These are some of the things done with K-8 when they only got to use the computer lab once a week
COMPUTER LESSONS
Week 1
K4: Intro/Photos
Teacher will meet the students and talk about lab procedures
Teacher will take digital photos with her own camera
Students will learn that coming to the computer lab is not a free time or play time
Students will learn that the computers are not toys and must be treated carefully
Students will learn that what we do in the lab is their work
K5: Intro/Review/Photos
Teacher will get reacquainted with the students
Teacher will take digital photos with her own camera
Students will review that coming to the computer lab is not a free time or play time
Students will review that the computers are not toys and must be treated carefully
Students will review that what we do in the lab is their work
1st Grade: KidPix
Teacher will review stamp and text tools
Students will practice using the stamp and text tools creating families of small, medium, and large images
Students will stamp Words they know how to spell
2nd Grade: Accessing files on the server
Teacher will demo and walk through server procedure
Students will practice accessing files from various workstations from scratch
3rd Grade: Word Processing: Bright Future
Teacher will demo and walk through getting files on the server
Students will practice accessing their folders, saving to their folders, opening up and working with a Word template from the server from various workstations from scratch
4th Grade: Word Processing: Font Style Worksheet
Teacher will demo and walk through getting files on the server
Students will practice accessing their folders, saving to their folders, opening up and working with a Word template from the server from various workstations from scratch
5th Grade: HTML intro
Teacher will preview the project
Teacher will introduce key vocabulary
Teacher will demo the most basic tags
Teacher will explain the use of the forward slash as a tag ending
Students will watch demo and ask questions
6th-8th Grade: Pop Culture Autobiography Design
Teacher will give teacher created Powerpoint presentation and explanation of the project
Students/and or teacher will take full body digital photos of themselves in action poses
Teacher will put photos on the server
Teacher will talk students through accessing their photo from the student folder on the server and saving it to their personal folder on the server, because the classes are mixed there will be a wide range of skill and craftsmanship
Students will work at their own pace over the quarter
Teacher will prepare and open a stack for each student with their names and photos
Teacher will intro and demo tear off menus, paintbrush and eraser tool for drawing
Teacher will show how the student can tell what color is on the paintbrush
Teacher will show how double clicking on the paintbrush tool gives access to various tool shapes and sizes
Teacher will show how to erase the entire screen and to keep the eraser tool white
Teacher will demo how to create a new blank card with Control N
Teacher will explain that if the new card is black they can double click on the eraser to choose white
Students will go to where their stack is opened
Students will create a new card
Students will practice pulling down the tear off tool menu and color palettes
Students will learn to close the stack with the x in the upper right hand corner of the screen
K5: Hyperstudio Stacks
Teacher will prepare and open a stack for each student with their names and photos
Teacher will review tear off menus, paintbrush and eraser tool for drawing
Teacher will review how the student can tell what color is on the paintbrush
Teacher will review how double clicking on the paintbrush tool gives access to various tool shapes and sizes
Teacher will review how to erase the entire screen and to keep the eraser tool white
Teacher will review how to create a new blank card with Control N
Teacher will review that if the new card is black they can double click on the eraser to choose white
Students will go to where their stack is opened
Students will create a new card
Students will practice pulling down the tear off tool menu and color palettes
Students will learn to close the stack with the x in the upper right hand corner of the screen
1st Grade: Kid Pix
Teacher will demo activity
Students will open up Kid Pix and choose the large picture in the top center of the menu
Students use letter stamps to put their names across the top of the blank screen as straight as possible
Students will look through the various stamp sets
Students will add stamps in a vertical column below each letter that begin with those letters
2nd Grade: Word Processing
Teacher will give an intro and demo to Word processing with the application Microsoft Word
Students will access the teacher created Alphabet template from the server
Students will use upper and lower case alphabet creating pairs of letters aA, bB, cC and so on
Students will practice saving as to their folders on the server from various workstations
3rd Grade: Word Processing: Bright Future
Teacher will demo working with the teacher created Bright Future Word template
Students will open up the template and save as to their folder
Students will begin to write the first paragraph about what they are good at in school and outside of school
Students will practice saving as to their folders on the server from various workstations
4th Grade: Word Processing: Font Style Worksheet
Teacher will demo working with the teacher created Font Style Word template
Students will access the document from the server
Students will begin to choose fonts appropriate to the events listed
Students will save as to their folders on the server from various workstations
5th Grade: HTML intro
Students will start a basic HTML document using Notepad
Students will practice saving to their folder on the server from various workstations
Students will practice opening up the page in Explorer from various workstations
6th-8th Grade: Pop Culture Autobiography Design
Teacher will demo procedure in Photoshop Elements for taking the background out using the magic wand tool
Students will access their photo from the server and open in Photoshop Elements
Students will work on the magic wand step
Students will save as to their folders on the server
Teacher will have open the teacher created Sesame Street 123 coloring stack
