TechnoKids Junior Computer Curriculum is for children ages 8-10. In this set of projects students develop Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills.
The TechnoKids Junior Computer Curriculum is comprised of eleven projects. Each project contains seven sessions that are approximately sixty minutes in length. A student workbook accompanies each teacher guide.
The themes for each project reinforces concepts being taught in the classroom such as poetry, endangered species, and medieval times.
+junior project descriptions :
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TechnoBiz: In this project, students research to find out why a famous candy-line has been losing popularity. Adding up all the numbers and displaying the results in a chart helps students plan a way to make this candy #1 again. Their findings are summarized in a detailed report.
Technology Skills: spreadsheet, word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, mathematics
Software Applications: Microsoft Excel, Word
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TechnoClue: In this project, students become police officers. They learn how to view and search records in a digital database to solve the mystery of the Missing Keys on the Keyboard. With the crime solved, they produce multimedia footage of the mischief-maker.
Technology Skills: databases, graphics, multimedia
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts, mathematics
Software Applications: Microsoft Access, Paint, PowerPoint
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TechnoCorrespondent: In this project, students assume the role of a correspondent traveling to a distant location to report on an historical structure. They apply their knowledge of word processing and photo editing to write an article for the "Daily
TechnoCorrespondent".
Technology Skills: graphics, word processing, telecommunications
Technology Integration: language arts, geography, history, social studies
Software Applications: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Word, Paint
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TechnoDrama: In this project, students form video production teams and work together to create a digital story. The story they tell will be a re-make of a classic nursery rhyme. As a group, students must determine how to give the poem a “new-spin”. Once the team has a plan, their ideas are organized using a storyboard. After that, actors, marionettes, or puppets enact the action sequences. The events are recorded using video capture devices and the raw footage is edited using the tools in Windows Movie Maker. The goal throughout the activities is to produce a story that children will enjoy today.
Technology Skills: multimedia
Technology Integration: language arts
Software Applications: Windows Movie Maker
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TechnoExplorer: In this project, students take part in an adventure that teaches them about the Internet in a fun way. The excitement starts when they search for two missing friends lost in cyberspace, TechnoBit and TechnoByte. Email, inter-relay chat, and e-greetings are used to exchange information about their whereabouts.
Technology Skills: telecommunications, word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts, history
Software Applications: Microsoft Internet Explorer, NetMeeting
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TechnoHero:
In this project, students present information about their personal
hero. This person is someone who has made a significant
contribution, which has positively impacted others. Using various
resources, they gather facts to create a profile of their hero. This
information is then arranged on slides to produce a multimedia
presentation.
Technology Skills: multimedia,
telecommunications
Technology Integration: language arts, social studies
Software Applications: Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Internet
Explorer
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TechnoImages: In this project, students take a journey of self-exploration. They express their mood, style, and attributes as art. Prior to each activity, students study paintings created by a variety of artists as a source of inspiration. Once their imagination has been sparked they use the tools in PhotoFiltre to create artwork that reveals "who they are". After each piece is created, students arrange the artwork in a digital gallery. Below each picture they offer commentary about their design decisions, production techniques, and meaning. Once all the artwork is completed, the gallery is transformed into "Net Art", which allows the digital art to be seen on the Internet.
Technology Skills: graphics, multimedia
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: PhotoFiltre (included with project), Microsoft PowerPoint, Internet Explorer
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TechnoLink: In this project, students
become web designers. They construct a web page that includes links
to fun places for kids on the World Wide Web. Throughout the design
process, they pay particular attention to the ease of navigation,
overall appearance, and quality of the content. This will ensure
that their web page will get the kid stamp of approval.
Technology Skills: word processing,
telecommunications
Technology Integration: language arts
Software Applications: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Internet
Explorer
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TechnoManager: In this project, students become managers of a computer hardware store. They use their organizational skills to systematically sort and format the lists of store inventory using an Excel workbook.
Technology Skills: spreadsheets
Technology Integration: language arts, mathematics
Software Applications: Microsoft Excel
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TechnoMovie: In this project, students become moviemakers. Their animated production tells the tale of a child who journeys into another world on an adventure. Using digital photos, video clips, and animated gifs, the story comes to life, with a voice narration explaining each exciting event.
Technology Skills: multimedia, graphics
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Microsoft PowerPoint, PhotoEditor
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TechnoMummy: In this project, students become Egyptologists. A
secret tomb has been discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
As experts in their field, students travel to Egypt to help
uncover the identity of the mummy. By studying the artifacts
in the tomb, clues are revealed about the person and their
life in Ancient Egypt.
Technology Skills: word processing, databases,
telecommunications, graphics
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts, social
studies
Software Applications: Microsoft Word, Paint, Access,
Internet Explorer
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TechnoPoet: In this project, students become poets. They learn how to use word processing software to produce a collection of poetry. Skills such as how to format text and graphics, write using Word Art, and edit words using the thesaurus are taught. They apply this knowledge to compose poems that will make the reader giggle and smile.
Technology Skills: word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Microsoft Word
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TechnoQuest: In this project, students go on a quest to rescue the king. On their journey, they help the Master of the Wood save the Forest of Mystery. He grants them a key to the Library of Knowledge. In the library they pair up to learn about Medieval Times, which provides the knowledge needed to rescue the king.
Technology Skills: telecommunications, word processing, multimedia
Technology Integration: language arts, history
Software Applications: Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Microsoft PowerPoint
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TechnoStart: This
project provides students with an introduction to the
computer. It contains various activities that will prepare
students for working in the computer lab. These activities
are intended to teach essential terminology, skills, and
knowledge. There is a lot to learn about the computer,
however, this introduction to the computer is not
exhaustive. Rather, it is intended to provide students with
a foundation for further learning.
(Windows 98)
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TechnoReporter: In this project, students become reporters for the environmental newsletter "Friends of the Planet". They voice their concerns about an endangered species by writing a factual article. The document attracts attention as it contains advanced formatting techniques.
Technology Skills: telecommunications, word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, science
Software Applications: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Word
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