Tasty Tech Activity With Excel
Subjects Educational Technology Mathematics --Measurement --Process Skills Grade [facebookbadge] Brief Description This lesson plan helps classroom teachers introduce basic Excel skills to students in elementary and middle school. Objectives Students will input data into spreadsheet cells. Keywords spreadsheet, data collection, data analysis, survey, fat food Materials Needed[shopmaterials] computer access Tasty Tech Activity template (provided), or have students make their own. Lesson Plan Do your students need basic spreadsheet skills, but you aren't an expert with Excel? Begin by explaining to students that they will learn how to create colorful graphs by adding data to a computer program called Excel. Click cell A2, where the words "Teacher's Name" are and type your name instead. Have students open the TastyTech template on their own computers (Be sure to put the file on students' computers beforehand, or show them how to access it on the school's network if that's an option). Assessment
Differentiation - tools, tips and resources
Differentiation is an important aspect of education. Students learn differently, have different needs, different backgrounds, different skills, different ability levels, different interests and more. As educators, we try to create engaging lesson activities that provide a variety of learning experiences and allow students to demonstrate their learning in different ways. Differentiation should occur in both how students learn and gain knowledge and skills, and in how they demonstrate and are assessed on what they have learned. “In the practice of education, differentiation is defined as working to address the abilities, interests, and needs (both perceived and real) of individuals. Differentiation provides students with opportunities to approach curriculum from their strengths, as varied as these might be.” Here are some resources, tips, and tools on differentiation: Digital Differentiation - ideas and tools for differentiating with digital resources
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swisherc-Keyboarding
Keyboarding This course is designed to teach middle grades students basic keying skills, which consist of fluent manipulation of letter, figure/symbol, and basic service keys by touch. Emphasis is on daily use of a computer system and appropriate software to provide integrated training through a learn/practice/sustain/assess plan of skill building. Communication skills are reinforced as students format, compose, and proofread. Keyboarding Bell Ringer Numeric Keypad Emoticons.doc Keyboarding Practice/Game Websites - typing tests in different languages Digital Literacy
Fast Food Fun
Objective: Use the Internet and spreadsheets to find calories and fat in a typical fast food meal. Project Rubric: Information on how this project will be graded. Procedure: Step One: Decide which fast food restaurant you would like to visit. Click on that restaurant's web site below. McDonald's: Burger King: Wendy's: Other Restaurants: (This site allows you to search many fast food restaurant sites.) Once there, plan a meal with a sandwich, salad or other main dish, a side dish (french fries, etc), a drink, and a dessert. Step Two: Enter your data in an Excel spreadsheet. Step Three: Visit the United States Department of Agriculture to find out more about healthy eating guidelines: Browse through this site and answer the questions on your handout. Step Four:
Last Week in Lab: Week Ending 04/06/12
This post is part of my continuing series of weekly lesson summaries. My goal is to give parents & caregivers in our school community the resources needed to extend student learning at home, and to share my professional practice with teacher colleagues around the world in the interest of improving my craft. Week ending 04/06/12 Kindergarten What we covered / did / explored: We warmed up with a quick game of “Cut the Rope,” a highly addictive and cognitively challenging activity designed to test understandings of simple physics and cause & effect. What I learned / observed / inferred: Kids are overwhelmingly positive. What students can do at home: This lesson is easy to replicate with Tux Paint or any other painting/drawing program. First Grade We warmed up with a quick game of “Cut the Rope,” a highly addictive and cognitively challenging activity designed to test understandings of simple physics and cause & effect. Second Grade This lesson is always a student favorite. Third & Fourth Grade
