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Thank you!August - September
Welcome Back to School
"Prepare your
minds for action."
(I Peter 1:13)
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Teachers, this main section of the Computer Lab homepage changes
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 We're Tracking Down Computer Parts
Can you locate each of these:
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Tower (CPU) |
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Monitor |
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Mouse |
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Keyboard |
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Speakers or Headset |
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CD ROM Drive |
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Microphone |
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Printer |
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Floppy Disk Drive |
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Scanner |
Which have power buttons?
Do you know where the volume control is?
Click here
for a digital picture of a computer.*
Save it with a right-click and label the parts in Paint or Word.
Computer Parts Worksheets
Drag and drop computer names, or
select names from drop-down menus. Print.
(Excel file that can be opened in Excel or Internet Explorer.)
Growing
With Technology, K-5
Choose a level to see Katie's Computer, Burton's Computer...
Key Terms, Keyboarding & other activities
Printable Kids' Domain
Computer Lessons*
(Teacher - worksheet
section*)
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- hardware
- software
- screen
- desktop
- icon or shortcut
- start menu
- computer programs
- Internet
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- click
- double-click
- window
- maximize
- minimize
- scroll and scroll bar
- exit or close
- task bar
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Don't Be A Clicking Maniac!
Over-clicking can slow down your computer and possibly cause it
to freeze. UGH!
| Learn about mouse skills with these...
For Fun, practice your mouse skills
on...
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Use Excel to create a Score Sheet
as you try Crayola
Match'n Madness.
Use the "Min" formula to calculate your best score. Can you explain why the Min
formula is used?
Don't Hunt for Keys!
Know where they are.
Can you find these?
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the Alpha-numeric Keys |
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the Numeric Keypad |
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the Enter Key |
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Num Lock |
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the Space Bar |
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the Escape Key |
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the Backspace Key |
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the Tab Key |
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Caps Lock |
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Arrow Keys |
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the Shift Key |
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Slash & Backslash
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Begin
with CLEAN HANDS on the HOME ROW.
Strive
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Technique |
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Accuracy |
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Speed |
Click the
"Keyboarding" link
on the left side of this page
to begin learning & practicing proper keyboarding skills.
Give Typer Shark a try for
keyboarding fun.
(Noah's Ark is a fun
challenge too.)
PRACTICE!
We'll have some fun with keyboarding once in a while,
so be ready.
I'll be watching for those using good keyboarding skills.
Cheating cheats you!
Give the Touch Typing drills a try.
Click me
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Arrow
Keys on the Keyboard can be used to move around web pages.
Practice using the arrow keys with Inch Worm*.
Read the tips as you go. |
Growing With Technology, K-5
Keyboarding & other activities
The Amazing Incredible
Handwriting Worksheet Making Tool*
(Standard or Denelian)
Handwriting for Kids*
Click "Manuscript" or "Cursive" buttons to see several printable
options.
See the helpful animations by resting your mouse over each letter.
Use the Make Your Own 8 Line Text Worksheet for sentences - example: Today is
Monday. Tomorrow is Tuesday.
We won't always need
the headset.
Please wait until you see whether you'll need it.
We rarely need the
microphone.
Playing with it can cause it to break.
See Commandment #2 of the
Computer Lab 10 Commandments.
Starfall
Learn to read activities, Calendar, and more.
The calendar is great presented with the Sympodium or Smart Board.
Be sure to listen, and click any word you want to hear again.
Put your headset on and listen as you
try these Brain Teasers:
A B C Gulp, Bear Wear, and more.
Put your headset on and listen as you
read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.
The Grumpy Bug* - Click the All
Stories button to choose a story.
The 3 Bears & the New Baby - find it under the
A-Z tab.
Plus
Diary of a Worm from Tumble Books
(Click the Story Books button.)
View the story and then take the
Tumble Quiz and Book Report.
Follow-up: Create your own e-diary using the writing processor or
PowerPoint.
Add bits throughout the year during lab sessions or center time.
Include digital pictures of you, your friends, and your school.
Use the scanner to include some of your class work.
Burn your e-diary to a CD at the end of the year.
(Include the PowerPoint Viewer)
Mom and Dad will be surprised!
If you're hungry,
let someone know.
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
works with schools.
Constitution Day - September
17
Listen to the Preamble from Schoolhouse Rock
Constitution
Timeline Quiz
from Enchanted Learning
Click the Timeline link in the menu to read information.
Save the Bill of Rights
10 Fast Facts on the Constitution
Celebrate
Constitution Day
Including: Madison's Notes are
Missing, Constitution Crossword, and What Did the Founders Say
Constitutional
Convention Quiz from Quiz Tree
Constitution Q & A
Interactive Constitution
Additional activities, including word
search puzzles, offered by the Constitution
Center.
Centuries of Citizenship - An
Interactive Timeline
Clickable Map of Historic Philadelphia
See Independence Hall
Locate Independence Hall on Mapquest or Google Earth
Hint: Chestnut Street between 5th
and 6th.
Use the Street Map view and also the Aerial Image view
tabs in upper right corner of the Mapquest map.
Congress for Kids
Read about the Constitution and try
quizzes over each section.
Read about the Constitution
View Page 1 of the actual Constitution.
Use the writing processor to create
your own preamble.
Use fonts similar to the original.
Print and sign.
Sign your name with a digital quill pen.
Print your most decorative signature.
Dragon's Daily Drill
Grades 1 - 6
from TLS Books
Summer Olympic Sports
Animation and text explain each event.
Summer Olympics Coloring Pages
Flag Coloring Pages
Including U.S. with or without key
Travel & Cultures Directory
from National Geographic with pictures and maps
Olympics Timeline
from Info Please
Enchanted Learning - Olympics Section
Quiz, Crossword Puzzle, and more
Do you know the buzz words
of the week?
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in Computer Lab Planner & Teacher's Guide lessons.
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