Starting a new school year with an All About Me project is a popular teaching strategy. There are many benefits to incorporating this unit into curriculum. Here are five: Build Self-Esteem: Use the All About Me activities to have students reflect upon what makes them special. By recognizing characteristics that make them unique, students develop […]
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Start the new school year with a unique approach to an “All About Me” unit of study. In the new TechnoKids project TechnoMe, students in grades 1 to 3 build technology skills as they create a slide show about what makes them special. They use a Google Slides or PowerPoint template to make a mini
Is there a way to spark student interest in the writing process? Yes, there is! Use technology to engage primary students using the book templates in TechnoStories, a unique computer project that integrates language arts curriculum with technology. TechnoStories is designed especially for young children to develop beginning keyboarding and word processing skills. They learn
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Inspire students to use their imaginations for digital storytelling with a twist – write in the style of a cartoon. TechnoToon is an all new technology project in which students create a digital story as an animated comic strip. Students love the visual format of cartoons. The recent boom in graphic novels for children and
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The latest addition to TechnoKids’ new line of technology projects created for Google Docs and Microsoft Word is TechnoStories, designed for Grades 1 to 3. This project builds basic word processing and keyboarding skills for beginners. Included in the project are: Designed especially for young students, TechnoStories includes Google Docs and Microsoft Word templates that
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Support the Creative Process in Primary Students In a previous post, I described TechnoGallery. Not only is this project fun for beginners, but it integrates technology into the visual arts curriculum. Using Google Apps for Education, the activities in TechnoGallery gradually introduce drawing tools and techniques to support the creative process of making art using
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Working with Google Slides and want to include a picture? You have choices!In this image workshop, there are several ways to insert images into a Google Slides presentation. You can: Start by logging in to Google Drive using Chrome. Open your Google Slides presentation.Click the Insert menu and choose Image or click Image. A. Search
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Teachers and students in India take note: ICT Olympiad is an online contest challenging students in Grades 5 to 12. The contest promotes information and communication technology skills. Winners and prizes will be awarded in three categories: Junior – Students in Grades 5 and 6 Intermediate – Students in Grades 7, 8, and 9 Senior
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Can young students use digital art tools to create works of art? Yes, they can with Google Drawings! TechnoGallery – introductory activities to investigate digital art tools – is the latest release from TechnoKids Inc. Designed for students in Grades 1 to 5, this project uses Google Apps for Education to integrate technology and visual
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There’s no debate here – teachers agree that debates are a great tool for engaging students, teaching critical thinking skills, developing persuasive writing techniques, and learning an appreciation for multiple viewpoints. Now there’s another bonus: debates can integrate technology. Debating a controversial issue has traditionally been an oral exercise. But there is a fun, unique
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