Free downloads for the elementary computer lab teacher or classroom teacher who does a lot of technology integration
I don't know about you all, but my first couple of years of teaching I dreaded taking my kids to computer lab. It was a total love/hate rel...
Bundle of activities that can be used as stations for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students in the computer lab. Activity types include: •Mouse and trackpad practice on paper •Coloring pages to learn the parts of the computer •Digital activities to learn and review the computer parts •Paper keyboard practice activities •Robot task cards to review computer parts and learn coding concepts •Sorting activities to learn coding concepts This is a bundle of already created resources and does not include lesson plans or pacing guides. Use the activities in any order you see fit with any grade level(s) you want. Product Terms: Copyright © Brittany Washburn 2022. Downloading this file entitles you to ONE classroom (computer lab) use. You may use this with multiple classes but may not share with any other teachers. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this file are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. If multiple licenses are needed for use my more than one teacher or in more than one computer lab, send them here to download the file. If you would like to get updates on NEW and CURRENT resources for technology teachers... SIGN UP to receive weekly email lesson plans! FOLLOW me on Teachers Pay Teachers! VISIT Brittany’s Blog! JOIN the Technology Teacher Facebook Group! FOLLOW me on Pinterest! FOLLOW me on Facebook! FOLLOW me on Instagram!
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Over 200 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will make a great addition to your technology curriculum. These lesson plans and activities will save you so much time coming up with what to do during your computer lab time. Ideal for a technology teacher or grade level teachers with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you!
This Elementary Technology Curriculum includes over 200 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will save you so much time coming up with what to do in the computer lab. It is ideal for a technology teacher, media specialist, tech facilitator, or grade level teachers with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you! This is for you if: You want students who can log in, access any programs, type efficiently, and use technology to learn. You want students who are confident in using the technology required for standardized testing. You have limited time– in one 45 minute session per week, your students can develop technology literacy while completing engaging projects. You need it to be effortless for YOU and fun for your students. My name is Brittany Washburn and I’m an educator obsessed with ed tech. This curriculum was created over 3 school years when I had nothing for materials for my technology specials. I was spending my nights and weekends scouring Pinterest and Google for ideas because I knew my students deserved engaging lessons even if I had to do everything from scratch. I found myself exhausted and frustrated and just knew there had to be an easier way. That is when I discovered the magic of having my own class website and screencasting my instructions. I created a modified-flipped-classroom before I even knew that was a thing. Students were working at their own pace and they stopped asking me to repeat instructions. I felt like I had struck gold! I tested and perfected the activities with them and now I’ve made them available to you!
This Elementary Technology Curriculum includes over 200 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will save you so much time coming up with what to do in the computer lab. It is ideal for a technology teacher, media specialist, tech facilitator, or grade level teachers with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you! This is for you if: You want students who can log in, access any programs, type efficiently, and use technology to learn. You want students who are confident in using the technology required for standardized testing. You have limited time– in one 45 minute session per week, your students can develop technology literacy while completing engaging projects. You need it to be effortless for YOU and fun for your students. My name is Brittany Washburn and I’m an educator obsessed with ed tech. This curriculum was created over 3 school years when I had nothing for materials for my technology specials. I was spending my nights and weekends scouring Pinterest and Google for ideas because I knew my students deserved engaging lessons even if I had to do everything from scratch. I found myself exhausted and frustrated and just knew there had to be an easier way. That is when I discovered the magic of having my own class website and screencasting my instructions. I created a modified-flipped-classroom before I even knew that was a thing. Students were working at their own pace and they stopped asking me to repeat instructions. I felt like I had struck gold! I tested and perfected the activities with them and now I’ve made them available to you!
Helpful Ideas to Get Students Logged Into Computers/Chromebooks
Sometimes we (and the students) need a break from the constant academic work we do. Sometimes the students earn some free time. Either way, I like to have some websites on hand for moments like this where students can work independently and I can be hands-off. Introducing my favorite free sites to use in the computer lab.
