Computer Lab Ideas
January 2014
All grades
Acts of Kindness
Kindergarten - 2nd grade
I have a dream...
Ask students to reflect on the ways that they dream the world could be a better place. Students type inside the speech bubble on the template describing one or more dreams they have to make the world a better place. Students increase the font size to make their sentences easier to read. Students can change the font style to personalize their work. Students add their name. Students save and or print their finished "I Have a Dream" sheet.
Spelling and formatting practice in Word
- Bold
- Underline
- Italic
- Change the color of the letters
- Change the text highlight color
- Change the font size
- Change the font style
This is also a good opportunity to teach students about saving their work.
3rd - 5th Grade
I Have a Dream poem
Weather graph using Excel
Go to weather.com, search for any city, and then click on 10 day forecast. Open Excel and select new workbook. Starting with the second row, one cell over, type "Day 1" then tab to the next cell and type "Day 2". Continue adding days until "Day 10". In the 1st cell on the 3rd row type "High" then press the down arrow on the keyboard and type "Low". Using the weather.com website fill out the highs and lows for the city selected. Once complete select all the cells containing information. Click the Insert tab and select line chart. After the chart has been inserted you can resize and move it. Be sure to change the chart title by double clicking on the words "chart title".
Contact your friendly ITRT for help with any of the lessons you see here or any ideas you have for a lesson. :)
Jennifer Harrison
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