Elementary Computer Education

I have gained a lot of compliments from the creation of my digital tracking system for students. As an elementary computer teacher, my colleagues needed a way for their students to track their progress. They were using pieces of papers in binders which were taking a lot of time. Having a 1:1 district, each student has their own laptop. I created a digital tracking system to help track their progress digitally. The thumbnail preview is an example of the NUMBERS version. I am also including an E

Use these three lesson plans to teach your students Google or Apple Maps. Three quick lessons that will allow students to understand how to use maps to get from point A to point B. Lessons include: 1. Home for the Holidays (Preview) 2. Running Errands with your family 3. Planning a vacation. All lessons you fill in Miles and time to location. In the zipped file you will receive a PDF version and also word documents to give you the option for students to type or print our and write in. Pleas

Are your students learning how to keyboard? Use this activity to have them complete the location of the keys. This will help students work on remembering where all the keys are located. It is started to students have to enter in the alphabet and the main function keys such as shift, enter, caps lock, tab, and delete. Included is a copy of a desktop and mac air keyboard template. You can always print out these sheets as well to complete by hand!

This unit uses the Pages application for word processing. It has been created using the Pages with the Yosemite operating system but will also work with Mavericks and El Capitan. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. Lessons include: Create a poster Font Styles (styles of font, color, bold, italics, underline) Graphics (inserting a picture) Shortcuts crossword puzzle Inserting a table. Each lesson includes a teacher edition to what the completed worksheet will look like. NOTE: Y