Students will continue practicing the tear off menus
Students will continue to practice alternating between the hand tool for turning pages and the paint bucket for filling spaces
Students will engage with popular images related to numerals, counting and shapes
K5: Hyperstudio
Teacher will have open the teacher created Sesame Street 123 coloring stack
Students will continue practicing the tear off menus
Students will continue to practice alternating between the hand tool for turning pages and the paint bucket for filling spaces
Students will engage with popular images related to numerals, counting and shapes
1st Grade: Hyperstudio
Teacher will have open the teacher created Sesame Street 123 coloring stack
Students will review the tear off menus
Students will review alternating between the hand tool for turning pages and the paint bucket for filling spaces
Students will engage with popular images related to numerals, counting and shapes
2nd Grade: Word Processing
Students will access their Alphabet document from their folders
Students will finish changing the fonts on each pair of letters in order to experiment with various decorative and display fonts
Students will save to their folders on the server
3rd Grade: Word Processing: Bright Future
Students will access their Bright Future document from their folders
Students will finish working on their text
Students will read over their neighbor’s text to see if it makes sense
Students will check spelling
Students will save to their folders on server
4th Grade: Word Processing: Font Style Worksheet
Students will access their Font Style Worksheet from their folders
Students will finish choosing fonts appropriate to the events listed
Students will add categories of their own and experiment with various decorative and display fonts
Students will begin to have a sense of the types of fonts that best serve specific events and moods
Students will save to their folders on the server
5th Grade: HTML intro
Students will access their html file on the server and open up their page in Explorer
Students will learn how to use view source within Explorer to open the document in Notepad
Students will learn how to use the tag for adding an image
Students will go out to the internet and save a graphic image to their folder
Students will add the image source tag to their html document
Students will use the refresh button to reload the most recent version of the html document
Students will learn that the most common errors are not saving the image to the correct folder and not spelling the tag correctly
6th-8th Grade: Pop Culture Autobiography Design
Teacher will demo procedure for sandwiching an internet image between the cookie cutter layers, separating it out and transferring it to the original Pop Culture file
Students will continue to work on the cookie cutter step
Some students will move on to the sandwiching image step
Students will save as to their folders on the server
Teacher will have open the teacher created Sesame Street ABC coloring stack
Students will continue practicing the tear off menus
Students will continue to practice alternating between the hand tool for turning pages and the paint bucket for filling spaces
Students will engage with popular images related to letterforms
K5: Hyperstudio
Teacher will have open the teacher created Sesame Street ABC coloring stack
Students will continue practicing the tear off menus
Students will continue to practice alternating between the hand tool for turning pages and the paint bucket for filling spaces
Students will engage with popular images related to letterforms
1st Grade: Kid Pix Math #1
Teacher will demo activity
Students will open up Kid Pix and go to the paint module
Students will use various stamps to create sets used in simple addition problems
Students will use the numeral, plus and equal sign stamps to label the sets
Students will create several visual addition problems on the screen
Students will use the letter stamps to add their name to the screen
2nd Grade: Word Processing: Font Style Worksheet
Students will access the Font Style document from the server (this is a simplified version of the 4th grade worksheet)
Students will save as to their folders
Students will make associations between the fonts they chose for their Alphabet document and the occasions listed
Students will save to their folders on the server
3rd Grade: Word Processing: Bright Future
Students will access their Bright Future document from their folders
Students will print out their document
Students will go to the printer in the library to pick up their document
Students will use colored pencils to color the large sunglass graphic at the top of the document
Teacher will display finished documents outside the classroom
Students who are not finished will get additional time for this project, others will be allowed some productive, quiet free time
4th Grade: Word Processing: Font Style Worksheet
Students will access their Font Style Worksheet from their folders
Students will print their document
Students will go to the printer in the library to pick up their document
Teacher will display finished documents outside the classroom
Students who are not finished will get additional time for this project, others will be allowed some productive, quiet free time
5th Grade: HTML intro
Students will access their html file on the server and open up their page in Explorer and Notepad
Students will access the teacher created HTML CD file on the server as a reference
Students will learn how to use tags to create unordered and ordered lists
Students will add one five item unordered list to their html document
Students will add one five item ordered list to their html document
6th-8th Grade: Pop Culture Autobiography Design
Teacher will demo procedure for sandwiching an internet image between the cookie cutter layers, separating it out and transferring it to the original Pop Culture file
Students will continue to work on the cookie cutter step
Some students will move on to the sandwiching image step
Students will save as to their folders on the server
Teacher will demo how to access and open Kid Pix from the task bar
Teacher will demo choosing the painting module and the stamp tool
Teacher will demo using the shift and control keys to get medium and large sized stamps
Teacher will demo creating families of a small (baby), medium (mama), and large (daddy) stamp
