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7th graders participate in digital citizenship case studies involving intellectual property and copyright issues such as plagiarism, software installation, Web content and trademarks. They discuss ethical and unethical decisions about the case studies in the context of their homes and schools.
Students write about different toys and games used by children at different stages of development. After reading an article, they identify the benefits and drawbacks of children's computer games and programs. In groups, they research a category of baby electronics and write an article reviewing the items.
Students access prior knowledge of emotion in art. In this typefaces lesson, students understand that the lines and shapes in the computers font give us different feelings. Students examine fonts and feelings. Students make a file card with emotion words and appropriate fonts.
Learners compare computer hardware and software by engaging in a PowerPoint presentation and looking at newspaper advertisements. They enter their data into handheld computers and share it with classmate by beaming it to their handhelds. They work in groups to design a poster of the computer they would chose.
Students create an alternate ending with digital animations to illustrate their text. In this novel creation lesson, students read a novel and analyze the plot in small groups. Students collaborate on an alternate ending and create a clay animation using a digital still camera and computer technology.
1st graders create patterns using Kidspiration software. In this computer technology lesson, 1st graders use the Kidspiration program to finish patterns. 1st graders drag the shape to the correct pattern. 1st graders then complete a pattern on their own.
Learners retell the events of the story, The Alphabet Tree on a flow map. Then using Kid Pix software, each child choose an event, illustrate it, and write a caption for it. They put their events in order in a Kid Pix Slide Show.
1st graders examine how to retell the events of a story in chronological order. In this story retelling lesson, 1st graders listen to a read aloud of Leo Lionni's, The Alphabet Tree, prior to filling in a flow chart of the story events. They use a software program to create a multimedia presentation the retells the story.
Students produce a report on the types of dinosaurs found in our state of Texas using a word processing software.
This lesson has students gather statistical information on the percentage of people employed ina given area in occupations that require a bachelor's degree or higher in a scientific, medical, mathematical, engineering, or computer technology field. They analyze the data and select appropriate statistical methods to design a presentation of this information to the class.
