Bring hands-on learning into your computer science and technology education with Coding Quests games. This board game practices If/Then/Else language while students move their Reindeer characters through a path filled with obstacles. Can they get their gifts delivered and make it back to the North Pole Safely on Christmas Night?
Try digital animation with your students with a simple and engaging Summer theme project! Students choose from background options and then add shapes, text, and clip art graphics to make a scene. Then they duplicate the slide and make a small change over and over (about 50 times) to animate the scene. Once the stop motion animation is complete students publish it to the web and can optionally make it into a GIF using a website tool.
Teach students how to follow and decompose algorithms with these Code Builder digital activities. 2 types of digital activities ask students to follow an algorithm to put a design together and then look at a pre-built design and type their own algorithm for it.
Use these activities as a lesson on understanding what an algorithm is, how to write one, follow one, and decompose one. I even included printable posters and vocabulary cards.
This resource works on so many great technology skills. While students may be familiar with using snap cubes (or counting blocks or whatever you call them) to make designs, it brings the skill to a whole new level to do it digitally. 10 Valentine’s Day designs in 4 different levels for differentiation between grade levels k-5.
Using technology and problem solving skills, students decipher codes and complete activities to learn the Online Research Skills topic of Search Engines. The activities are housed in a Google Slides file and students enter their codes into a locked Google Form.
Timely Tech is designed to help your students build tech skills while incorporating monthly themed digital activities.
When I teach my students with monthly themed activities that bring in the other subject areas, I find that they are more engaged and empowered to learn.
Students are going to love discovering what Christmas themed design is hidden in the spreadsheet software mystery picture and you’ll love that they are practicing so many different skills. While students may be familiar with paper and pencil mystery pictures, it takes it to a whole new level to do it digitally. Students will really master the toolbar in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. The activity has them filling 100 cells in the table per design, making it a mastery activity.
120 sight words and spelling words coded in Binary to give students a decoding challenge. They are broken up into 12 sets of 10 digital flash cards which students access via a clickable PDF to take them to the web pages. After each word, students click check to see if they got it right or wrong.
Introduce a lesson on using a computer mouse or trackpad with this eBook that goes over how a mouse and trackpad work. Starting with the ball-style mouse, then learning about the optical mouse, then on to trackpads and other types of inputs.
Students color 5 worksheets with icons that represent the different things we can do with a trackpad (click, click and drag, right click, double click, scroll, swipe, etc.). Perfect for an offline activity!
Introduce a lesson on how the Internet works with this eBook that goes over how the internet started, how it works, and how we use it. Great for a warm up activity in the computer lab or classroom. Share the PDF with students for a paperless experience or print the nonfiction text out as a booklet.
Digital interactive slides for 4th and 5th grade students with a December theme. Timely Tech is designed to help your students build tech skills while incorporating monthly themed digital activities.
When I teach my students with monthly themed activities that bring in the other subject areas, I find that they are more engaged and empowered to learn. There is intentionally lots of repetition from month to month with these Timely Tech activities because students are building both tech and academic skills.
Using technology and problem solving skills, students decipher codes and complete activities to learn the Online Research Skills topic of Taking Notes (Putting Information Together). The activities are housed in a Google Slides file and students enter their codes into a locked Google Form.
This resource works on so many great technology skills. While students may be familiar with using snap cubes (or counting blocks or whatever you call them) to make designs, it brings the skill to a whole new level to do it digitally. 10 St. Patrick’s Day designs in 4 different levels for differentiation between grade levels k-5.
Avatar Character digital glyph and digital animation projects in one bundle. You can use both projects with the same students or have students do the digital glyph the first year and then the digital animation the next year. Ideal for computer lab teachers or upper elementary classroom teachers.
Using technology and problem solving skills, students decipher codes and complete activities to learn the Online Research Skills topic of Copyright Rules. The activities are housed in a Google Slides file and students enter their codes into a locked Google Form.
