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April 4-8
Continue work on Food Chain Project Technology Incentive Time

April 11-15
Food Chain? Earth Day?

April 26-29
1. Have students download the Mother's Day Card and Student Directions Documents to their Desktops. 2. Demo the Glue and Selector Tool in Pixie. 3. Have students open the Student Directions File review the set up for the directions. With it having just been Earth Day this project is a Green project and we will not be printing student directions. Show students how to check off the boxes on the Word Template. 4. Have students open the Mother's Day Card Template. Demonstrate how to navigate between the two windows when working. 5. Give students time to work on their card following the directions. Feel free to show them the sample card if you would like. Mom4Sctrudden.jpg 6. When students are finished have an online activity for them to work on while others finished. 7. Assist students in turning in their Digital Mother's Day Card. Keep for emailing to Mom's.
 * Mother's Day**

May 2-6
Mother's Day St. Mary's City

May 9-12
St. Mary's City

May 16-20
St. Mary's City Comic 1. Have students get their laptops out and logon. 2. Call tables one at a time to drag the Class Photo File to their Desktop's 3. Then drag the File that is on their desktop and drop on the iPhoto logo on the dock so that it will open in iPhoto. It will automatically create an event in iPhoto. If the iPhoto welcome screen opens, have student uncheck the left hand box and then click close on the right. 4. Discuss the organization of iPhoto, EVENTS, PHOTOS, and FACES in the left side under Library. 5. Close iPhoto and drag the photo file on their desktop to the trash and empty the trash. Tell students that iPhoto makes a second copy on their computer. 6. Use the spotlight and open Comic Life to a new blank document. Go to File > Save As and name the file as you wish and save to the desktop. Ex. SMC4Sctrudden. 7. Minimize the Comic Life File for later. 8. Open back up the Hand Out Folder and call tables one at a time to drag the Comic Life Tutorial to their desktops. While it is copying use that time to pass out Criteria sheets and read the criteria to students. Tell them that they will be creating their comics from scratch and speech bubbles (at least the 3) must be informative and informational 9. Once all the tables have downloaded the Comic Life Tutorial to their desktops have them open it by using their spotlight and searching for QuickTime Player and opening that. Once it is open it will appear on the DOCK. Drag the tutorial on top of the icon to get it to open. Pass Out Headphones and give students time to watch the tutorial. 10. Tell students that when the tutorial is over they can open their comic back up and begin to create a comic of their trip to St. Mary's City using the criteria listed. 11. At the end of class have students clean up, collect the criteria for the next class and have students click Save to save what they have done so far.

May 23-27
**Technology Performance Assessment **

1. Do a brief review of key concepts that have been taught in PowerPoint and dragging photos into PowerPoint. 2. Have students get computers and login. Pass out the student directions sheet. (Copies already run 3. Have students drag the assessment folder to their desktop

4. Have students open the Template and open the Formatting Toolbar (View > Toolbars > Formatting) and Tool Box. Then instruct students to open the Culture Grams Website using the link provided. 5. Review how to toggle between windows. 6. Allow students time to complete the assessment. Tell them to use File>Print when they print their work. After they print they should wait for instruction from the teacher that their work has been printed correctly. They should NOT close their assessment until they get word from the teacher. Assistance: To keep it consistent students may not ask other students for help. The teacher can assist with reading any item on the student directions sheet. If the student gets stuck and the student does have to give assistance so as to help the students complete a step, make a note of that so that student does not receive credit for that item when the assessment is graded. 7. While students are waiting they can go to Type to Learn quietly. 8. When all students are finished begin the review for the question/answer portion of the assessment that Derek created. 9. Have students log out and put their laptops away at the end of the class period.

May 31- June 3
**Technology Assessment ** 1. Have students get their laptops out and log on. 2. Open the technology assessment folder on their desktop and click on the briefcase which is the [|link to the assessment.]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Read the assessment questions to students. They can click the F11 button to hide their window in between questions. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. When the assessment is finished, they can do an activity of the teachers choice. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Log out and put the computers away at the end of the period.

June 6-10
1. Have students get their computers and log on. 2. Tell students to download the Father's Day folder from the Hand Out Folder to their Desktop. 3. Have students open the Comic Life Template. 4. Show students how to use the Capture tool to take photos and the Finder Tool to open additional clip art to use in their comic. They should fill each panel with an image of them or of clip art. 5. Show student show to add speech bubbles to their comic. Tell students they should add at least 3 speech bubbles. 6. Have students use the Styles feature to make their comic personalized for their dad. 7. Have students SAVE their work. 8. Have students export their work as a JPEG in the highest quality.
 * Father's Day Cards**

9. Have students turn in their work to the Hand In Folder and keep to email to Dad's. 10. Have students logout and put their laptop away.