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Computer Science Education Week is the first week in December each year. This is a time when students around the world participate in the Hour of Code. I’ve been participating with my elementary library classes for several years now, but at first I was very reluctant to try it with my youngest classes. My lack of understanding about coding led to me feeling afraid to
So you have survived the first computer lesson with your Kindergarten class and now you want to teach them how to login for themselves. It will depend of course, on how usernames and passwords have been set at your school as to how you approach this. At the school where I teach computers, the Kinder classes have a class username and password. For simplicity, the username and password are the same. Before the lesson, I made some color coded login cards. While in the classroom, the little learners practiced 'typing' on their login cards. We discussed the colors and order of the letters. We talked about uppercase and lowercase letters, said the sound and the letter names. We showed our partners how we could type our username and password. The little learners even searched for the letters in their own name. Who knew there was so much learning to be had with logins? When we arrived at the computer lab, the little learners were ready to try typing their username and password on a real keyboard. After I demonstrated typing the username and password (and made a few mistakes accidentally-on purpose to introduce backspace), the little learners took their login cards to their computer. I'm going to be honest here. This color coded login card is not a miracle worker. It did take three adults 30 minutes to guide the class in this process. I did learn that next time I introduce a Kinder class to computers, I will spend more time on light and quick finger touches on the keyboard! But I will say that each little learner did login that day, and a month on the login cards continue to support the little learners as they become independent loggerinerers (that's totally a word, right?). Best of all is the smile on their faces when they have done it all by themselves for the first time! Priceless! Want to make your own color coded keyboards? Click HERE or the image above to grab your copy!
At the end of the school year when I ask my students what their favorite memory was of our time together, they always say it's the day we took apart old computers
I have put this set together to make life easier in the computer lab. Of course, these activities could also be used on your classroom computer. The first page is the actual lesson plan. The second page of the lesson plan contains either an activity and/or a computer graphic inviting students to "cl...
#aprilsavings These Coding Vocabulary Posters include 18 words. This makes it easy to teach coding language to your students. Perfect for the Hour of Code Week and promoting computer science all year long! Use in your makerspace, computer lab, or general classroom! Great for elementary students. This Set Includes: 18 frequently used vocabulary terms Computer science Computational thinking Programmer Workspace Code Algorithm Program Binary Command Run / Go Event Bug Debugging Loop Decompose Sequence Digital Citizen Conditionals Big words - easy to read for lower elementary Photos for each poster to explain the word Black and white versions for ink saver Promote coding in any classroom! Add to your bulletin board or classroom wall. Print this on 8.5 x 11 card stock or paper. Looking for more CODING activities??? UNPLUGGED coding - no device needed! Click here to see robotic activities. Click here for coding vocabulary posters! Coding themed bulletin board Coding Crowns Click here to follow me & learn when new products are uploaded. New items are 50% off for the first 24 hours! :D I'd love to hear your feedback :) When you review, you earn TPT credits for free purchases! ♥ I'd Love to connect with YOU! Click here to follow me on Instagram As always, please contact me with any questions! Thank you, Dena ♥
#aprilsavings These Coding Vocabulary Posters include 18 words. This makes it easy to teach coding language to your students. Perfect for the Hour of Code Week and promoting computer science all year long! Use in your makerspace, computer lab, or general classroom! Great for elementary students. This Set Includes: 18 frequently used vocabulary terms Computer science Computational thinking Programmer Workspace Code Algorithm Program Binary Command Run / Go Event Bug Debugging Loop Decompose Sequence Digital Citizen Conditionals Big words - easy to read for lower elementary Photos for each poster to explain the word Black and white versions for ink saver Promote coding in any classroom! Add to your bulletin board or classroom wall. Print this on 8.5 x 11 card stock or paper. Looking for more CODING activities??? UNPLUGGED coding - no device needed! Click here to see robotic activities. Click here for coding vocabulary posters! Coding themed bulletin board Coding Crowns Click here to follow me & learn when new products are uploaded. New items are 50% off for the first 24 hours! :D I'd love to hear your feedback :) When you review, you earn TPT credits for free purchases! ♥ I'd Love to connect with YOU! Click here to follow me on Instagram As always, please contact me with any questions! Thank you, Dena ♥
