Week
4: Explore the World of Technology,
Introduction to Computers
Homework
for the Teacher
Cool
Tech-Credit Tools to the Rescue:
Note: Flash (a
plug-in) is required to view Intel's interactive
multimedia site, "The Journey Inside." A program will automatically
check whether your computer has it and you will have the opportunity
to download it immediately. Learn
more about plug-ins at the First
Aid Center.
Reading
Strategy Spotlight
Connect the known to the new. Activate
relevant, prior knowledge before, during, and after reading.
Connecting a student's existing schema to new schema is a vital
linking process that helps to store new information permanently
in their long-term memories.
Student
Activity Sheet
Printable pages designed to complement the current week's
Reading Strategy Spotlight and to help students organize their
thoughts, reflect upon reading material, and look for organizational
patterns in online text.
BBs: Weekly
Nuggets of "Best Practices" and "Brain Research"
Do
these "best practices" principles describe your classroom?
TechKnow
Disaster Preparedness Page
Printable Computer Skills Mini-Posters & activity sheets
for those times when the network crashes or equipment is unavailable.
You can print a different page each week.
Fifth
Grade Computer Skills Test Item Bank
Please retain the security of this test to maintain its
validity. Contact your local Media and/or Technology Director
for the user name and password to access the item bank. |