__Quarter 3 Lessons__
January 24-28

January 31-February 4

February 7-February 11

February 14-February 18

February 21-February 25

February 28-March 4

March 7-March 11

March 14-March 18 Food Chain

1. Tell students that we will be working on a food chain unit next in technology. Since they finished the food chain during second quarter we will be watching a [|Magic School Bus video] to review. 2. After the video review with students the food chain - Sun - Producers (Plants) - Consumers (herbivores), Consumers (carnivores) - Scavengers (bugs, worms, etc.) - Bacteria (breaks down the scavengers) - Plants (Soil) 3. Tell students that today we are going to use a new tool. Called the Mobi. Explain to them how the Mobi works. They will need to HOVER with the pen tip close to the base and then touch down when they want to write. Tell them they will be writing numbers for the activity we are going to do today so give them each an opporunity to practice HOVERING and writing a number 1-9 on the screen. Use a blank page and set up for multi-users and split the screen in half. 4. Divide the students into two teams. Tell them that they will have to put the food chain in order. Have them decide on a strategy to put the chain in order. 5. Open the food chain template. Set up MultiUser in the bottom right corner. Select the 2 screen option. Drag one device to each of the sections. 6. Then project for the two teams. When a team things they have them numbered in order have them use the clapper. They can not erase so they will have to cross out and rewrite if they want to make a change. The other team will still have the opportunity to finish. Check the first teams work first. If they do not get them all correct count how many are correct. Then count how many the other team got correct. Correct Order (1-Sun, 2-grass, 3-goat, 4-tiger, 5-beetle, 6-bateria, 7-grass) 7. If time still remains give students time to work on their storyboards for their food chain they will make using Pixie.

March 21-March 25

1. Pass out Storyboards papers to students. Go over what a storyboard is. Discuss how they will be creating a movie showing a food chain in action. Have them label their slides for their storyboard. 1-Sun 2-Producers(plants) 3-1st Level Consumers(herbavoires) 4-2nd Level Consumers (carnivoires). Tell students that they can if they wish add a 5th or 6th slides. They can add a 3rd level consumer, a scavenger, a decomposer,etc. 2. Give students time to sketch their ideas on their storyboard. Most students should finish within 10-15 minutes. 3. If they finish their storyboard they should log on and do Type to Learn. 4. Once all students have finished their storyboard have students create a new folder on their desktop. Call this folder FoodChains4TeacherCodeFirstIniitalLastName (ex. FoodChains4Sctrudden) 5. Then have students open Pixie to a blank document. Have them save this document as their first slide by going to File > Save As. They should save their file to their Food Chains Folder and call it FCSlide1. 6. If there is time remaining they can work on illustrating their first slide.

March 28-April 1

__Quarter 2 Lessons__

November 8-12 Take online survey with images for ART project. Students will finish their Comics from the previous week. TTL 4 for last 15 minutes of class.

November 15-19

November 22-23 1. Students will download the Thanksgiving MythBusters Inspiration File to their TECH folder. 2. Have students open the Thanksgiving Myth Busters Inspiration and go over the directions with students. 3. Allow students time to complete the activity. 4. Have students print their work when they finish. Save their Inspiration Template. 5. Share findings as a class. 6. If time they can explore the Thanksgiving Websites 7. Select the SpecTechular Student.

November 29-December 3

December 6-10 1. Have students download the Biome Folder with files they will need. 2. Students should click the html link which will take them to the Webquest. This version is not online however they will be able to work everything as if it was online. 3. Assign students into groups of four. Review with student the Overview, Introduction, and Questions. Have students download the question sheet for their particular job. 4. Have students use the Notes Sheet and links provided to take notes about their Assigned Biome.

December 13-17

December 20-23

January 3-7 __Technology Assessment Review:__ Students will play Jeopardy to review for the assessment.

