Students write Haiku poetry and illustrate their poems with a form of digital or video technology. In this poetry and technology instructional activity, students study examples of haiku poetry and then write their own poem. Students use...

Students create and share movies using multimedia tools and the Windows Movie Maker software in this middle-level technology lesson. The lesson suggests the use of an Interactive Whiteboard, laptops, and digital cameras to create the...

Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...

In this grammar learning exercise, students learn to use past continuous verb forms by reading a digital time and thinking about what they were doing yesterday at that time. Students write the answer using the proper verb form. Example:...

In this rounding learning exercise, students solve 15 problems in which a two digit number is rounded to the nearest ten. Students draw lines from the number to the rounded numbers shown.

Students present persuasive speeches about philanthropy.  In this persuasive speech lesson, students create speeches to encourage younger children to become involved in their communities.  Students use video recorders and...

Students author friendship books. In this technology skills lesson plan, students take digital photographs of their friends and write about things they like to do with their friends to create friendship books.

Learners take a picture and create a writing piece. In this creative writing instructional activity, students use a digital camera to take a picture and then zoom in on what interests them. They use this picture as inspiration as the...

Students create poetry journals. For this poetry lesson, students discuss different pieces of poetry and listen to a poet. They use a digital camera to take a picture of something they find interesting and write a poem about it. 

In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the words pin, bid, ditch, drill, trim, digit, and pint. Students use the words in a memory activity, word scramble activity, and sentence writing activity.

In this online interactive number sense worksheet, students examine a series of 1 and 2-digit numbers. Students identify the even numbers in the series and check their answers.

Students read Gandhi and Dr. King's messages about nonviolence and discuss their visions about loving one's enemies. In this nonviolence lesson, students read Gandhi's "Ahimsa, or the Way of Nonviolence" and Dr. Martin Luther King's...

Students explore world traditions by utilizing computer programs. In this Internet research lesson, students utilize the TechnoCelebrate digital database to locate information regarding cultural celebrations. Students utilize Microsoft...

Learners work together using The Tool Factory Workshop to create memories for the entire school year. They (sixth graders) help the kindergarten with field day, grade level parties, local field trips, learning computer applications, and...

Pupils read an except form, "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, as a prompt for a family discussion about the history of their name. They use this discussion to express their personality by creating a Power Point slide show...

Fourth graders create fictional stories and demonstrate the use of various writing techniques. After selecting their main ideas, they find appropriate graphics to use as illustrations. In groups, 4th graders apply Hyperstudio in...

Ninth graders complete a unit of lessons on how the Internet is used as a resource for journalists. They visit a newspaper office, conduct Internet research, conduct an interview, and write a newspaper article using their researched...

Introduce young thespians to all aspects of the theater. A syllabus for a one-semester drama course provides lessons that take learners from the history of drama to the many facets of play production.

Middle schoolers write a personification poem and identify its use. They make a pattern worksheet and then use Photoshop Elements skills to illustrate their poem. Students use layer styles with the text to highlight the poetry.

Middle schoolers discuss current events and importance of understanding historical context for events today. They research current event and its historical context, and plan, shoot, and edit iMovie video essay using AppleWorks storyboard.

Explore websites, complete research, and use technological tools to create a final multimedia presentation on what makes a community special. Learners of all ages work with a partner to research an interesting aspect of their community,...

Learners create a poetry book.  In this poetry lesson, students write a cinquain poem, name poem, haiku, limerick, and preposition poem.  

Students use a scene from a book and make it come alive in movie clips.

Students use iPhoto to create a class alphabet book. After the teacher reads several alphabet books to the class, students brainstorm the names of objects that start with each letter of the alphabet.