What is Kaleidoscope?

Available at no cost, Kaleidoscope is a comprehensive site for busy elementary educators striving to integrate the North Carolina Computer Skills and Information Skills curricula into the Standard Course of Study.  This web portal takes North Carolina teachers and students on a week-by-week journey through a typical school year, linking students to rich online learning resources, while modeling "best practice" for the integration of Internet content in the classroom.

Please consider Kaleidoscope's TechKnow Park a teaching and learning framework that you can adjust to fit the unique nature of your fifth grade classroom and/or lab environment. This is not a large collection of lesson plans. Instead, "classroom-ready" material is laid out in 36 weeks of links and content --already matched to what you teach! They are ready to be used by your students and by you today! No preparation required.

Each TechKnow Park attraction represents one of 36 weeks in your school year. Let’s drop in at the Welcome Center and learn more.