This Elementary Technology Curriculum includes over 200 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will save you so much time coming up with what to do in the computer lab. It is ideal for a technology teacher, media specialist, tech facilitator, or grade level teachers with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you! This is for you if: You want students who can log in, access any programs, type efficiently, and use technology to learn. You want students who are confident in using the technology required for standardized testing. You have limited time– in one 45 minute session per week, your students can develop technology literacy while completing engaging projects. You need it to be effortless for YOU and fun for your students. My name is Brittany Washburn and I’m an educator obsessed with ed tech. This curriculum was created over 3 school years when I had nothing for materials for my technology specials. I was spending my nights and weekends scouring Pinterest and Google for ideas because I knew my students deserved engaging lessons even if I had to do everything from scratch. I found myself exhausted and frustrated and just knew there had to be an easier way. That is when I discovered the magic of having my own class website and screencasting my instructions. I created a modified-flipped-classroom before I even knew that was a thing. Students were working at their own pace and they stopped asking me to repeat instructions. I felt like I had struck gold! I tested and perfected the activities with them and now I’ve made them available to you!
Whether you're out sick or have a planned day out of the computer lab, writing sub plans is time consuming and often stressful
This Elementary Technology Curriculum includes over 200 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will save you so much time coming up with what to do in the computer lab. It is ideal for a technology teacher, media specialist, tech facilitator, or grade level teachers with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you! This is for you if: You want students who can log in, access any programs, type efficiently, and use technology to learn. You want students who are confident in using the technology required for standardized testing. You have limited time– in one 45 minute session per week, your students can develop technology literacy while completing engaging projects. You need it to be effortless for YOU and fun for your students. My name is Brittany Washburn and I’m an educator obsessed with ed tech. This curriculum was created over 3 school years when I had nothing for materials for my technology specials. I was spending my nights and weekends scouring Pinterest and Google for ideas because I knew my students deserved engaging lessons even if I had to do everything from scratch. I found myself exhausted and frustrated and just knew there had to be an easier way. That is when I discovered the magic of having my own class website and screencasting my instructions. I created a modified-flipped-classroom before I even knew that was a thing. Students were working at their own pace and they stopped asking me to repeat instructions. I felt like I had struck gold! I tested and perfected the activities with them and now I’ve made them available to you!
Coding games and activities on the computer is a great way to teach your Code Club the fundamentals of coding and get them involved in creative and imaginative ways of thinking. Although learning…
Introducing the perfect solution for teachers to engage junior students with the basics of computer technology - My First Laptop/Paper Computer Activity! This educational tool combines the hands-on experience of a craft activity with the essential knowledge of computer parts and login details. Students will have fun building their own paper laptop or computer and will be able to easily refer to it when using a real device for the first time. Get your students ready for the digital age with this unique and interactive learning experience! My first laptop or paper computer activity introduces laptops and computers to junior students in a simple and engaging way prior to using the technology for the first time! Students will learn to identify, name and describe the main parts of a computer or laptop, identify the letters of their login details on a keyboard and remember their username and password for a device! ADDITIONAL LESSON IDEAS: Naming computer parts. Finding and colouring the letters of students' username and password on the keyboard Exploring inputs and outputs by attaching string or drawing cords to connect peripheral devices. Addition to home corner/office playtimeLiteracy link - spelling sight words using a keyboard. ACARA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM LINKS: Year 1/2 ACTDIK001 - Recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose (ACARA, 2020). paper laptop | build a laptop | make a laptop | laptop craft | laptop activity | laptop lesson | paper computer | build a computer | make a computer | computer craft | learn to login | digital technology skills | computing skills | junior computing |
The biggest barrier to teaching coding is the misconception that it is another skill that needs to be taught. In reality, coding is simply a tool that can be leveraged to teach standards in a more powerful, creative, and connected way!
