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August - September
Welcome Back to School
"Prepare your minds for action."
          (I Peter 1:13)

 

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ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) We're Tracking Down Computer Parts
Can you locate each of these:

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ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) Mouse ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) Keyboard
ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) Speakers or Headset ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) CD ROM Drive
ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) Microphone ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) Printer
ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) Floppy Disk Drive ccpaw_blue.gif (121 bytes) 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*)

You should know these terms as we begin:
  1. hardware
  2. software
  3. screen
  4. desktop
  5. icon or shortcut
  6. start menu
  7. computer programs
  8. Internet
  1. click
  2. double-click
  3. window
  4. maximize
  5. minimize
  6. scroll and scroll bar
  7. exit or close
  8. task bar

Double-click icons. Click everything else once, as a general rule.

Don't Be A Clicking Maniac!

Don't be a clicking maniac! Click correctly and patiently look for the signs that your click worked.


Over-clicking can slow down your computer and possibly cause it to freeze. UGH!

Learn about mouse skills with these...
  1. Mousercize*
  2. Mousing Around from Head Sprout
  3. Practice Mouse Skills by Lawrence Goetz
  4. How to Use the Mouse (beginners see "Scrolling" section)
  5. New User Tutorial

For fun, practice your mouse skills on...

  1. Bees & Honey*
    Practice moving the mouse, clicking, and finally use drag & drop

  2. Take a Trip from ABCya
    Stay on the path and make it to the finish line. Do you have each of the landmarks in your community?

  3. Berenstain Bears Dress-Up
    Drag and drop.

  4. Dress the Doggie
    Click, drag & drop, and listen.

  5. Buzzing With Shapes*

  6. Adventures with Nash or Flick

  7. Crayola Match'n Madness*
    Practice clicking.

  8. ABC Match

  9. Spelling Match
    With or without timer. 

  10. AlphaZoo*

  11. Practice patience and clicking as you listen to Story Bear's The Wishing Tree* or "Sharon the Shocking Sharer" demos from Sherston.
    Patience is a MAJOR computer skill!

  12. Tackle Math from the mighty Mr. Nussbaum
    2-player (or play against the computer)
    5 or 10 minute "quarters".

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What formula would be used to calculate your highest score? Hint: the opposite of Minimum.
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?

 


Practice loads of skills with
Kerpoof!
Make a Movie or Make a Picture
Learn how it works first.
Teachers, you have the option to create a class.


Don't hunt for the keys. Know where they are. Practice!

Don't Hunt for Keys!
Know where they are.


Can you find these?

keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Alpha-numeric Keys keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Numeric Keypad
keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Enter Key keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) Num Lock
keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Space Bar keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Escape Key
keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Backspace Key keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Tab Key
keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) Caps Lock keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) Arrow Keys
keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) the Shift Key keyboard.gif (1171 bytes) Slash & Backslash Keys

Begin with CLEAN HANDS on the HOME ROW.

Strive for

1.

Technique
2. Accuracy
3. Speed


Click the "Keyboarding" link
on the left side of this page
to begin learning & practicing proper keyboarding skills.

Keyboarding isn't scary. You'll be glad you learned how. I promise!

 


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 Touch Typing drills a try.

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Click me

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)

Use the Make Your Own 8 Line Text Worksheet  for sentences
Example: Today is Monday. Tomorrow is Tuesday.
plus more from Handwriting for Kids*
Click "Manuscript" or "Cursive" buttons to see several printable options.
See the helpful animations by resting your mouse over each letter.

 


Be careful with the headset and microphone. Can you adjust the volume?

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.

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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.

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Candy Land

with Dora from Nick Jr.
Tip: New Adventure offers a 2-Player Option

Put your headset on and listen as you try these Brain Teasers:
A B C Gulp, Bear Wear,
and more.

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Franklin Videos
from Nick Jr.

 

Follow up with Spelling City Activities - The Hurricane Song List

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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.

Listen and follow along. Enjoy online stories in lab or on your classroom TV monitor.

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

Interactive Painting - Signing the Constitution
from Mount Vernon.org

Interactive Paintings
from Teaching American History

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

Constitution Cube

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.

Imagine a paperless day. Is it possible? Use the writing processor to list tasks in which you use a pencil and provide a digital alternative if possible.

Scholastic Games

Dragon's Daily Drill
Grades 1 - 6
from TLS Books

 

What the heck does that mean?
Do you know the buzz words
of the week?
What's a hard drive and where is it?

- - - Take our current Buzz Word quiz. - - -


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Handy, helpful ideas teachers can use.

Quiddler School Challenge
Daily Puzzles, August-July

Classroom Architect
Easy drag-and-drop tool to rearrange your classroom.

 

Can you solve this month's lab challenge? Computer Lab Challenge

Print and hang or display. One side has a challenge question; the flip-side offers a hint.

Archived Challenge

 

Yack Pack for Education
Collaboration tool with voice.

Class Marker
Create online quizzes

Quiz Egg
Wow! Great quiz generator. Students access your quizzes via a link. Take our Buzz Words quiz to see how it works. Awesome reports are available. Quick and free registration is required.  

Back to School Scavenger Hunt
from Enchanted Learning

Worksheet Works
Categories include Math, English, Geography, Puzzles, and more.

Software Blowouts - Education Section
Great Prices! Be sure to check the "System Requirements" for your version of Windows or other operating system. Check out the Kid Games Section also.  

 
Printable Math worksheets from Billy Bear*

TLS Books Kids' Page printable Math worksheets*

Math Realm - Subscribe to e-mail newsletter providing links to online math demonstrations.

Personal Educational Press - Generate worksheets plus instant, interactive Flash activities!

Teachers & Computer Lab Coordinators, set an educational wallpaper such as
the ones offered on our Computer Decorating - Wallpaper page to
teach terms such as "desktop", "icon", and "wallpaper"
.

 


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This is the spot to find something fun & interesting to do on the computer. More difficult activities are near the bottom of each list. Easier ones are near the top.

Computer Parts. Can you name the parts?

10 Commandments. Yes, these are written in stone!

Keyboarding isn't scary. You'll be glad you learned how. I promise!

We'll learn more about the Internet. Browser? What's that? Remember smart safety rules.

 

Know 2 things each time you save. Pay attention.

Do you know how to create a perfect circle in Paint? Try the same tip to create and divide a right angle.

E-mail. The "e" stands for what?

What drives does your computer have? Do you have a removable drive?

 What printing tips do you know? Print wisely. Don't be an ink or toner hog!

Ready to use quizzes, worksheets, and templates. Holy cow! I know the answer!

Oh my word! It's a writing processor!

Serve and Protect our Hardware

Computer decorating, it's a good thing.

 

Can you download & install? Use Caution! Remember file names and stay organized.

Taking care of business, online.

What the heck does that mean?

Why we do this lab stuff.

Cool things for webmasters. Can you design an informative web page using the writing processor?

Teachers' first step to positive, productive, successful lab sessions. A year of planned lab activities.

 

 


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