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
Teacher Resources for Learning about Copyright and Fair Use
February 11, 2014 Working with digital media materials implicitly entails a tacit knowledge about the different concepts related to copyright and fair use. I have always insisted through the posts I shared in the "copyright materials for teachers " section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning on the importance of teaching our students about how to properly credit sources and documents they grab from Internet. Of course copyright literature is huge and complicated and is hard to understand it all but having a working rudimentary knowledge of what relates to copyright issues within educational settings is not something to sweat over. The main points covered in this course are featured below.
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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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
Searching for and Citing Digital Sources for Research Paper using MLA Style
Introduction: Begin by asking students what search engines they use to locate information. (Responses will probably include Google, Ask.com, and perhaps Google Scholar). Once you have received all responses tell students there are many search options available to them depending on the type of information they are looking for. Step 1: All students should be at a computer with Internet access. Provide an electronic copy and/or paper copy of the following search engines for students:Explain to students that they are to select a topic. Once students are ready to begin research, explain to them that they must have five sources to cite, each one should come from a different search engine. Step 2: Once students have posted their web sites and evaluations, they will create a "Works Cited" page of the sources using MLA format. Step 3: Demonstrate how to use Son of Citation Machine to site a web page. Gordon, Sarah.
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:
