The purpose of this lesson is to have your students become more proficient in using different aspects of Word (text) as well as become more proficient in an academic/content area.

(Students may complete a writing-as-a-process assignment, use templates; create a newsletter--alone or collaboratively; create graphic organizers; create a written piece (prose or poetry) or????)

As a result of this lesson, students should know something new about using elements of Word effectively (compared to before the lesson). Ideally this lesson is related to your unit and included in your unit.

Naming your lesson (although this is the first lesson you are planning, it may not be the first lesson in your unit): Title (Word) 3 (number indicates the order of the lesson in the unit)

The purpose of this lesson is to teach K-12 children how to use the Internet effectively, efficiently and safely. This involves teaching K-12 students search techniques, understanding different search engines and evaluating websites. If using specific websites, include links.

Students should be learning something new about using the Internet compared to before the lesson. They should be locating information that is typically not available in the classroom and takes the students beyond "the textbook".

The lesson needs to be developmentally appropriate.

The lesson may focus on the web in general but also should have students apply their new learnings to a content area they are studying.

Include specific examples of "scaffolding" (activities) to support students through steps. Ideally this lesson is related to your unit and included in your unit.

Naming your lesson: Title (Internet) 7 (number indicates the order of the lesson in the unit)

There are three aspects of this assignment:

1. A lesson plan: The object of this lesson is to have students create and use powerpoint (or Kid Pix or Hyperstudio). The strategy should enhance their learning and allow them to demonstrate learning or understanding that would be difficult or not possible without powerpoint (presentation tool) (e.g. not just transferring information from a Word document.)

• Important aspects of the lesson will be to have students understand "interactive" minimally audience involvement.
• If students present their powerpoints to the rest of the class, what is the audience expected to do? How will you know that they are processing the information that others presented?
• Will the presentations have a final discussion to compare or synthesize information? What high level questions will lead this discussion?

2. Have specific ways to teach students to understand how to organize information (storyboard).

3. A teacher made presentation (may be to include in this lesson or may be for a different lesson). The purpose to have you demonstrate your ability to develop an advanced Powerpoint using aspects in powerful ways (not distracting):

• Choose a slide design
• Use a variety of slide designs
• Insert links from page to page and back to the original page
• Link out to the internet
• Use animation and/or "build" techniques (custom animation)
• Insert pictures and clip art
• Insert sound if appropriate

Ideally this lesson is related to your unit and included in your unit.

Naming the lesson: Title (Powerpoint) 4 (number indicates the order of the lesson in the unit)

The purpose of the lesson is to have students conduct research---engage in thinking processes:

• Work from a question or questions
• Collect data to enter into a spreadsheet or a database
• Manipulate the data themselves (sum, average, create equivalents, chart the data.)
• Draw conclusions

Include the questions/assignments/activities that have the students engage in the steps above.

For the spreadsheet/databse lesson assignment (Write up in Taskstream)

• 15 points if you choose and explain why you are using someone else's lesson
• 20 points if you make significant adaptations to someone else's lesson
• 25 points if your develop your own lesson

Ideally this lesson is related to your unit and included in your unit.

Naming the lesson: Title (Spreadsheet) 2 (number indicates the order of the lesson in the unit)