Students go to computers and open up application, access painting module, and experiment with the stamp tool
Students will create their own families of various stamps
K5: Kid Pix review
Teacher will review how to access and open Kid Pix from the task bar
Teacher will review choosing the painting module and the stamp tool
Teacher will review using the shift and control keys to get medium and large sized stamps
Teacher will demo creating families of a small (baby), medium (mama), and large (daddy) stamp
Students go to computers and open up application, access painting module, and experiment with the stamp tool
Students will create their own families of various stamps
1st Grade: Kid Pix Math #2 (cancelled due to a field trip)
Teacher will review activity
Students will open up Kid Pix and go to the paint module
Students will use various stamps to create sets used in simple addition problems
Students will use the numeral, plus and equal sign stamps to label the sets
Students will create several visual addition problems on the screen
Students will use the letter stamps to add their name to the screen
Students will focus on creating problems that are lined up neatly and separated from each other more clearly
2nd Grade: Word Processing: Bulleted List (this is a simplified version of the 4th grade document)
Teacher will demo the Bullet feature from the Format menu in Word
Students will access the teacher created Bulleted List document from their folder
Students will add three items below the main category
Students will experiment with the bullets on their added items to create a bulleted list
Students will save to their folders on the server
3rd Grade: Word Processing: Bulleted List (this is a simplified version of the 4th grade document)
Teacher will demo the Bullet feature from the Format menu in Word
Students will access the teacher created Bulleted List document from their folder
Students will add three items below the main category
Students will experiment with the bullets on their added items to create a bulleted list
Students will save to their folders on the server
4th Grade: Word Processing: Bulleted List
Teacher will demo the Bullet feature from the Format menu in Word
Students will access the teacher created Bulleted List document from their folder
Students will add three items below the main category
Students will experiment with the bullets on their added items to create a bulleted list
Students will save to their folders on the server
5th Grade: HTML intro
Students will access their html file on the server and open up their page in Explorer and Notepad
Students will learn how to use Photoshop Elements to resize archived images from previous years
Students will learn how to save these images for use in their html document
Students will learn that gif is generally a clip art format and jpg is generally a photographic format
Students will add the source code for their resized images to their html document
Students will learn to use as a break within their html document
Students will learn to use the tag to add a graphic background
Students will learn to use very subtle graphic backgrounds only for readability and aesthetic quality in web design
6th-8th Grade: Pop Culture Autobiography Design
Teacher will continue to demo procedures for students on a basis of need
Students will continue to work on the addition of various layers to the original file
Students have to include one layer based on a famous artwork such as the ones we have been working with in Art class
Students will be considered finished when they have 5 image layers in addition to the original self portrait photo
Students will save as to their folders on the server
Teacher will demo using the stamp tool for stamping out 1 stamp, then a row with 2 stamps, up to a row of 10 stamps
Students go to computers and open up application, access painting module
Students will stamp out rows of 1, 2, 3 stamps up to 10, as neatly as possible
K5: Kid Pix: Counting
Teacher will demo activity
Teacher will demo using the stamp tool for stamping out 1 stamp, then a row with 2 stamps, up to a row of 10 stamps
Students go to computers and open up application, access painting module
Students will stamp out rows of 1, 2, 3 stamps up to 10, as neatly as possible
1st Grade: Kid Pix Math #2 (postponed due to a field trip)
Teacher will review activity
Students will open up Kid Pix and go to the paint module
Students will use various stamps to create sets used in simple addition problems
Students will use the numeral, plus and equal sign stamps to label the sets
Students will create several visual addition problems on the screen
Students will use the letter stamps to add their name to the screen
Students will focus on creating problems that are lined up neatly and separated from each other more clearly
2nd Grade: Word Processing: Filling in a Grid
Teacher will demo the 100 Grid document
Students will access the teacher created 100 Grid document from the server
Students will save as to their folder on the server
Students will input the proper numerals into the grid
Students will save to their folders on the server
3rd Grade: Word Processing: Filling in a Grid
Teacher will demo the 100 Grid document
Students will access the teacher created 100 Grid document from the server
Students will save as to their folder on the server
Students will input the proper numerals into the grid
Students will save to their folders on the server
4th Grade: Word Processing: Bulleted List
Teacher will demo Customizing and Font characters from within the Bullet feature of the Format menu in Word
Students will access their saved Bulleted List document from their folder
Students will experiment with the Font characters on their bulleted list items
Students will save to their folders on the server
5th Grade: Blackboard intro
Teacher will create an online learning course using Blackboard
Teacher will set up announcements, course documents, assignments, discussion groups, web links, etc.
Teacher will enroll all students in the course
Teacher will demonstrate Blackboard as an online learning tool
Students will access Blackboard and login using assigned password
Students will explore the Blackboard environment
6th-8th Grade: Blackboard intro
Teacher will create an online learning course using Blackboard
Teacher will set up announcements, course documents, assignments, discussion groups, web links, etc.
