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Art as a profession

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research a possible career in computer animation. In this computer animation lesson plan, students research the amount of money you could make in computer animation and the kinds of jobs you could acquire.
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Dreamworks Animation Character Design

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Dive into animation creation using Dreamworks® animated films. Compare and contrast characters, wonder and ponder why the plot is so important, and think of background and themes as your creativity unrolls onto paper.
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Our Dinopals with WordArt

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Elementary schoolers use the writing process steps to write a descriptive paragraph about a fictional dinosaur. Using a tech tool lesson, they create a graphic title for the paragraph. A nice blending of technology with "old-fashioned"...
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Class Memory Book

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Class members use digital cameras, computers, laser printers, and booklet making supplies to create their own page for a class memory book.
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Compute Border Cards

For Students 4th - 5th
In this technology worksheet, students use the blank cards with a computer theme border for any note taking task. There is a graphic across the top of the card featuring computers with cartoon faces. There are no directions for use.
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Student Published Books

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a graphic organizer after it is modeled by the teacher.  In this graphic organizer instructional activity, 5th graders complete a graphic organizer describing chapter 1 of a book.  Graphic organizers will be revised...
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Art and Technology - Design - Alexander Calder

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gain an awareness for the work of Alexander Calder, study a variety of utilitarian objects and discuss their purposes, and create graphic of a utilitarian piece using computer graphic software.
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Prewriting 2 Getting Ideas

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a poem or short paragraph and have students picture it in their minds. They relate the topic to something in their experience and illustrate, 4th graders generate questions with a graphic organizer, use Prewriting2...
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Drawing Plants with Plant Studio Freeware

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars identify parts of plants by name and the relationship among these parts as they use Plant Studio Freeware Wizard and tools on the computer to draw a particular plant from life or from a picture.
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Music Technology: Adding a Voice to a Cartoon

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students add their voice to a cartoon character and review sound waves using music technology software. They record specific information into the computer using a microphone and import their voice into the Flash program and apply it to...
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Illustrated Children's Books

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create their own illustrated book. For this illustration lesson, students review books given the Caldecott award. They create their own illustrations for a book and digitally scan them to a computer to make their pages. 
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Advertising for Healthy Habits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create ads based on provided topic. In this digital art lesson, students role play as graphic designers working on a project for a client. They research about certain health issues and prepare a public poster about it.
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Sergei Prokofiev's "peter And the Wolf": Learning And Creating

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write their own version of "Peter and the Wolf". They explore the characters and the instruments that represent the characters. They use graphic organizing software to brainstorm ideas for characters and story lines for...
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A Power Point Slide Show for Third Graders

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore PowerPoint.  In this technology lesson, 3rd graders select a topic of interest and follow a guided lesson researching their topic.  Students complete storyboards, introductions, table of contents and expository...
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What's the Matter?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore matter.  In this matter and technology lesson, students locate examples of solids, liquids, and gases inside and outside the classroom, and record their findings in a graphic organizer.  Students listen to the book What...
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A Day in the Life

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils create a movie or slide show depicting a typical day at school through the eyes of a student. Students will use knowledge and experience to tell about events. Pupils will use multimedia to tell about events.
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Using Artifacts for Clues About Identity

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Learn about the ancient Near East through a close examination of ancient artifacts. Lead your class into analysis by first observing an artifact as a class. Pupils can then work in pairs to analyze the other artifacts and compile a list...
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4 Part Color Study in Painter Classic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Wacom tablet to demonstrate observational drawings, design principles, and color schemes. Students create four different images of a common art or graphics tool based on four color schemes and a different effect.
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Magnify The Monster In Me

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students gradually develop fine-motor movement skills with the mouse, while building on the gross-motor movements they are already able to make with the mouse. It encourages students to look at the same painting different ways, and...
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Computer Applications - 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with the basic tags that are used to make web pages. They consider the factors that make a well-developed web site and web page and use the basic elements of HTML to code a simple text file.
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Lift Off with Rockets!

For Teachers K
Students obtain information concerning rockets and the use of them in space, create their own rocket on the computer with the graphic choices on the website www.goobo.com, and write descriptive words or phrases to describe their rockets.
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Thanksgiving Then and Now

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners create a Venn diagram to compare the Pilgrim's "First Thanksgiving" with today's Thanksgiving celebration. They use one type of graphic organizer, a Venn diagram, talk and read about the Thanksgiving celebration of 1621 at...
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Chinese Paper-Cuts

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the art and culture of China while increasing their dexterity in art and their skills of papermaking. Students identify and analyze the application of the elements and principles of design to the cute of paper-making...
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Digital Parts of Speech

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate different parts of speech by creating digital skits. In this digital education instructional activity, students collaborate in groups to research the Internet for clips and music that represent the different parts of...

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