These Coding Activities are perfect for your grades 2-5 students. These are fully digital and can be used through Google Slides or PowerPoint. Let your students learn about computer languages in a fun and engaging way. These activities are independent click and go lessons on binary, coding, and problem solving. Perfect for the ISTE standard Computational Thinking. They would even be great for your STEM time in class or your Maker Space during the Hour of Code!
Using technology and problem solving skills, students decipher codes and complete activities to learn the Online Research Skills topic of How to Read a Webpage. The activities are housed in a Google Slides file and students enter their codes into a locked Google Form.
Using technology and problem solving skills, students decipher codes and complete activities to learn the Online Research Skills topic of Advanced Search. The activities are housed in a Google Slides file and students enter their codes into a locked Google Form.
Using technology and problem solving skills, students decipher codes and complete activities to learn the Online Research Skills topic of Judging Online Information. The activities are housed in a Google Slides file and students enter their codes into a locked Google Form.
Using technology and problem solving skills, students decipher codes and complete activities to learn the Online Research Skills topic of Ads in Search Results and Sponsored Content. The activities are housed in a Google Slides file and students enter their codes into a locked Google Form.
Introduce a lesson on operating systems with this eBook that goes over what operating systems are and the three most popular operating systems. There are also pages about mobile and chrome OS. Great for a warm up activity in the computer lab or classroom. Share the PDF with students for a paperless experience or print the nonfiction text out as a booklet.
Digital interactive slides for 4th and 5th grade students with a October theme. Timely Tech is designed to help your students build tech skills while incorporating monthly themed digital activities.
When I teach my students with monthly themed activities that bring in the other subject areas, I find that they are more engaged and empowered to learn. There is intentionally lots of repetition from month to month with these Timely Tech activities because students are building both tech and academic skills.
Timely Tech is designed to help your students build tech skills while incorporating monthly themed digital activities.
When I teach my students with monthly themed activities that bring in the other subject areas, I find that they are more engaged and empowered to learn.
This resource works on so many great technology skills. While students may be familiar with using snap cubes (or counting blocks or whatever you call them) to make designs, it brings the skill to a whole new level to do it digitally. 10 Cinco de Mayo designs in 4 different levels for differentiation between grade levels k-5.
Introduce a lesson on how digital storage works with this eBook that goes over flash drives, external hard drives, and cloud storage options. Great for a warm up activity in the computer lab or classroom. Share the PDF with students for a paperless experience or print the nonfiction text out as a booklet.
This resource works on so many great technology skills. While students may be familiar with using snap cubes (or counting blocks or whatever you call them) to make designs, it brings the skill to a whole new level to do it digitally. 10 Earth Day designs in 4 different levels for differentiation between grade levels k-5.
Students are going to love discovering what Valentine’s Day themed design is hidden in the spreadsheet software mystery picture and you’ll love that they are practicing so many different skills. While students may be familiar with paper and pencil mystery pictures, it takes it to a whole new level to do it digitally. Students will really master the toolbar in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. The activity has them filling 100 cells in the table per design, making it a mastery activity.
Timely Tech is designed to help your students build tech skills while incorporating monthly themed digital activities. When I teach my students with monthly themed activities that bring in the other subject areas, I find that they are more engaged and empowered to learn. This set includes Back to School themed activities that work regardless of which month you go back to school.
A full year of Fifth Grade Technology Activities with a Pacing Guide. You can follow the guide or choose to complete the activities in any order you like. Please see the individual product descriptions to learn more about each included resources.
This is a bundle of the 5th Grade resources that is an alternative to the k5tech.net subscription.
Students can learn and memorize the keyboard shortcuts by completing 10 engaging secret picture tile puzzles. These puzzles are great mouse or trackpad practice as well as being an opportunity to practice navigating a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.
Digital activities for the book The Technology Tail that are perfect for grades 3-5. 12 total digital activities that will help students expand their understanding of this great read aloud storybook. I designed this for technology teachers or media specialists so that you can read the same book to all 3 grade levels and then assign them different activities. You can read it again the next year with fresh activities for the next grade!