Teacher will enroll all students in the course
Teacher will demonstrate Blackboard as an online learning tool
Students will access Blackboard and login using assigned password
Teacher will demo wacky paintbrush and eraser tools
Students go to computers and open up application, access painting module
Students will explore the many wacky paintbrushes available
K5: Kid Pix: Exploration: Scenes
Teacher will review wacky paintbrush and eraser tools
Students go to computers and open up application, access painting module
Students will explore the many wacky paintbrushes available
Students will try to use the paintbrushes to create a scene of some kind
1st Grade: Kid Pix: Charting, Voting, Tally Marks, Problem Solving
Teacher will demo activity
Students will open up Kid Pix and go to the paint module
Students will stamp four large eyes at the top of their screen
Students will use the paint bucket or pencil tool to change the color of the eyes (blue, brown, green, hazel)
Students will find out how many students have each color eyes
Students will use tally marks below each eye to indicate those findings
Students will problem solve how to find out the number of students with each color
Students will problem solve how to transfer their findings to their charts
2nd Grade: Word Processing: Filling in a Grid
Teacher will demo adding a colored background to certain numerals in the grid (skipping by 3’s for example)
Students will access their 100 Grid from their folders on the server
Students will finish inputting the numerals on the grid
Students will highlight every third numeral in a color
Students will save to their folders on the server
3rd Grade: Word Processing: Filling in a Grid
Teacher will demo adding a colored background to certain numerals in the grid (skipping by 3’s for example)
Students will access their 100 Grid from their folders on the server
Students will finish inputting the numerals on the grid
Students will highlight every third numeral in a color
Students will save to their folders on the server
4th Grade: Word Processing: Bulleted List
Students will access their saved Bulleted List document from their folder
Students will finish adding Font characters to their bulleted list items
Students will print Bulleted List documents
Students will save to their folders on the server
5th Grade: Blackboard First Assignment: Web links and Discussion Board
Teacher will review login procedure
Teacher will demo how to access the course web links about HTML
Teacher will demo posting to the discussion board
Students will login, access the HTML links and explore the information found there
Students will post some fact they learned about HTML on the discussion board
6th-8th Grade: Blackboard First Assignment: Definition.doc 1 (this is another longer assignment which will take several classes)
Teacher will review login procedure
Teacher will demo how to access the course document called Definition.doc
Teacher will demo saving as to their personal server folders and open up in Word
Teacher will walk students through the assignment including the web links for research
Students will login, access the Definition.doc from the course documents area and save as to their personal server folders
Students will open up the document in Word
Students will, as they complete this task, come to the teacher and get the specific key vocabulary word for this assignment (each student has one art movement for which to create a definition, first done = first choice)
Students will input their art movement into the section of the Definition.doc labeled Key Word
Students will go to the web links if there is time and begin researching their art movement
K4: Jumpstart First Grade (this is the only level of Jumpstart we have)
Students will open the program and enter the main area
Students will focus on memory and vocabulary by going to the computer area
K5: Jumpstart First Grade
Students will open the program and enter the main area
Students will focus on memory and vocabulary by going to the computer area
1st Grade: Jumpstart First Grade
Students will open the program and enter the main area
Students will focus on fractions, addition, and money by going to the kitchen area
2nd Grade: Jumpstart First Grade (this is the only level of Jumpstart we
Students will open the program and enter the main area
Students will focus on fractions, addition, and money by going to the kitchen area
3rd Grade: Internet Online Learning: States Quiz (recognition/location/shape)
Teacher will give directions for going to the site chosen by the social studies teacher
Students will open up Explorer
Students will access the web link from the web_site.doc on the server
Students will work alone or in pairs on this self grading online quiz
4th Grade: Word Processing: Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing Acrostic Poem 3
Students will use open up their saved TOFGN document
Students will continue to finish the poem, change fonts, add graphics, save and print
Students who are finished will be able to access their archived Hyperstudio stacks and look through them
Students who are finished will be able to reacquaint themselves with procedures previously learned
5th Grade: Quiet Free Time
Students will be allowed productive quiet free time
6th-8th Grade: Blackboard First Assignment: Definition.doc 3
Teacher will answer questions regarding Blackboard and the assignment (the 6th graders still need a lot of help)
Teacher will demo posting to the discussion board
Students will login to Blackboard and check the announcements and assignments
Students will open up their saved Definition.doc in Word
Students will access the web links and start gathering the needed information for their art movement
Students will add this information to their Definition.doc as they find it
Students will be required to input four distinct properties or characteristics of their art movement
Students will be required to input four very good examples of their art movements with the title, artist, and year created
Students will be required to combine these elements into a one sentence definition and input that into the document
Students will be required to post this completed definition to the Blackboard discussion group for their class
