50 Quick & Easy Computer Activities for Little Folks

Computer activities to enhance your K 2 classroom Aligned with NCTE standards. Enliven, enhance, and update your lessons by integrating the resources and tools found on the Internet and on the classroom computer. This book is full of fascinating ideas and resources that will inspire both teachers and students. Includes Tips and Shortcuts; A quick reference for Microsoft Excel basics and Power Point tips. Grades K-2. Includes instructions for Microsoft Office 2007. CD contains Web resources and example files from PowerPoint, Excel, Inspiration and Kidspiration. Tips & Shortcuts: * PowerPoint Layout and Printing * PowerPoint Graphics and Lines * PowerPoint Special Effects * Using Google to find PowerPoint Presentations Teacher Tools: * Desktop Links * Flash Cards * Greeting Card * Poster * Predicting the Plot * Sticky Notes * Table Tents * Uncovering the Story Slide Show Activities * Circle Challenge * I m Thankful For... Publishing Activities: * ABC Quilt * Acrostic (Weather) * Animal Classification * Building Healthy Bodies * Class Zoo * Counting Flipper * Design Your Own Flag * Farm City T-Chart * How Much is 100? * Mini Book * Pizza Glyph * T-rrific Web Resources * K 2 Teacher * Language Arts * Math * Science * Social Studies Spreadsheet Activities: * Eye Color Column Graph * Pizza Pie Graph * Temperature Graph * Pet Pictograph Part 1 * Pet Pictograph Part 2 Inspiration/Kidspiration Activities: * Brainstorming * Category Corners * Glyph * Number Autobiography * Patterns * Wouldn't It Be Cool If... * Venn Diagram CD contains examples from Powerpoint,Excel, and Web resources. Each activity specifies: * Grade Level * Appropriate Software * Materials/Equipment Needed * Web Resources * Teacher's Role * Student Instructions

Tammy Worcester is the Instructional Technology Specialist at ESSDACK in Lindsborg Kansas. She has more than twenty years of educational experience as a classroom teacher at various levels from kindergarten to 8th grade, and also served as the technology director for her K 8 school. For the past nine years, Tammy has worked for ESSDACK, an educational service center, providing staff development and training in the area of technology integration as an Instructional Technology Specialist. Tammy Worcester