Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine lesson plan, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.

Learners create a holiday card using technology. In this technology lesson, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Learners organize, design, and edit their card.

Young scholars complete a circle map describing why they love their mom and use a flower template to type the ways. Then they insert a digital picture into the center of the flower. The flowers are then printed out and given to their...

Learners create wallpaper for their computer screen. In this technology lesson plan, students use KidPix or Paint to design a picture which will be used as the wallpaper on their computer.

Young scholars produce a holiday newsletter using a software program. In this holiday newsletter lesson, students use a software template to write a newsletter. They fill in the template with appropriate information and pictures.

Students explore the differences between acoustic and digital pianos. In this music lesson, students listen to an acoustic piano and digital piano. Students play both types of pianos and discuss the differences.

Students create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Students illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.

Young scholars use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. For this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.

Students create a California Missions magazine that includes a Table of Contents, pictures, and websites. In this culture and history instructional activity, students research missions and write and create a magazine article about it.

Students choose a Shakespearean play to reenact into a modern setting. In this Shakespeare lesson, students practice insulting each other using Shakespearean language. Students watch Shakespeare plays and complete online research....

Students work individually or in small groups to design a series of special effects images. They use image editing software to explore how visual information is interpreted and manipulated digitally. Students create new, blank image...

Young scholars demonstrate the elements of design by creating a digital photography portfolio of photos taken in and arond the scool. The edit photos using Photoshope to emphasize the element of desing in each phot.

Learners analyze civil disobedience through history studying Thoreau, Gandhi, and Dr. King. In this civil disobedience lesson, students read and analyze excerpts from Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Learners demonstrate their...

Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...

Students write and publish a poem as part of a class poetry collection after analyzing the poetic structures of haiku, limericks, sound poems and free verse. After viewing a multimedia demonstration of the poetic structures, and after...

Twelfth graders complete research that exposes them to examples of nonviolent protest throughout the modern world. In this nonviolent protest research instructional activity, 12th graders discover information about signification...

Students interact with MapPoint tools to view maps of the past and the present in multiple ways. They participate in mini-lessons aimed at locating certain points of interest or famous routes taken in history.

Learners explore composition and symmetry to create their own digital media piece. In this design composition instructional activity, students visit the online websites and examples of asymmetrical compositions and symmetry. Learners...

Second graders analyze the proper form of a friendly letter and send flat Stanley letters all over the United States. In this letter writing lesson plan, 2nd graders read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and create their own Flat...

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students use iMovie to create a video highlighting their middle school in order to share with incoming students.

Students read Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to learn about epitaphs. In this Shakespeare lesson plan, students read sections from the play and piece together Shakespeare's epitaph using index cards. Students create a 4 line...

Students research Africa and prepare an advertisement about travelling to the continent. In this African travel lesson plan, students research a country in Africa and write an advertisement that encourages travel to the country. Students...

Students examine Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits and letters. They consider how first-person art forms aid the process of self-discovery. They produce a Van Gogh-style self-portrait and write a letter describing it

Students research social-documentary photography using Dorothea Lange’s documentary projects. In this photography analysis instructional activity, students analyze examples of photographs by Dorothea Lange and research one or...