January 10-14 Technology Assessment: Students will take the Technology assessment. Students will visit and explore Type to Learn 4 (quiet work for students who are still taking the assessment) January 10-14

January 17-21 __Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "I have Dream!"__ Introduction: Share with the students Brain Pop Jr. on Martin Luther King Jr (it is a free video, so you don't have to log-in unless you want too). Ask the children why was Dr. King so successful in his movement. Why did people listen and respect him? [] 1. Have the student go to the World Book Online. Give the students a short tour of the website and how to use it. Have the students search Dr. King name for 5 minutes and have them share with their table 2 facts about Dr. King's life. [] 2. Have the students open Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline.pxi and have them finish the Timeline on Dr. King's life. Share with the students how to use the "Shape Tools" and how to make the text size small to size 21. Depending on the amount of class time students should be able to use the weblink World Book and Pixie to write about 5-10 events from Dr. Kings' life. If time permits students may add clip art of Dr. King. 3. Students will save and print their work. //If there is extra time students may also finish the weblink below.// [] 4. Students may visit TTL4.

__Quarter 1 Lessons__
Week 1: August 30 - September 3 __**Rules and Procedures**__ 1. Invite students in and direct them to find their assigned seat. 2. Using the CESProcedures.ppt show students the first two slides. Ask them to make predictions about their technology teacher for the year. What will she be like? Read the story __The Computer Teacher from the Black Lagoon__ by Mike Thaler. 3. Continue with the .ppt - the teacher will share information about themselves on Slide 3. 4. Play the Share Game: Who likes: pizza, hotdogs, tacos, and etc. Stand up from chair if you like that food. Use three examples that correlate with teacher shared items so that students can see similarities and differences. 5. Continue with the .ppt and go through rules and procedures for class. You may use the notes that are provided to assist in providing additional details for students. 6. Share with students your expectations to earn SpotLight for SpecTechular student each week. Have students generate their ideas on the excel document. Teacher will write down students thoughts. 7. Take student photos in PhotoBooth to use on the SpotLight for SpecTECHular student bulletin Board. 8. If Time - Take a field trip to show students where the nearest girls and boys restrooms are to our classroom. 9. Select a SpecTechular Student. 10. Have students clean up by flipping their name tag to the next index card. Call tables to line up.

Week 2: September 6 - 10 __**Reviewing Computer Icons/Keyboarding Introduction**__ __**Objectives:**__ __**Vocabulary:**__
 * Demonstrate proper care of equipment (such as following lab rules, handling equipment with care, appropriate printing of resources)
 * Understand that there are correct sitting, hand, arm, and fingering positions when keyboarding
 * hardware - The physical parts of a computer

1. Motivation: Play hangman with laptop parts. Use the words - keyboard, screen, trackpad, microphone, camera, monitor, speakers, & printer [|Hangman Activity in Quia] 2. Brain Pop Video on computer parts - Natalie? 3. Review with students SpecTECHular student behaviors created during the previous lesson. 4. Call tables one at a time to practice getting laptops off the cart and to their seat. Students should not open or turn on their laptop. 5. Tell students to turn the computers on by pressing the power button and then practice logging on. 6. Practice exploring places that students will use during technology. Documents Folder, Teachers Folder (Hand-In & Hand-Out), Network Home Folder, Applications Folder, Dock, Spotlight, Black Apple, and Log Out. 7. Have students click on the Documents Folder. It should open directly up. If it stacks, they should click the White Arrow at the top of the stack. 8. Model the creation of a TECH folder in their Documents Folder. 9. Model dragging today's template from the Hand-Out Folder to the TECH folder. 10. Check work together as a class. Model Saving work and Quitting out of Inspiration. 11. Model how to Back Up their Tech Folder (if Time), Log Out, and then Shut down the computer for the next class. 12. For the time remaining in class, go through how to use Type to Learn and have students begin keyboarding practice. Review proper keyboarding techniques. 13. Model how to quit out of Type to Learn 14. Select a SpecTechular Student. 15. Have students clean up by flipping their name tag to the next index card and then calling tables to put their computers away and line up.

