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Telling Our Own Stories

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Explore online profiles and social media with your middle and high school classes. Use blogs to inspire your class to craft a well-written, thoughtful response to a prompt you give.  A few example prompts are given. 
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American Library Association

Creating 21st Century Superheroes

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Create 21st century learners by utilizing technology and library databases. Scholars explore the concept of comic books as literature and create a superhero who could uniquely solve a 21st century global issue. Databases such as SIRS are...
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Activity
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Digital Literary Portfolio

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Scholars choose between a variety of digital media in order to present literary concepts from To Kill a Mockingbird. Technology-heavy, the lesson requires that your class has computers, Microsoft Office Suite, and other devices such as...
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Homes of Yesterday and Today

For Teachers K
Students explore homes as shelters while they built writing and technology skills. In this homes of yesterday and today lesson, students produce books using digital photography. Students develop vocabulary while researching how homes are...
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Programming with Alice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars develop their technology skills. In this computer programming lesson, students use Alice software to complete programming tasks and ultimately to program a video game or movie.
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Presidential Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research the Internet to collect data about the US Presidents. They use the data that they collect along with available technology to produce trading cards and brochures using keyboarding skills, text boxes, acquiring photos,...
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Safe Passwords

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students brainstorm synonyms for security. In this Computer Skills lesson, students compare the home security to password security. Students read an article and review strategies for creating strong passwords. Students apply their...
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Get Your Facts Right!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the life and the contributions of Christopher Columbus. In this Exploration Age instructional activity, students participate in several activities regarding the explorer. Students use the Internet and print resources to...
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The Brooklyn Museum of Art Newspaper

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students create newspapers. In this technology skills activity, students create a newspaper layout using a word processor program. The newspaper features stories regarding the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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Complete the Squiggle Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students finish several squiggles. In this Microsoft Paint lesson, students use the pen tool to draw squiggle lines and then take turn adding to one another's squiggles to create something.
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Exploring our World through Video

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Student develop their technology skills. For this video production lesson, students create a movie featuring their day-to-day lives. Students use flip video cameras to film the movie and use software editing programs to prepare it for...
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Invasion of the Germs: We Fight Back!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars fight off germs. In this technology skills lesson, students create claymation videos with accompanying podcasts that educate others about the H1N1 virus and methods to fight germs.
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Planets for Sale

For Teachers 3rd
Student develop their technology skills. In this solar system lesson, 3rd graders create a movie featuring planets that they research. Students use flip video cameras to film commercials to market their planets.
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Digital Photography for Movie Making

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore digital photography. In this technology skills lesson, 5th graders take digital photographs and use them to create movies with movie maker software.
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Inventive Thinking - Future Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create marketing campaigns. In this technology skills lesson plan, students keep a log as they build prototypes of their inventions. Students then script and record video commercials to sell the prototypes.
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Ocean Vocabulary Word Scramble

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students visit a puzzle maker website and follow a list of instructions, creating a word scramble using sea animal vocabulary. They copy and paste graphics at the bottom of their puzzle, and print them out for other students to solve.
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Mother Goose Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners practice technology skills such as open, save, print, type, font size, font type. They also do graphics, importing,text wrapping.Critical thinking,graphic design, presenting are other skills practiced.
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Sc Dept. Of Education: The Simple Four: An Information Problem Solving Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Martha Alewine, consultant for South Carolina's School Library Media Services, has created several easy to use documents that show teachers and students how to use the Simple Four method of doing research. The steps include planning,...
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American Library Association

Aasl: Standards for the 21st Century Learner: Educators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides the standards to provide a literacy-conscious basis for the 21st-century classroom.
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Interactive
Other

Typing Club: Learn Touch Typing

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Use this free, online typing program to improve typing speed and fluency. Does not require an account. A school portal is available for teachers to customize lesson plans.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My Book of Seasons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this technology based lesson, young scholars produce a book of the four seasons that relates to their everyday life. They learn many facts about seasons by navigating the Internet.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Organism Power Points/ Booklets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson requires students to use technology to research information on any organism from one of the six kingdoms. Students use the information to produce a PowerPoint presentation or booklet to present to their classmates. This...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Systems of Our Human Body: A Study Through Power Point

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a student-led exploration of the systems of the human body, through technology. Students will work cooperatively to develop a PowerPoint presentation that will thoroughly explain each system. Systems included are: circulatory...
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Gcf Global: Tech Savvy Tips and Tricks

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, get tips and tricks to use your devices as efficiently as possible.