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Technology/Computers (10 products)
Grade Level: K-8
This is a simple self-teaching set of 20 lessons based
on common words for beginning keyboarders of any age. These 20 computer
keyboarding lessons have taught thousands of students beginning keyboarding
skills (10 finger touch typing). Grade Level: K-8
Save hours of time by using this software to manage your gradebook. Customize categories and grading options to meet your needs. View or print a variety of reports for individual students or an entire class. Gradekeeper is a simple yet powerful tool for managing your gradebook. As soon as you open it, you can start entering student names, assignments, and scores. A simple click allows you to set up your own categories and grading options. Create a variety of reports such as class grades, attendance, individual student scores, and missing assignments. You can print the reports or export them for use with your favorite word processing program. List up to 100 students per class and 100 assignments per term Group assignments into as many as 10 categories Compute grades based on total points or category weights Assign grades based on your own grading preferences Export information to the Web* so that parents and students
can view grades from home A user's guide is included.
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 12
Choose from more than 120 Windows or Mac templates specially designed for teachers. Use them to calculate grades, make seating charts, generate reports, and create dazzling multimedia presentations. All of the templates are designed using Microsoft Office. This teacher resource book is divided into 3 sections that contain templates created by the 3 applications in Microsoft Office: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel. Each of these sections is then divided again into two sections, templates for teachers and templates for students. The Microsoft Word section of this teaching book contains templates for the following uses and more:
The Microsoft PowerPoint section contains templates for a variety of topics that will allow the user to create fun and meaningful multimedia presentations. These include:
Microsoft Excel templates consist of a grade book and a lesson plan chart for teachers. There are a variety of math template worksheets for students. Automatic scoring on the computer will allow the student to self-correct homework and class assignments. The Student Information Database is a template created with Microsoft Access and is a unique database program. Teachers can also modify this template and use Microsoft Access to build student schedules and maintain teacher assignments and profiles. Another feature includes an easy overview of student grades, schedules and progress reports. Microsoft Access can be run on your school-wide network. Requires Microsoft Office 97/98 or above. Pages: 112
Grade Level: Second, Third, Fourth Grade
Designed for teachers working with primary students using any computer system, Mac or PC. Pages: 144 Grade Level: Grade 1 - Grade 3 Take the day off from planning! With this book, an entire day's lessons are at your fingertips. The 32 themes included in this book can be used during holidays, incorporated into existing units, or simply be one-day mini units. Have a "Kite Theme" day in the fall or spring when students can go outside and fly their own creations. Incorporate "Moon Theme" ideas into a longer unit on Space. Introduce the activities presented in the "Heart Theme" during the excitement that builds around Valentine's Day. You'll find that all of the themes start off with a list of related Web sites. At the primary level, the Internet is most effectively used as a stimulus or motivating tool to spark enthusiasm for the study of a particular theme. This "virtual visit" serves as the exciting kick-off for the many related activities that follow. Each theme consists of lesson plans for Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Movement, a list of related literature, and reproducible worksheets.
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 8
This best-selling book has just been updated! Choose from a wide variety of lesson plans based on Web sites that are both informative and entertaining. Curriculum-driven activities cover a range of topics to engage students of all ages. The activities in this teacher resource book and related sites were picked because they represented a wide variety of topics, user levels, and a broad spectrum of exercises that can be done using sites on the World Wide Web. Use the lesson plans as they exist or modify them to reflect your curriculum and students' education level. Pages: 300 Grade Level: Grade 1 - Grade 3 Includes CD with templates!
This book is filled with exciting technology projects that are fun and motivational for primary students. This book includes activities that can easily be integrated into the existing curriculum. Students utilize language arts, math, science, and social studies skills when doing these projects. In addition, students have opportunities to improve their ability to use a mouse, keyboard, printer, as well as graphics and word-processing software. All of the activities are created to be age-appropriate and motivational for primary students. They are user-friendly for teachers who are just beginning to implement technology into their lessons as well as for those who are very experienced.
Grade Level: Grade 1 - Grade 8 What's the most common request from teachers concerning technology? They want a short, to-the-point book that will help students learn about computers--what they are and how to use them. Well, here it is! The aim of this book is to provide students with a clear understanding of the basic principles of using a personal computer. To accomplish this, the material in this resource is arranged in a very logical, systematic, and sequential manner. The language has been kept simple and clear so it can be understood by young readers. Wherever possible, pictures are employed to help clarify the computer terms and concepts being introduced. This book contains over 75 illustrations, a number of reproducible activity sheets, and over 40 comprehension questions. A reproducible dictionary of computer terms has been included so that students have a permanent record of the computer terms that they learn in this unit. Visual aids have also been included to assist the teacher in the communication of the basic ideas of personal computing. The topics covered in this book include the differences
between hardware and software, the basic steps of computer processing,
input and output devices, the Central Processing Unit (CPU) or the computer's
brain, types of computer memory, storage devices, and a description of
the various application programs that can be used with personal computers. Grade Level: Grade 1 - Grade 3
Practical suggestions help educators use technology effectively. This book will help teachers find ways of incorporating computers and other peripheral devices into the curriculum they already know and love. The first part of the book focuses on various types of computer equipment and peripherals that you might wish to use in your classroom and how to manage incorporating them into your curriculum. The second part covers different software tools and options. The third part provides lesson plans using all the different software applications described. The lessons are complete with teaching tips and software recommendations. No matter which hardware and software configurations you
are using, whether you are using a Windows-based or a Macintosh system,
this book will help you match the tool to the job.
Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
This leveled reader book uses easy, engaging first-person text to teach children valuable skills. This encouraging book helps beginning readers see that they can do it too. Simple, repetitive text closely linked with colorful original photography makes this leveled reader book exceptionally appealing to the youngest readers. Includes a glossary, a list of books and web sites for further information, and an index. In this leveled reading book beginning readers learn about the parts of a computer and playing a computer game. 7"x7", 24 pages, full-color photographs.
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