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TechnoKids has developed instructional materials that make using Microsoft Office fun for kids. The lesson plans are designed specifically for children.
- Templates: Technology projects include templates that students use to organize data in Excel, and create a treasure chest and medieval shield in Word.
- Sample Files: Sample files give students the "big picture" and act as a source of inspiration.
- Teaching Strategies: Throughout the instructions are strategies and teaching ideas instructors can use in a camp, workshop, or computer class setting.
- Group Work: Cooperative tasks encourage students to collaborate. They film, hunt for treasure, or buy stocks.
- Organizers: Planning sheets are included to help students organize their ideas.
- Fun Themes: Activities are designed to be fun and exciting for children. They become pirates, knights, and artists.
Children are introduced to Microsoft Office applications by completing activities that are fun! They learn how to use:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Paint
- Microsoft Movie Maker
- Internet Explorer
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Learning Objectives
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- type, select, and format text
- insert and format pictures, clip art, and WordArt
- organize data in a spreadsheet
- view, insert, and filter records in a database
- digitally edit a photograph to produce original artwork
- present information in a slide show
- draw and format shapes
- film footage and edit the files to produce a video
- conduct an effective Internet search
- label computer components and explain binary code
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TechnoArt: Stretch the limits of your students' imagination. Paintings by famous artists are the fuel for igniting the creativity to produce an original art style using the power of technology.
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TechnoCelebrity: Students play the role of tabloid reporters, writing about a celebrity makeover. Students create an interactive slide show that includes a video of the new look.
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TechnoKnight: Students embark on a quest. They complete challenges such as forging a shield, solving riddles, and an Internet search, to locate the creature that can save the land.
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TechnoPhotos: Create images that are a tribute to Andy Warhol and pop art. Edit photographs in fun and whimsical ways to produce a poster, silk-screen, and self-portrait.
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TechnoPirate: Have some swashbucklin' fun! Make a pirate costume, hunt for treasure on the Internet, create a treasure map, and decorate a treasure chest.
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TechnoProducer: Lights! Camera! Action! Produce a movie using Movie Maker. Plan, film and edit a video that includes effects, transitions, text overlays, sound clips, and narration.
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TechnoSurvivor: Teach an introduction to computers in a fun way. Students form teams and compete in challenges to out-think, out-decode, and out-assemble opponents.
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TechnoThink: Have fun with Microsoft Excel. Use spreadsheets in innovative ways to make a variety of brainteasers including a word search, mad lib, and interactive quiz.
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TechnoTrader: Play the stock market in the TechnoTrader simulation. Students make trading decisions. Should they purchase stock in the team TechnoTigers or the restaurant Pizza Planet?
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TechnoTribute: Celebrate the life of someone special. Create a "TechnoTribute" about a family member, friend, teacher, or personal hero. Summarize their contributions in an animated PowerPoint slide show.
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I love the TechnoKids curriculum. I think it has helped me expand my business, as I can offer more classes to a wider range of audience.
G. Kidary, Logik Central, Winter Park, FL, USA
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TECHNOKIDS Lesson Plans
Software
FaceMorpher Lite
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Movie Maker
PhotoFiltre
Subject
Computer
Drama
Language Arts
Mathematics
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology Skills
Database
Graphics
Internet
Photo Editing
Presentation
Spreadsheet
Video Production
Word Processing
Topic
Computer Curriculum
Product Category
Camp-Projects:Sets
Level
Elementary
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