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TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS FOR EIGHTH GRADE--SOFTWARE-BASED
What's included in the eighth 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:
Copy an image into various backgrounds
Project
#7 Cropping in Photoshop Practice
PhotoShop's three methods of cropping--crop tool, lasso, magic wand.
then learn to copy the cropped image into any background and resize it
to fit its surroundings. Click the image to the left for a sample.
Pick an image from one picture; add to another
Project
#8 Cloning in PhotoShop Use PhotoShop's cloning tools to add images to a picture, or add part of one favored graphic to another. Click the image to the left for a sample
Click for sample newsletter
Project
#24 A Holiday Newsletter in Publisher Publisher is one of many desktop publishing (DTP) programs used to create brochures, magazines, newsletters, with easy-to-personalize templates. Here, students create a newsletter about vacation happenings. Click the image to the left for a sample
Tessellations in Nature
Project
#75 Tessellations in Excel By
shading cells in repetitive colors, or duplicating autoshapes, you
create amazing art using a math-based software. Proof that math and art
are two sides of the same coin Click the image to the left for a sample
Summative Excel Quiz
Project
#80 Two Heads Study Better than One--Excel Review for a summative Excel quiz with a partner; take the quiz solo Click the image to the left for a sample
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