the type in their first and last name.

Skip two lines. I show them that pressing enter goes to the next line, so to skip a line they have to press it twice. This concept, though seemingly easy, seems to take them a while to understand.

Then I have, on the board, a bunch of sentence starters. Examples are. "My favorite season is..." "My favorite color is..." "My favorite animal is..."

I remind them how to delete the ... and replace it with their answer. Some of them may even be quick enough to realize they need to change something in the starter to make it "make sense". (If the starter is "My favorite game is..." and they decide they want to put soccer //and// football, they notice that "is" needs to be changed to are and an then need to add an s to game.) They should be skipping a line between each sentence.

After that, they go back and add a clip art to the end of each sentence. I review with them how to locate the clip art and resize it (they have done this since 1st grade). For the sentence that has their favorite color, I have them change the color of color word.

Finally, I have them select then entire document and change the font size to 14 or 16 pt, depending on how much room is left on the paper. Sometimes I will purposely make it to large to demonstrate the Undo command.

This all takes about 2-3 class periods, depending how many sentence starters you have and how quick they type/hunt for clip art.

For those that go a bit quicker, they love to play around with fonts and colors for their name!

**Poems:**
We do Acrostic Poetry... For example, at the beginning of the year we do a FALL acrostic poem.

I go step by step with this one - it could take 2 classes if they aren't familiar with WORD. We do acrostic poems several times throughout the year since it teaches so many WORD skills.

See attachment.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

SKILLS Learned: Right-click to check spelling Center text Format page border Format font, size, and color Insert clipart