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TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS FOR FIRST GRADE--SOFTWARE-BASED
What's included in the First Grade software bundle:
Five step-by-step lessons, including reproducibles, grading rubrics, sample projects, extensions for advanced students and troubleshooting tips
Next-day email delivery in the universally-readable .pdf format
A brief summary of each project, including suggested grade level and prior knowledge, time required, software required, and other projects that should be completed prior to this one
Higher-order thinking skills addressed
Technology-specific skills taught (including National Education Technology Standards addressed
Here are the five lessons included in this bundle:
Anyone can draw in Excel
Project
#12 Creating Simple Shapes with Excel Excel
can be used to draw pictures, much as those nerdy folk used to do with
typewriter keys. Why draw in Excel? It's like using graph paper--allow
you to depict each part to scale. Another reason: Because it's there. Click the image to the left for a sample
One of the most popular, FREE, programs
Project
#38 Introduction to Google Earth Introduce
students to Google Earth, panning in and out, dragging with the mouse, changing
the perspective of the earth's surface, visiting the solar system. Use
classroom investigation into national symbols (Statue of Liberty, Pentagon, White House, etc.) to spark
their interest. Click the image to the left for a sample
Use Google Earth and KidPix
Project
#42 Where Did I come From? (using Google Earth and KidPix) Students will proudly display their country of origin using Google Earth to find it and KidPix to add text and a flag. Click the image to the left for a sample
Make a hard copy and an Excel copy
Project
#71 Beginning Graphs in Excel Have students fill cells with paint bucket, next to number showing a visual pictorial quantification of numbers and amounts Click the image to the left for a sample
Students collect the data and create a graph of their results
Project
#73 Graph a class survey in Excel Take
a class survey. Show the results in several Excel-friendly ways--as a
table on a worksheet and a graph that students can format as they desire Click the image to the left for a sample
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