Project One: Learning the Different Parts of a Computer and Expanded Mouse Control
Above Clip Art by Microsoft Word.
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What is My Name?
This worksheet is opened in Paint.
1. Open the Paint program by clicking on the desktop icon and press enter on the keyboard. 2. Students are to click the word "File" and then click "Open". A new window opens up. We then help them navigate through the Intranet (local network) to the template page pictured at the left. 3. Point out to students the "Box Select" tool ( a box with dotted border) in the upper left hand corner immediately above the paint bucket. 4. Click the "Box Select" tool and draw a box around the word "mouse". This word is now active and can be dragged to the answer line for the mouse. 5. Have them next do "monitor", again by drawing a Box Select and dragging it to the answer line. 6. Have them do the rest of the parts of the computer. If a student drags the word only part way and accidentally drops it over a picture, close the template without saving and start over. If a student drags the word and drops it on the wrong answer line, hopefully you can re-box select it and move it where it should go. If not follow directions immediately above. GLCE: PK-2.TC.3, PK-2.TC.5, PK-2.TC.2. |
Project Two: Using WiggleWorks
WiggleWorks is an excellent program for an entire class activity or individuals. Due to the
programs ability of reading a book to a student or a student reading the
book themselves, as well as a student creating their own book, it
adapts well to a range of ability levels often found within
Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade classrooms.
1) This first picture to the right shows the classroom choice screen. This is set up by your Computer Lab Manager.
2) The second picture shows a classroom list. 3 & 4) The third and fourth pictures show some of the MANY books available (there are eight books listed on the majority of these pages). 5) The fifth picture shows the Activity Choice screen. Here a student choose to Read Aloud (the book is read to them), Read (they read the words themselves but can click a word if they don't know it and program tells them the word), Write (create a book with in the reference of that book), My Book (create a book of their own design), and Magnet Board (Use bright colored "magnetic" letters to write words or a story). |
6) The sixth picture shows what the screen looks like on the Read Aloud choice. 7) The seventh picture shows a sample page from Write option. GLCE: PK-2.TC.2, PK-2.TC.7 |
Project No. Three: Create a Picture in Paint/Kid Pix/ Tux Paints
This was created in Paint. I choose Paint since it is installed on almost all Microsoft Computers.
1. Open the Paint program by clicking on the desktop icon and press enter on the keyboard. |
2. Use
the pencil drawing tool to draw a line from one side of "paper" tot he
other. This is the horizon line between sky and earth.
3. Use the rectangle tool to draw a box on the horizon for the house. 4. Use the rectangle tool 4 more times to draw windows and door plus window in the door. You may change color selection for the box lines. 5. Use the pencil drawing tool to draw 2 diagonal lines to form the roof. Make sure they meet at the top and corners of the "house" of when you fill house with color it does the whole page. 6. Use the paintbrush drawing tool to draw the flowers and cloud's outline. Use color selection to change colors for flower petals vs stems and cloud. 7. Use paintbrush drawing tool to draw in bird in flight. 8. Use rectangle tool to make a skinny, long rectangle as the trees trunk. 9. Use paint bucket toll to fill color in the sky, ground, house, door, windows, tree trunk, and flowers 10. Use Airbrush tool to paint the "roof". I went over it twice. 11. Use airbrush tool to paint the green leaves on the tree. I drew around and around many, many times making the center of the tree more green and allowing blue sky to show through on edges. 12. Use Text tool to create a good size text box. Once box is formed have students select Font type and size, then type their first name. 13. Use paint bucket tool to fill in the main white space created by text box. GLCE: PK-2.CI.1, PK-2.TC.2. |
Project No. Four: Write a Story in Story Book Weaver
Using Storybook Weaver is very easy. Perhaps the hardest part is saving
the story to continue working on it later. We have Network drives so
it is necessary to open through a few folders to get to where we want it
saved. But once it has been saved there and no one changes StoryBook Weaver's
pathway, when you log back in it reopens where you saved and can easily
click and open the book to continue working.
GLCE: PK-2.CC.2, PK-2.TC.2, PK-2.TC.7 The Title page has 3 Text boxes: Title, Author, and the third can be Illustrator, a Dedication or what you want it to be. Then your creator can choose a boarder using the top left icon and even add stamps. Each following page has a text box along the bottom and the illustration across the top. On the far left hand side is the tool bar for background, stamps (dozens & dozens of them all sorted in categories and subcategories), Create your own or edit a stamp (looks like a pencil), Color (you can change current stamps color), Bring forward/send backward, LG balloon makes active stamp bigger, small balloon makes active stamp smaller, double directional arrows vertical switches stamp facing in other direction and when you hold the Ctrl and click the arrow it flips stamp horizontally. The piano keyboard adds music to the page. The whistle adds sound to the active stamp. The microphone adds a recorded sound to the active stamp (if you have a microphone on your computer).
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