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A Holiday Calendar in MS Publisher for Elementary School
Students create a holiday calendar using ms word. In this technology lesson plan, students create their own calendar while learning basic Publisher skills. Students use clipart, explore how to change fonts, and how to use templates.
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Know Your Computer Hardware #103
Students discover the different terms and parts of a computer's body. In this computer basics instructional activity, students become familiar with the parts of the computer, starting in kindergarten and increasing their knowledge...
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Altering Text Size, Color, and Font
Students explore computer text. In this word processing and computer lesson, students practice changing color, font, and the size of their text with guided instruction from the teacher.
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Beginning Graphs in MS Excel
Students practice creating graphs in Microsoft Excel. In this technology lesson, students conduct a random survey and collect data. Students use the Microsoft Excel program to create a bar graph of the data.
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Publisher Brochures
Learners create brochures on subjects they are studying in Publisher. In this nonfiction writing lesson, students use Publisher to create a brochure telling all the main ideas of a topic they are studying. Learners use text boxes, fonts...
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Tessellations in Excel
Students complete an Excel project on tessellations. In this technology and math lesson, students discuss tessellations and their occurrences in nature. Students use the Excel computer program to create tessellations.
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Indegenous Cultures Magazine in Publisher
Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine instructional activity, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.
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How to keep a timecard in Excel
Students fill out a timecard of family activities in Microsoft Excel. In this Excel lesson plan, students use the program to fill in times they do various activities with their families.
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How to Teach Dolch Words with Kid Pix
Students use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. In this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.
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Excel for Beginners
In this Excel lesson, students set a formula to check their homework. Students also use clipart, work in groups, and learn to use the tools in the drop-down list.
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Waste Watchers
Students recognize the importance of saving energy to save natural resources. In this saving energy instructional activity, students complete a worksheet to find types of electricity meters in their homes. Students use meter readings to...
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Learning with Technology and Literature
Students practice their reading comprehension by utilizing computers. In this education technology activity, students utilize a drawing program such as Microsoft Paint to draw pictures based upon the story they read, The Very Quiet...
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A Power Point Slide Show for Third Graders
Third graders explore PowerPoint. In this technology instructional activity, 3rd graders select a topic of interest and follow a guided instructional activity researching their topic. Students complete storyboards,...
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Sequencing Our Day
Students focus on translating the real experience of an ordinary day into a representation of it to assist with recall and stimulate expressive language. They compose picture captions to match visual representations of events of the...
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Basic Infosec
Sixth graders identify similarities between home security and computer (or information) security. In this information security instructional activity, 6th graders create their own secure folders using passwords on the computer to...
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Visit My Class Wikis
Pupils visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration lesson, students visit the links to view class wikis.
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Alphatech
Students explore letters and their sounds. In this beginning phonics literacy lesson plan, students bring objects from home that begin with an assigned letter. Students show their object/s and the teacher takes a...
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American Revolution
Young scholars create a magazine in Microsoft Publisher. In this magazine lesson plan, students create a magazine about the American Revolution using the publishing program.
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Holiday Cards using Publisher
Students create a holiday card using technology. In this technology instructional activity, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Students organize, design, and edit their card.
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Great Online Art Sites
Young scholars complete an online study of art websites. For this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.
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Animal Characteristics
Students create a graphic organizer to study animal characteristics. In this animal characteristics lesson plan, students use a program in Microsoft Word to create a brainstorm about different animal characteristics.
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How to Teach Geography with KidPix 1
Learners create a compass rose. In this geography lesson plan, students create a compass rose using the computer program KidPix 1.
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Cultural Corner- "Mexico"
Students use print and electronic resources to gather information about Mexico. They present a mini-museum to share with students, parents, and other interested classes around the district. They present their information in a video...
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A Guided Tour
Students identify differences in information found on the internet and in print books. They practice navigating between different pages and using shortcuts. They evaluate a site and share their findings with the class.