55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom--Vol I

The all-in-one K-8 technology integration 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 ISTE 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 ISTE), 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 drawing programs, all MS and Google productivity tools, Google Earth, typing software and online sites, email, webtools (blogs, internet start pages, social bookmarking and photo storage), Photoshop and Celestia. 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 need to successfully integrate technology into the flexible, tech-infused classroom.