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The building principal was proud of the work the eighth graders had done on their Immigration PowerPoints and asked me to sit in on a presentation session. A majority of the slides had unreadable text, overlapping pictures, annoying backgrounds, grammatical errors, and distracting transitions. Oh how I wished I was able to teach them this lesson before the students started their projects! “Ban All Bad PowerPoints” is a lesson where students view a PowerPoint presentation, record the errors th

A recent headline stated “Students Believe Everything They Read Online, Warns Researcher”. Could this be true? Do today’s students have the ability to distinguish between the truth and an internet hoax? Download this lesson and conduct your own study in the classroom or computer lab. “I Found It on the Internet” is a two day lesson where students evaluate and rate five resources on the internet. The first four sites are hoaxes with increasing levels of nonsense while the fifth site’s spons

“Birthplace of Thanksgiving: Plimoth Plantation” is a PowerPoint presentation containing over 200 original photographs taken of the Pilgrim Village, Wampanoag Village, the Craft Shop and the Mayflower II. Students will gain insight into the daily lives of the Pilgrims and Indians of the 1600’s by visiting their homes and work sites. See how a canoe is made by burning the inside of a log and scraping out the charred remains. View the cramped quarters of the Mayflower and imagine the Pilgrim’s

You are a computer teacher and you've just been told the computer lab will be unavailable for a week for online testing. Nevertheless, you are still expected to teach computers in the cafeteria. What do you do? Grab your laptop and projector and play “Computerless Computer Lab Bingo”! Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random computer technology topics complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer

Do your students think before they post pictures and text on the internet? Do they realize that once they post content the information is largely out of their hands? Do they consider the “worst possible scenario” before hitting the send button? “Think Before You Post” incorporates five online videos that explore the after effects of poor decision making. An internet activity also shows students that information posted on the internet may never be truly deleted. Enjoy! Computer Lab Titles and

“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your oceanography unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random marine species while speaking the facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 marine species. Again the talking robot does the narrating. Ideal for student assessment reviews. Other Science

The Internet Safety Combo contains three two-day lessons for the computer lab. Save $2.50 by combining all three products! 1) Being a part of an online social network can be fun for kids, but are they aware of the dangers? Can they keep their passwords to themselves? Do they know how to protect their personal information? Are they aware their browsing history is often sold to advertisers? “Information Safety” walks students through four videos and two internet activities designed to make t

"Fact-Filled Bingo" is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Revolutionary War unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random persons, events and documents complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different persons, events and documents. Again the talking robot does th

“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Rainforest Animal unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random rainforest inhabitants complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different rainforest animals. Again the talking robot does the narrating. Idea

Being a part of an online social network can be fun for kids, but are they aware of the dangers? Can they keep their passwords to themselves? Do they know how to protect their personal information? Are they aware their browsing history is often sold to advertisers? “Information Safety” walks students through four videos and two internet activities designed to make them more conscious of their online experience. Enjoy! Save $$$ with < < < Internet Lesson Combo > > > C

Fair Use guidelines state you can only use up to 30 seconds of a song in a presentation before copyright infringement comes into play. How can you digitally take a full-length song and extract a portion to include in your project? How can students insert music clips into their PowerPoint slides while respecting the rights of the artists? This lesson shows you how! Step #1 shows you how to download and install Audacity, an open source (free) software package that allows you to import music, m

“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Ancient Egypt unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random persons, events and documents complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different persons, events and documents. Again the talking robot does the narrat

“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Ancient Rome unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random persons, events and documents complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different persons, events and documents. Again the talking robot does the nar

The “Music & Audio Computer Lab Combo” contains one 3-day lesson and two 2-day lessons for the computer lab. Save $4.00 by combining all three products! 1) Fair Use guidelines state you can only use up to 30 seconds of a song before copyright infringement occurs. How can you digitally take a full-length song and extract a portion for your project? How can students insert music clips into their PowerPoint slides while respecting the rights of the artists? “Creating Music Clips” shows you how

Take your students on a virtual field trip back to an 1830’s rural New England village. This 125 slide PowerPoint contains original pictures taken at historic Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. A few of the locations depicted include the district school, shoe shop, tin shop, blacksmith shop, sawmill and printing office. Skills shown include farming, textile making, barrel making and cider pressing. Included is a seven page guide describing the slides presented. The 125 photogra

“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Civil War unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random persons, events and documents complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different persons, events and documents. Again the talking robot does the narrat

Imagine owning a store having four display windows in full view to pedestrian traffic on a busy main street. How many potential customers would you lose if you left the display windows empty? Believe it or not, many TPT sellers are leaving their own display windows empty when they fail to include four thumbnail images of their lessons when posting their products. “TPT Thumbnail Workshop” shows you how to create eye-catching thumbnails without complicated graphics software. Included are 259 b

“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Westward Expansion unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random persons, events and documents complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different persons, events and documents. Again the talking robot does t

Do the glazed looks on your students’ faces tell you it’s time to upgrade those tired PowerPoint presentations? Do you know how to make your slides talk? Do you know how to digitally record your voice and save your messages as sound files? With free software? This lesson shows you how! Step #1 shows you how to download and install Audacity, an open source (free) software package that allows you make voice recordings, make changes, apply sound effects, and save your work in a variety of format

“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Black History Month unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random persons, events and legal decisions complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided. Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different persons, events and legal decisions. Again the talking rob