Technology: Computer Basics

All of the people in your class would agree that life would be different without the invention of the telephone! Study Alexander Graham Bell's most famous and influential invention through the primary source document of his sketch of the...

Students explore computer skills in the current job market by completing worksheet activities. In this modern technology lesson, students identify the importance of being technology savvy when it comes to running a business or embarking...

In this technology worksheet, students examine the parts of a computer by studying the 9 pictures. Students use the word bank to match the name of the computer part to the picture.

Compression, the process computers use to store information, is the focus of a resource that presents two different stories that describe the concept of compression by eliminating repeated letters and replacing them with a pointer. The...

The kids of Roxboro use the Internet to build their computer skills. Your class can do research on the community they live in to help them type, toggle between two windows, use a search engine, and use Microsoft Word. This is first and...

Students use word processing on a computer. In this computer literacy instructional activity students practice in the computer lab using Microsoft Works to create a text document. The students use a tongue twister to practice font...

Help your young writers develop their persuasive writing techniques in this New York Times lesson. They investigate objections to computer education, and develop their own outline for a computer lesson that would normally be taught in a...

Beginning with a discussion about using technology to collect data, this resource includes a video about the next Mars rover as an example. Young scientists are taught that filtering is necessary before collected data can be analyzed....

Students discover the different terms and parts of a computer's body.  In this computer basics lesson plan, students become familiar with the parts of the computer, starting in kindergarten and increasing their knowledge through school. ...