TechnoCity

Combine community lesson plans with computer skills to teach a project based unit of study rich in learning objectives. TechnoCity allows primary students to use Microsoft PowerPoint. The resources include templates designed for beginners. The templates have a custom toolbar limited to only the tools that students need.

To begin, students open a sample of a completed TechnoCity project. Using a provided worksheet, they reflect on the slide show and answer questions.

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Students then start their own project using the TechnoCity template. Illustrated instructions show primary students how to add text, apply a theme, and save their work. They make a title slide and a fact slide.

TechnoCity is an ideal project for primary students who are beginners to PowerPoint.

For the third slide, students make a simple map of a street in their city. They acquire basic map making skills by placing clip art in locations on the map. Students follow instructions to place objects beside, on, in, and under objects to produce a detailed map of the street.

The fourth slide is a drawing depicting typical weather in the city. Students first learn about weather using activities provided in the community lesson plans. They complete worksheets and then sort the Weather and Activity cards, matching weather with appropriate activities and clothing.

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Afterwards, students follow step by step instructions to illustrate the weather in their city on the next slide of the presentation. They practice learned skills by inserting weather-related clip art and motion clips onto a slide. They insert, resize, and position the clip art on the slide in an attractive manner to show a typical day in their city.