Survey of Computers in Elementary Schools (ICE 234)
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christy Keeler, Ph.D.
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Lesson Plan:
Defining Technology
Objectives:
NETS-T Standards:
1A. Teachers demonstrate introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to technology.
Materials:
Procedures:
Note: Send out first week follow-up email this week.
Defining Technology
Objectives:
Students will:
- Become familiar with KidPix.
- Know the course expectations.
- Define “technology.”
- Differentiate between teacher productivity and instructional tools.
- Adeptly format word processing documents using standard formatting tools (e.g., font, justification).
1A. Teachers demonstrate introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to technology.
Materials:
- Computers with Kidpix
- Teacher computer with lecture slides, Microsoft Word, and KidPix
- Card with course contact information (1 per student)
- Kidpix assignment description (1 per student)
- Example word processing document I and II
- Technology Journey I grading rubric (1 per student)
- "University Computing" booklets (1 per student)
- Digital camera
- Flash drive
- iPod with USB cable
- NetStorage "Group
Computing Account" form
Before students
arrive, open KidPix on all computers in the classroom.
Stand at the door and individually greet students. Introduce yourself, learn their names, and encourage students to get to know one another. Have each student review their contact information in the instructor's address book and take a photo of themselves for the address book using Photo Booth.
Stand at the door and individually greet students. Introduce yourself, learn their names, and encourage students to get to know one another. Have each student review their contact information in the instructor's address book and take a photo of themselves for the address book using Photo Booth.
Sponge Activity: “Using KidPix to Describe
Feelings about Technology” (20 minutes)
As students enter
the class, invite each to choose a computer (Mac or PC based on
personal preference) and hand them a paper with
directions reading:
“Have fun using KidPix to describe how you feel about technology. When
done, save your work in a manner that will allow you to access it from
somewhere else on campus, but keep it on your screen. Then, move around
the room viewing what your classmates created. The rules are: (1) Be
creative and honest. (2) Feel free to ask anyone for help and to help
others.”
Once all students finish, have them walk around the room viewing the work of their peers. Then, ask the following questions:
Once all students finish, have them walk around the room viewing the work of their peers. Then, ask the following questions:
- How did it make you feel to express yourself using KidPix?
- If your class of elementary students were familiar with KidPix, what similar types of activities could you do with them?
Segue into the
course content by noting that this course is designed to prepare future
elementary teachers to incorporate technology into their courses.
Opening (2 minutes)
- Welcome and introduction
- Announce the daily objectives
- Announce the daily outline
- Provide each student with a course business card.
- Have each student link to the course website and look at the syllabus and course outline (note that both are subject to change)
- Review the course structure, readings, expectations, and assessment procedures
- Discuss requirements for class participation
- Ask students what technology means.
- Define technology.
- Ask students what technologies are available in PreK-8 classrooms.
- Have students brainstorm ways teachers use technology. Enter their answers into a word processing document.
- Differentiate between productivity and instructional tools.
- Have students
identify which of the items they brainstormed were productivity and
which were instructional tools. Separate these into a table in a word
processing document.
Demonstration:
Word Processing
I and II (20 minutes)
Describe the
“Technology Journey
I” assignment and encourage them to use word
processing features when and where appropriate in their upcoming
papers. Create a document similar to what they will create containing
the features below. (See
example.)
Invite students to stay after class if there are any demonstrated features they do not feel competent they could use independently. I will plan to stay after class to assist those students lacking these skills.
• Font type, size,
color, and style
• Justification
• Spacing
• Tabs
• Page set-up
• Headers/footers
• Bullets
• Toolbars
• View size
• Tables
• Spell checking
• Grammar checking
• Dictionary/Thesaurus
• Track changes
• Justification
• Spacing
• Tabs
• Page set-up
• Headers/footers
• Bullets
• Toolbars
• View size
• Tables
• Spell checking
• Grammar checking
• Dictionary/Thesaurus
• Track changes
Invite students to stay after class if there are any demonstrated features they do not feel competent they could use independently. I will plan to stay after class to assist those students lacking these skills.
Closure (3 minutes)
- Review daily objectives and outline
- Assign readings
- Remind students to keep back-ups of all documents (from this or other courses) they feel they may want to later include in their e-portfolios
- Remind students
of the due date for the Technology
Journey I – Draft
- Tell students video I and video II of the Word demonstration are available online
Note: Send out first week follow-up email this week.
©2007 Christy Keeler