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Power Reporting: Computer Assisted Reporting in the Newsroom
Read about a 10-step program for implementing a workable program for using computers in the newsroom consistently and effectively. Journalism today is increasingly reliant on computer-based technology.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Privacy and Encryption
Students simulate sending a secret message to a friend via the internet, attempting to deliver the message safely and securely.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Robots and Block Diagrams
A robot can execute very primitive commands, but it needs instructions to combine them. In this lesson, look at two types of instructions: commands and conditionals. Students split into pairs and one becomes a robot while the other one...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Computer Science Principles
A basic introductory course to computer science. Covers what computers are, their parts, and what they do; what the Internet is and how it works; some basic programming concepts; algorithms; data analysis; and global impact of computers...
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Programming in Scratch
Students experience what is it like to be computer programmers through the children's computer coding game, Scratch, developed by MIT engineers.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Concurrency and Synchronization
Through attempts to perform tasks in sync with each other, students experience the computer science challenges of concurrency and synchronization.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Cpu
Introduce students to the working capability of the CPU of a computer. Look at instructions given to the processor to do simple arithmetic functions and how registers are used.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Binary System
How are the numbers stored in a computer? Have young scholars think of binary as a set of bulbs with on and off states. Take a look at how many numbers can be represented with a limited set of bulbs.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Message Routing
Students simulate a server and are connected via computer networks. Representatives from each table act as routers, and as they write messages to each other, the routers help route these messages.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Functions
Take a a look at examples of functions, and then explore functions representing arithmetic operations followed by boolean and string types. Throughout the workshop children do various assignments calculating function result or drawing a...
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Google for Education: Presentations on Cs and Technology for Young Children
Teach young children the basics of computer science and computational thinking skills through this collection of ready to use presentations aimed to engage young learners.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Full Development Cycle
Experience what it's like to work in the field of technology, and take on something never done before. Brainstorm, prototype, plan, implement, work in a team, coordinate between teams, learn from failures or enjoy a success.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Web Search Simulation
In this presentation show how fast web search is implemented. Create sample web pages, then have crawlers collect these pages, sorters sort them, and searchers retrieve the information.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Sorting
Young scholars learn about data sorting, and by what criteria can one sort things by different algorithms such as selection, insertion and bubble sort.
Computer Hope
Computer Hope: Free Computer on Line Help
Need help with a technology problem? Try this interactive, on-line tutor, discussion board site. Main topics are listed; click to see if your concern has already been answered, or type in your question and wait for a reply.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Simulating a Computer
Students play the main computer components like a CPU, mouse, or IO controller to simulate calculator application by moving a mouse, synchronizing it with the mouse pointer on the screen and sending request to the processor.
University of Washington
Uw: Disabilities, Opportunities and Technology
The DO-IT Center serves to increase the success of people with disabilities and promotes the use of accessible information technology and universal design. Search the pages for content tailored to your needs.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Institute of Standards and Technology: Insertion Sort
Provides a clear definition of an insertion sort with links to a Java implementation and other demonstrations.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Memory and Single Linked Lists
Have your learners look at what memory is, in particular how a linked list can be used to represent a list of numbers. Explore linked lists in a game setting.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Technology Over Time
In this interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn how technology in the home has changed through the years. Scroll through a timeline from 1900 to 2010 to explore technological innovations in the home (such as...
Read Works
Read Works: Using Cellphones and Computers to Transmit Information
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in communication after computers and cell phones. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Creative Writing
Students collaborate to create a story together at the same time using Google shared document.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Illustrated Story
Students collaboratively create an illustrated story as a team by using Google Presentation.
Other
A Brief History of Computers and Networks
Provides historical information on computers and networks, from the beginning of mechanical calculators in the 1640's to modern times.