Feeling overwhelmed by all the new tech tools you’re expected to use? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out on your own. The Technology Toolbox for Teachers is your go-to library of clear, practical tutorials and classroom-ready ideas for 120+ tools—so you can feel confident, prepared, and even excited about using tech in your teaching.
15+ Middle School Technology Projects for intermediate to advanced skill level. These projects and activities will save you so much time coming up with what to do during your computer lab time.
With typing practice printable keyboard pages, you can help your students learn where the keys are on the keyboard and begin developing typing habits. Uppercase (windows and Mac) and Lowercase (Chromebook) keyboards provided. Windows and Mac version have a number pad included.
Start your year off right with this bulletin board or display. All of the ISTE® Standards on stylish yet academic posters, with letters to use as a heading. Just print and set up!
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Map, plan, organize, reflect, and assess with these forms for the technology teacher. Everything you need to get started or get organized with the ISTE® Standards for Students.
Your students are going to love learning about the parts of a computer while building their own on paper! These little laptops turn out so adorable you can’t resist smiling when you see the finished products.
In addition to the lift-the-flaps laptop, there is a matching page with definitions of the computer parts for a little added academics.
Use the included pictures to guide you through putting the computer together, but know that it can also be totally customized to meet your needs. You can make it as simple (a coloring activity) or as complicated (learn and label the computer parts) as you need it to be.
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Testing students in the tech lab comes with challenges! Time is always one of them, then paper, student accommodations, grading, and more. These Technology Assessments were designed to make your life easier, not harder. 24 total assessments in both digital and print format as well as answer sheets to save paper.
53 pages of unplugged mouse practice! Students practice moving, clicking, and clicking and dragging on paper work mats before they even get on a computer. All you need to do is prep the work mats and grab some extra mice.
Students practice the alphabet by matching individual letter keys to their places on a keyboard in a file folder. There are 4 different keyboard layout options included as well as uppercase, lowercase, and beginning letter picture key pieces. Prep once and use forever!
Teach students how to follow and decompose algorithms with these Build a Snowman digital activities. 2 types of digital activities ask students to follow an algorithm to put a Snowman together and then look at a pre-built Snowman 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.
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Make keyboarding meaningful with these 12 monthly text formatting activities that combine typing practice with creativity and purpose. Students build fluency while applying real formatting skills—without the boredom of drills. Easy to differentiate, aligned to ISTE Standards, and perfect for word processing practice all year long!
Engage your upper elementary and middle school students with Cut and Paste Keyboard Puzzles! It is deceptively tricky for students to cut the puzzle pieces and then find their places to create a completed keyboard.
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Students can keep their technology vocabulary terms in mind by completing word searches. This packet would be perfect as bell ringers, sub plans, and for early finishers. Have days without access to devices? These are still Tech lessons but on paper!
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12 projects with monthly themed topics for students to practice creating presentations in either Google Slides or PowerPoint. There are 2 levels included for differentiation. The facts are the same, but the requirements for the presentation change between the levels.
Get Ready to Level Up Your Tech Vocab with Tech Bingo! If you’re looking for a fun and interactive way to reinforce your students’ tech knowledge, look no further. Introducing Tech Bingo – the game that makes learning technology terms a blast! With pre-made bingo cards and a list of tech-savvy terms, you can turn any class into an exciting tech adventure.
40 Technology designs for coloring pages. Ideal to cover grades K-5 with varying levels of detail and content. Make these as simple as a coloring page or as challenging as a labeling activity for students. Perfect to leave with a sub!
Students need help understanding all of the components and expectations for sending emails. These slides and activities are designed to help. If students are completely new to email then they will need to know some basics before being expected to do it independently.
Students are going to love creating their own digital avatar characters and you’re going to love all of the technology skills work they are getting.
This resource works on so many great technology skills. While students may be familiar with paper and pencil glyph activities, it takes it to a whole new level to do it digitally.
They will be asked to work across slides in either Google Slides or PowerPoint, copy and paste between slides, resize pieces, layer pieces, group pieces, and save their finished work as an image file. All while completing an engaging get-to-know-you activity.
12 projects with monthly themed text for students to practice creating documents in Google Docs or Word. There is a vocabulary list and optional rubric included too if you want to make this an assessment tool.
Makerspace time goes digital with these fun and engaging design challenges. We all want our students to master technology tools and use them to create original works. Digital Makerspace tasks are designed to allow students to explore digital tools while creating something using the steps of the design process.
Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages with silly phrases as well as technology facts. This packet would be perfect as bell ringers and for early finishers. Have days without access to devices? These are still Tech lessons but on paper!
Learning keyboarding can be super boring and tedious for students. This set of 4 Spring 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.
Students are going to love creating their own Digital Glyph Ugly Christmas Sweater (or any holiday ugly sweater) and you’re going to love all of the technology skills work they are getting. This resource works on so many great technology skills. While students may be familiar with paper and pencil glyph activities, it takes it to a whole new level to do it digitally. Updated to take off the word Christmas from the student file and to provide 2 more pages of shape options that include all holidays and non-holiday options. Now students can make ugly sweaters for any occasion!
Students practice the alphabet by matching individual letter keys to their places on a keyboard with this unique display. The keyboard prints across 4 pieces of paper (with optional individual keyboards included to extension). The letter keys have both upper and lowercase letters on them so that students can practice the alphabet.
Research Skills are critical for today’s students. This complete 7 lesson unit will teach your upper elementary or middle school students everything they need to be successful online researchers. Updated 9/17/17 with an answer key.
Do you ever find yourself saying the same things over and over in the computer lab? Like the instructions for refreshing a browser page, or to wait for the page to load and stop clicking? Whenever I have to say something to more than one class more than about 5 times, I know it is time for an anchor chart. These 12 Tech anchor charts will save you so much time and help your students to master basic troubleshooting.
Technology Vocabulary worksheets, cut and paste activities, flash cards with QR codes, fill in the blanks, foldables, conversation starters, search and find, and more. All for the primary classroom (or beginner technology users). 30 pages including the answer keys.
Technology vocabulary for beginner technology users will teach the terms needed to be successful technology users of computers, laptops, tablets, or any technology devices.
Stop Motion Animation goes Digital with this Snow Globe Digital Animation Project! Students add the provided graphics to make the snow globe scene. Then they duplicate the slide and make a small change over and over (about 20 times) to animate the scene. This snow globe project is a bit different than the other digital animation projects because students will be adding 3 layers to each slide (the main design, a layer of snow, and then a special opaque layer to finish it up. 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 Build a Robot digital activities. 2 types of digital activities ask students to follow an algorithm to put a robot together and then look at a pre-built robot and type their own algorithm for it.
Use these activities as a crash course to 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 creating their own Digital Glyph Snow Globe Scene and you’re going to love all of the technology skills work they are getting. This resource works on so many great technology skills. While students may be familiar with paper and pencil glyph activities, it takes it to a whole new level to do it digitally.
