3 Halloween themed Keyboard shortcuts “games” that can be completed on any device. There are 12 keyboard shortcuts included and these 12 are repeated throughout the 3 games. This gives students an opportunity to master them. There is a 1 page poster included for you to use to introduce the keyboard shortcuts if your students are new to them.
This complete unit has 9 reading passages, vocab cards, a multiple choice assessment, and 36 digital activity slides for online research topics. It is ideal for computer lab teachers to use during tech class as you can choose which topics to complete with each grade level.
Watch your students master directional coding with these engaging Build a Character Digital Coding activities. It is also great keyboard shortcut practice! Perfect for the ISTE standard Computational Thinking and Computer Science Week. They would even be great for your STEM time in class or your Maker Space during the Hour of Code!
Directional coding is the foundation of learning to code. It builds the problem-solving skills students will need to transition into block coding and then actual coding languages.
By working on progressively harder challenges, students will get to practice the skill multiple times.
Students can learn and memorize the Chromebook Special Keys 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.
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15 Word Processing modules for the Intermediate skills. Most appropriate for students in grades 3-5 or students who have had an introduction to Word Processing. For each skill, there are 2 templates. 1 will open in MS Word, and 1 will open in Google Docs. To use the Google Docs version, your students will need to have Google accounts. The tasks for the assignment are the same whether students are using Word or Docs.
These projects were made out of a desire to guide students to eventually work independently in software programs. They are design to build technology literacy through repetition and engaging project prompts.
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Learning keyboarding can be super boring and tedious for students. This set of Seasons Themed text formatting activities aims to bring engagement and a sense of purpose to the practice of typing. Students will also (hopefully) have a sense of pride over the final outcome and an understanding of the learning objective.
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?
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.
Hold your students accountable for navigating a web browser independently with this Web Browser Icons bulletin board or display. Stylish yet academic posters, with letters to use as a heading. Just print and set up!
Teach students how to follow and decompose algorithms with these Build a Sandwich digital activities. 2 types of digital activities ask students to follow an algorithm to put a Sandwich together and then look at a pre-built Sandwich 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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!
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.
Introduce a lesson on how to read web pages with this eBook that goes over what a web page is and the parts of a web page. 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.
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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.
Introduce a lesson on computers parts with this eBook that goes over the parts inside a computer. 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.
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.
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 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 Taking Notes (Putting Information Together). 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 Copyright Rules. 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Even our youngest learners can master graphic design basics with digital design activities like this Recreate a Winter Train challenge. Students will drag the provided clip art pieces into the work area and then resize and layer the pieces until it looks exactly like the model. I’ve provided 5 challenges that are increasingly more difficult and require more tech skills and perseverance.
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This resource includes:
Google Slides (or download as PowerPoint)
Background and Clip Art Graphics Included
5 Levels of Challenge
Optional Slide for students to design their own Winter Train
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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.