Week 3: September 13 - 17 __**All About Me - PowerPoint/Photobooth**__

__**Objectives:**__ __**Vocabulary:**__
 * Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications
 * Understand that there are correct sitting, hand, arm, and fingering positions when keyboarding
 * template: a file partially created by the teacher for students to complete

1. Motivation: Ask students what they remember about you the teacher from the PowerPoint shared on the first day of technology. Ask them if they have learned anything new about you over the last two class periods. Tell them that today we are going to learn more about each other. 2. Have students get laptops off the cart and return to their seat. 3. Students should login and open their Documents folder as well as the Teacher folder and be prepared to drag today's template to their Documents folder. 4. Discuss vocabulary word for the day - template. 5. Have students drag the AllAboutMe PowerPoint to their TECH folder. 6. Have students open the AllAboutMe PowerPoint. 7. Since students will be turning in their work to the teacher's hand in folder they will need to rename the file. Model how to go to File>Save As. They should name their work Me4firstinitiallastname ex: Me4ctrudden Their work should be saved to their TECH folder. 8. Review with students the directions for the AllAboutMe PowerPoint and expectations for working independently. Show them how the directions for each slide can be found at the bottom of the screen in the Notes section. If it is not visable they will need to go to the View Menu and select Normal. Also, review where students can find tools for formatting in either the Formatting Palette or on their Formatting Toolbar. Both are found in the View Menu. 9. Since students will be working in PhotoBooth at the same time. Model how to minimize PowerPoint and work in PhotoBooth and then maximize PowerPoint to continue to work on their template. 10. Allow time for students to complete the template. Remind them to save their work. If students finish early they can create their own illustration in Pixie independently while their classmates finish their work. 11. Quit PowerPoint. 12. Model moving their completed AllAboutMe to the Teacher's HandIn Folder. 13. Model how to Back Up their Tech Folder (if Time), and Log Out. 14. Select a SpecTechular Student. 15. Have students clean up by flipping their name tag to the next index card and then calling tables to put their computers away and line up.



Week 4: September 20 - 24 All About Me - Pixie - Cont.

Week 5: September 27 - October 1 Solar System

Week 6: October 4 - 8 Solar System Cont.

Week 7: October 11 - 15 Solar System Cont.

Week 8: October 18 - 22

__**Objectives:**__ __**Vocabulary:**__
 * Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications
 * Explain the purpose of and follow the acceptable use policy
 * copyright: having or not having the legal rights to reproduce work

__**Motivation**__: Show students Marmaduke Comic Strip from this weekend. Elicit from students that it is a comic. Ask students what are the elements of a comic strip? Make a list that you can refer back to later in the lesson. Use stickies, Inspiration, or write elements on the board. Then show students Peanuts comic strip. Were all the elements they listed found in this comic? Were there new elements that they missed? Update the list. Tell students that today they are going to make a comic strip about a planet.

1. Have students get their laptops off the cart and login. 2. Assign planets to students using a perferable technique. 3. Students should download needed files to their TECH folder 4. Model for students how to drag their planet images to iPhoto so that they will be available later in comic life. They only need to drag out the images for their planet. 5. Have students open the Planet Organizer. Go over directions. Give students time to complete the organizer. They should try to add at least 5 or more facts about their planet to their organizer. 6. Students should save and print their work. It will become their rough draft for their comic. 7. Have students open the Comic Template. Rename the template PlanetComic4firstinitiallastname. Go over directions for the template. Review that there are citations down in the bottom corner. Discuss copyright. Give students time to finish the template. Remind them that they can change the styles of their comic elements so that it is appealing to the reader. 8. Students should save their comics and turn them in to the Hand In Folder when they finish. 9. Have students log out and clean up. 10. Pick the SpecTechular Student.

I was getting errors when I tried to upload the comics. I'm going to email them to you in CLC. [|Kids Astronomy Website]

Images Updated Mercury Images - Replace Folder from the Planet Images download with this folder.

Week 9: October 25 - 29 __**Planets Comic continued.**__ Last 15 minutes of class is devoted to Typing Practice. Students could do type on Trick or Type for the Halloween Holiday. http://www.freetypinggame.net/ play17.asp

November 1 - 5

__Quarter 1 Objectives__

 * G1a1 || Understand that there are correct sitting, hand, arm, and fingering positions when keyboarding ||
 * G1a2 || Identify and use functions represented by symbols and icons commonly found in applications ||
 * G1a3 || Identify strategies for managing everyday hardware and software problems ||
 * G2a1 || Explain the purpose of and follow the acceptable use policy ||
 * G2a2 || Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others when using technology ||
 * G2a3 || Practice responsible use of technology systems ||
 * G2a4 || Demonstrate proper care of equipment (such as following lab rules, handling equipment with care, appropriate printing of resources) ||
 * G2a5 || Recognize the potential harm of intrusive applications (such as worms, viruses, spyware, pop-up windows, etc.) ||
 * G2a6 || Use safe and correct security procedures (such as protecting password and user ID) ||
 * G3a2 || Create new documents to complete learning assignments ||