Make your own computer coding game without a computer. Learn basic computer coding skills like algorithms with a DIY computer coding game!
Get the kids off screens and introduce them to the world of coding with these fun coding activities. Printable coding worksheets included!
Best tips for Kindergarten students in the computer lab at the beginning of the school year for technology teachers
This Elementary Technology Curriculum includes over 200 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will save you so much time coming up with what to do in the computer lab. It is ideal for a technology teacher, media specialist, tech facilitator, or grade level teachers with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you! This is for you if: You want students who can log in, access any programs, type efficiently, and use technology to learn. You want students who are confident in using the technology required for standardized testing. You have limited time– in one 45 minute session per week, your students can develop technology literacy while completing engaging projects. You need it to be effortless for YOU and fun for your students. My name is Brittany Washburn and I’m an educator obsessed with ed tech. This curriculum was created over 3 school years when I had nothing for materials for my technology specials. I was spending my nights and weekends scouring Pinterest and Google for ideas because I knew my students deserved engaging lessons even if I had to do everything from scratch. I found myself exhausted and frustrated and just knew there had to be an easier way. That is when I discovered the magic of having my own class website and screencasting my instructions. I created a modified-flipped-classroom before I even knew that was a thing. Students were working at their own pace and they stopped asking me to repeat instructions. I felt like I had struck gold! I tested and perfected the activities with them and now I’ve made them available to you!
I LOVE Literacy so it is no surprise that I use books as a warm up activity for almost every technology lesson in the computer lab.
#aprilsavings These Coding Vocabulary Posters include 18 words. This makes it easy to teach coding language to your students. Perfect for the Hour of Code Week and promoting computer science all year long! Use in your makerspace, computer lab, or general classroom! Great for elementary students. This Set Includes: 18 frequently used vocabulary terms Computer science Computational thinking Programmer Workspace Code Algorithm Program Binary Command Run / Go Event Bug Debugging Loop Decompose Sequence Digital Citizen Conditionals Big words - easy to read for lower elementary Photos for each poster to explain the word Black and white versions for ink saver Promote coding in any classroom! Add to your bulletin board or classroom wall. Print this on 8.5 x 11 card stock or paper. Looking for more CODING activities??? UNPLUGGED coding - no device needed! Click here to see robotic activities. Click here for coding vocabulary posters! Coding themed bulletin board Coding Crowns Click here to follow me & learn when new products are uploaded. New items are 50% off for the first 24 hours! :D I'd love to hear your feedback :) When you review, you earn TPT credits for free purchases! ♥ I'd Love to connect with YOU! Click here to follow me on Instagram As always, please contact me with any questions! Thank you, Dena ♥
Over 200 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will make a great addition to your technology curriculum. These lesson plans and activities will save you so much time coming up with what to do during your computer lab time. Ideal for a technology teacher or grade level teachers with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you!
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Computer Science Education Week is a great opportunity to try out these fun and exciting coding activities every kid will love.
Computer Science Education Week is a great opportunity to try out these fun and exciting coding activities every kid will love.
Technology unplugged activities seems like an oxymoron. How can you use technology if you only have access to a paper and pencil? The short answer is you can't but we know the long answer is sometimes you have to! If your school uses devices for testing or you lose wifi or you have a sub that is not comfortable with tech lessons, you might not be able to access technology during your scheduled time. In the past, you might have switched gears completely and did an unrelated lesson, but I've since found many paper and pencil activities that support the same
Using computers in the classroom is a great way to increase engagement, help students learn to use technology, and make your life easier as a teacher. In order to maximize the benefits of using technology in the classroom, it is important to have clear rules and expectations for appropriate computer use. Instill these habits in students from day one, and you’ll not only make your life easier, but you’ll help your students become responsible users of technology.
