Free digital literacy or coding lessons for kids. Step-by-step instructions with screenshots explain how to complete a task. Often includes a video or additional resources for the classroom.
If you are teaching a game development or coding unit, you may want to know how to build player controls in Scratch. The good news is that it is easy to have the player move around the stage using arrow keys. Discover the blocks you will need, sample scripts, and time saving tips. Why Build […]
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Character rigging animation turns a static object into a character that can move its body parts to create realistic actions such as walk, jump, or wave. In Adobe Animate the Asset Warp Tool uses pins to create joints and bones. These allow a character’s limbs to bend. Follow the step-by-step instructions to use character rigging
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A fun Animate tutorial is to create spinning stars. Follow the instructions to make a movie clip symbol of a star that can be inserted onto the stage many times. To make the symbol you will need to draw a star in the Editing Pane, convert it to a graphic symbol, and then create a
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Follow the step-by-step instructions to learn how to use the Asset Warp Tool in Adobe Animate. The Asset Warp Tool uses pins to move, twist, or warp an object. Bones can connect pins to form a skeleton. This makes it fun and easy to animate any graphic. Give it a try! This activity is from
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Teachers, here is a free Scratch lesson for elementary students! Use it to ignite an interest in Scratch programming. Students learn coding skills as they showcase their creativity too. Each student game will be unique! Free Scratch Lesson for Elementary Grades Hide and Seek is excerpted from TechnoArcade, TechnoKids’ newest technology project. In TechnoArcade, students
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Could you use a free spreadsheet lesson to use with your students? Look no further! The instructions below are from TechnoSales. TechnoSales is a technology project jam-packed with Google Sheets activities designed especially for kids. Assignments have students apply a problem-solving model to plan a fundraiser. They learn how to organize, graph, and calculate data.
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Download a Google Sheets lesson from TechnoKids. This free computer lesson is from TechnoSales. It is a skill review, that applies graphing skills taught during the Session 2 assignments. It has students analyze the data to make informed decisions. Want more Google Sheets lessons? The TechnoSales curriculum unit integrates math with spreadsheet skills. Using a
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When users of Microsoft Word switch to Google Docs, they might be disappointed at first. Adding images seems to be limited to simple formatting choices. At first glance, it appears as if options for creativity are scarce. But wait! While there is no fun gallery of preset styles as in Word, there are plenty of
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Students love to ‘put their own stamp’ on their work. And creativity is something that we, as educators, encourage. Here’s a quick activity that has students design their own custom gradients to fill shapes made in a Word document. It is from TechnoEditor, TechnoKids’ latest release. In this project, students master essential word processing skills
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Here’s a fun Google Docs activity: students design their own custom color shades to fill shapes with gradients in Google Docs. Follow the step-by-step instructions to learn how to create unique images for reports, stories, newsletters, and more! At the end is a how-to video with a Google Docs tutorial. This free Google Docs lesson
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