TechnoKids Intermediate Computer Curriculum is for children ages 11-13. In this set of projects, students acquire an understanding of productivity software applications.
The TechnoKids Intermediate Computer Curriculum is comprised of
twelve 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 space exploration, geographic locations, and famous people.
+intermediate project descriptions:
$40
TechnoBiography: In this project, students construct
a "web-ography", which is an online biography about a
significant person. To start, they research their topic
using the Internet and other resources. Facts are organized
under headings such as childhood, education, career,
accomplishments, death, and interesting facts. Students use
their research to create a website. The site contains a
Home, Biography, Timeline, and Sources page. Upon completion
the web-ography is uploaded to the Internet.
Technology
Skills: desktop publishing, telecommunications, word
processing
Technology Integration: language arts, social studies
Software Applications: Microsoft Publisher, Word, Internet
Explorer
$40
TechnoCEO: In this project, students assume the role of a Chief Executive Officer. They must create a presentation for potential investors. An animated logo, organization chart, and financial information are combined on slides to report company performance.
Technology Skills: spreadsheets, multimedia, graphics
Technology Integration: language arts, mathematics
Software Applications: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
$40
TechnoCommercial: In
this project, students become media savvy by analyzing the
manipulation techniques used by advertisers and then using
them to make their own commercial using video equipment and
Windows Movie Maker. What is so exciting about this project
is that no high-tech devices are required. If your school
has a video camera, web cam, digital camera, or even nothing
at all, you can complete the activities.
Technology Skills: multimedia, operating environment
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media
Player
$40
TechnoEditor: In this project, students assume the role of an editor. Using Microsoft Word, they learn essential word processing skills allowing them to revise a collection of stories written for children.
Technology Skills: word processing, graphics
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Microsoft Word
$40
TechnoEntrepreneur: In this project, students become restaurant owners. As entrepreneurs, their job is to form a business plan and then produce a report to potential investors. Following this, students design a blueprint of the restaurant layout and calculate earnings. This information is assembled into a newsletter that promotes the restaurant as a franchise opportunity.
Technology Skills: spreadsheets, operating environment, graphics, word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts, mathematics
Software Applications: Microsoft Excel, Word
$40
TechnoEzine: In this project, students become magazine journalists for an interactive pre-teen magazine. They write articles reporting the events related to their age group. Learning word processing skills, students publish a magazine their peers will enjoy.
Technology Skills: telecommunications, graphics, word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Word
$40
TechnoHTML: In this project, students gain an appreciation for HTML coding. By examining source code, students explore how HTML tags function. Students then write their own HTML codes to create a web page that includes graphics, hyperlinks, and formatted text.
Technology Skills: desktop publishing, telecommunications, programming
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Notepad, Microsoft Internet Explorer
$40
TechnoInvestor: In this project, students become stockbrokers, who buy and sell stocks to earn money for their customers. They learn how the stock market functions by purchasing shares in companies listed on the TechnoStock Exchange (TSE). Students keep track of their investment and summarize the information in a report.
Technology Skills: spreadsheets, word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, mathematics
Software Applications: Microsoft Excel, Word
$40
TechnoJournalist: In this project, students become journalists designing an interactive movie guide. Researching to collect and organize facts, students develop fabulous content for an upcoming release.
Technology Skills: telecommunications, word processing
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Word
$40
TechnoNASA: In this project, students are assigned the role of database-designer. Students learn how to build a database that contains space mission data. This information is used to select personnel for upcoming launches.
Technology Skills: database, telecommunications
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts, mathematics, science
Software Applications: Microsoft Access, Internet Explorer
$40
TechnoTravel: In this project, students become
travel agents. They plan a weekend getaway to an exotic
location. To promote this trip, they design a presentation
that can be accessed from the Internet, run on a kiosk, or
handed to customers as a brochure to inform them about this
exciting vacation hotspot.
Technology Skills: multimedia, telecommunications, graphics, word processing
Technology Integration: history, social studies, geography, language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Microsoft PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Word
$40
TechnoNovel: In this project, students create a marketing tool for a novel. In the style of a movie trailer or teaser, an animated preview of the book is created to entice people to read. This preview includes an introduction to the characters, setting, and plot. Text, graphics, animation, transitions, and sound effects, are combined to produce a dazzling visual display of their novel.
(For Office 2000 and 2003)
Technology Skills: multimedia
Technology Integration: language arts
Software Applications: Microsoft PowerPoint, Internet Explorer (optional)
$40
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)
$40
TechnoWeb: In this project, students become webmasters hired to design a web page. Using the tools in Microsoft Publisher, students publish a meaningful contribution to the World Wide Web. The objective in this project is to sharpen Internet skills.
Technology Skills: telecommunications, desktop publishing
Technology Integration: language arts, visual arts
Software Applications: Microsoft Publisher, Internet Explorer
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