Tech Teaching

Google Sites is Google's answer to creating simple, beautiful and free websites. All you need is a free Gmail account and Google Sites becomes accessible. My Packet: This two day Google Sites Professional Development is perfect for presenting to a group of teachers, a group of students or just educating yourself. Included are two PowerPoint presentations. -Day one includes: objectives, why you should use Sites, website lingo, great examples and all of step-by-step notes for using Sites.

Students will use the Blocky coding site to become introduced to coding. This site includes a free ten-lesson introduction. But I have taken these introduction lessons two-steps farther. First you can test your students coding and problem solving skills using an image I have created within the Blocky program. This image builds upon the introduction lessons and lets you individually grade each student’s skill without coding a thing. All you will need to do is handout or project the image a

This lesson is a creative way to check for student comprehension while also adding technology. By having your students complete this lesson you will know: Your students can correctly order the four seasons Spell Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter Match each season to a correct picture Students will also: Improved their Internet Searching Skills Improved PowerPoint skills; Find and open a PowerPoint Save and name a PowerPoint Type in a text box Insert pictures Print multiple slides on one page (6

Introduction: As part of the third grade curriculum students are required to research a famous American from history. Research: Student will use articles from magazines, text from books and links from websites to accomplish this task. Students will be provided a graphic organizer to help keep them organized. Students must be sure that they cite their sources. Creation: Students will use PowerPoint to create a class presentation about their famous American. The teacher will model the c