Generalization: Technology enhances
productivity.
Essential Question: How do computers change the
work we do?
Unit Questions:
Why is it important to know the correct terms when
talking to someone about technology?
If I no longer need a file in my user folder, how do I remove it?
How can I switch between two software applications when working in them
both?
Why is it important to proofread your work? (to find and correct errors)
What are some ways can I get help if I don't know how to do something?
(check with a classmate; ask the teacher; use help in the software program)
What projects would be best to create in a spreadsheet program?
What is the first thing we must consider when we choose font, color, or
style? (readability)
How can changing font color or style help us to communicate better? (draw
attention to important items)
How do charts and graphs enhance the communication between you and your
audience?
What are the ways that we can share a document? (Monitor, email, printed
copy, publish to Internet, save to user folder)
If I want to look at a project that I created in a previous year, how do I
do that? (look in my user folder in that year's portfolio)
Why is it important to keep a timeline or checklist when completing my
assignment? (to make sure that that my assignment include everything that my
teacher asked me to do)
TEKS:
1(A) use technology terminology appropriate to the
task;
1(B) save and delete files, uses menu options and commands, and work with
more than one software application;
2(D) produce documents at the keyboard, proofread, and correct errors;
2(E) use language skills including capitalization, punctuation, spelling,
word division, and use of numbers and symbols as grade-level appropriate;
and
5(B) use on-line help and documentation.
7(B) use appropriate software to express ideas and solve problems including
the use of word processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, simulations,
and multimedia; and
9(A) use software features, such as on-line help, to evaluate work progress;
and
10(A) use font attributes, color, white space, and graphics to ensure that
products are appropriate for the defined audience;
10(B) use font attributes, color, white space, and graphics to ensure that
products are appropriate for the communication media including multimedia
screen displays, Internet documents, and printed materials; and
10(C) use appropriate applications including, but not limited to,
spreadsheets and databases to develop charts and graphs by using data from
various sources.
11(A) publish information in a variety of media including, but not limited
to, printed copy, monitor display, Internet documents, and video; and
12(A) select representative products to be collected and stored in an
electronic evaluation tool;
12(B) evaluate the product for relevance to the assignment or task; and
12(C) create technology assessment tools to monitor progress of project such
as checklists, timelines, or rubrics.
Subject Integration: Math
Lesson Topic: Students will learn how to open up
Excel and find cell addresses on a spreadsheet.
Terminology: Excel, spreadsheet, cell, row,
column
Materials/Equipment: None
Instructional Activities:
1.
Key boarding warm-up for 5 minutes
2.
Review with students how to click on the green x to open a new
spreadsheet
3.
Remind students how to locate specific cell addresses
4.
Tell students that their task for this computer session is to design
a picture of their own by clicking on cells and filling with a color.
5.
Have students save their work to their user folder.
Modifications: Students who complete their task
quickly can create more elaborate pictures and also can jot down
instructions so someone else can complete their picture.
Assessment: Teacher observation of pictures as
they are forming.
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04/27/2007
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