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By JacquiHere is a collection of the books I’ve published both as editor and author. They’re available for sale on Amazon and other popular outlets:
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Kindergarten through Sixth Grade Technology Curriculum
The six-volume K-5 Structured Learning Technology Curriculum is a project-based, skill-based approach to teaching computers and the current choice of more than one-hundred school districts across the country. It provides a timeline (tested on thousands of K-5 students in real classrooms) of which skills to introduce when at each level of computer learning. Each volume provides 32 age-appropriate lesson plans (one-year s worth) that integrate with classroom units of inquiry in areas such as science, math, history, literature, grammar, word study, writing, and critical thinking. Included are age-appropriate technology skills (such as keyboarding), internet use, vocabulary and problem-solving skills as well as step-by-step directions for each activity, samples and reproducibles. All lessons are aligned with ISTE and NCLB National Standards. They are appropriate for the computer lab specialist in a public or private school, a homeschooler and a classroom teacher. Programs used include MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Google Earth, keyboarding, Photoshop, and a variety of the most popular internet edutainment sites. For free downloads and more details, see the publisher’s website at structuredlearning.net.
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55 TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS FOR THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM
Everything you need to integrate computers into K-8 classes
Volume I and II
The all-in-one K-8 toolkit for the lab specialist, classroom teacher and homeschooler, with a years-worth of simple-to-follow projects. Integrate technology into language arts, geography, history, problem solving, research skills, and science lesson plans and units of inquiry using teacher resources that meet NETS-S national guidelines and many state standards. The fifty-five projects are categorized by subject, program (software), and skill (grade) level. Each project includes standards met in three areas (higher-order thinking, technology-specific, and NETS-S), software required, time involved, suggested experience level, subject area supported, tech jargon, step-by-step lessons, extensions for deeper exploration, troubleshooting tips and project examples including reproducibles. Tech programs used are KidPix, all MS productivity software, Google Earth, typing software and online sites, email, Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, internet start pages, social bookmarking and photo storage), Photoshop and Celestia. Also included is an Appendix of over 200 age-appropriate child-friendly websites. Skills taught include collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, creativity, digital citizenship, information fluency, presentation, and technology concepts. In short, it’s everything you’d need to successfully integrate technology into the twenty-first century classroom.
Available in print and digital from:
Scribd.com (ebooks)
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43 Themed PDF Bundles
What’s included in each bundle:
- Four to eight technology-specific step-by-step lessons, including reproducibles, grading rubrics, sample projects, extensions for advanced students and troubleshooting tips.
- Next-day delivery via email in the universally-readable .pdf format
- How projects integrate technology into your curriculum whether you’re the classroom teacher, the lab teacher or home-schooling your child
- A summary of each project, suggested grade level and prior knowledge, time required, software required, and projects that should be completed prior to this one
- A summary of which higher-order thinking skills and which NETS-S technology-specific skills are covered
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19 Posters to Decorate Your Technology Lab
19 eposters for new and experienced tech teachers to remind students of the basics of computer use. Includes keyboard tips, website usage, mouse control, how to solve common problems, parts of the computer, email netiquette, how to search, volunteer guidelines and more. Bonus: sample structure for a 45-minute tech class. A must-have for new teacher. A time-saver for everyone.
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38 Web 2.0 Articles That Will Turn Your Class Around
Seventy-six epages of the 38 most requested articles from Ask A Tech Teacher©. They cover critical Web 2.0 topics like how blogging makes students better writers, the importance of social media to education, how to teach keyboarding the right way, top ten tips for teaching MS Word, why technology is important for all learners, what to include on the youngest child’s computer, using internet start pages in tech lab and more. Each article is quick (1-2 pages), pithy, and easy-to-understand. They’re written by a working tech teacher with fifteen years experience teaching technology to all age groups.
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16 Holiday Projects is a 45-page student-tested collection of 16 holiday-themed projects for kindergarten through eighth grade using Word, Excel, Publisher, KidPix, TuxPaint, Web 2.0 tools and more. They’re from the team of Ask a Tech Teacher technology teachers, designed to to be fun, festive, while teaching important tech skills. Use them for any holiday. They’ll fill your year with pictures, calendars, wallpaper that kids will love making and want to give to family as gifts.Free if you buy 3 SL books
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The 102 Tech Problems From the Classroom
And How to Teach Students to Solve Them
Running a tech lab can be a frightening experience. What if there’s a problem you don’t know the answer to? What if the computers break? What if they all break at once? Over the years, I’ve come to realize that the same problems trip students up over and over. 70% of the time, it’s the same group of problems. I started writing them down, tracking how often students ask me which questions. I then extended it to what parents ask about technology. In their well-intentioned efforts to help their children, they often get stuck when there’s a quick solution–if only they knew what it was.
In this ebook, I share the 102 top problems that I run into all the time in my tech lab. If you’re a new tech teacher, make sure you know these because you’ll run into them over and over. If you’re experienced, I’ve done the work of organizing what you already know into a list you can share with students and parents. Whoever you are, you’ll want to read this book and teach your students how to fox these problems.
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Keyboarding for K-8
Should younger students learn keyboarding? Absolutely, but when I reviewed the literature on this subject, it is undecided when students should begin. Some say third grade; some say later. From my experience, students start with pre-keyboarding skills to learn posture, hands, mouse skills, then over time, move into speed and accuracy.
In this book, you’ll find out exactly how to do that. What should you expect of kindergartners? How do you teach kyeoboarding and keep it fun? When do you start pushing students to use the right fingers, memorize keys and worry about accuracy.