From Critical Thinking:
Developed over six years by a classroom teacher, this fun, highly effect method for teaching research and presentation technology to students provides easy-to-follow step-by-step guidance for the teacher/parent and student. Covering all National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S http.iste.org), these activities and handouts will save you hours of time regardless if you are a novice or expert.
Students love creating a presentation on something that interests them. Therefore, Interest Projects work great in all types of classrooms: regular, gifted, or homeschool. All activities may be taught by grade level or in multi-age classrooms.
This program introduces students to:
* PC and Mac file storage system
* Microsoft Word
* Mac Pages
* Open Office Writer
* Microsoft PowerPoint
* Mac Keynote
* Open Office Impress
* Windows Live Movie Maker
* iMovie
* Photo Story 3 for Windows
* Scratch
Completion of activities within this book will assist students in acquiring the following skills and abilities:
* Comprehension of basic computer operation and file storage system
* Comprehension and application of basic Internet functions and research techniques
* Understanding the importance of citing references
* Keeping work on computer organized to save time and minimize frustration
*Comprehension and application of presentation technology programs for synthesizing information.
*Presentation of information and communication with peers as essential leadership skills.
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This is another great curriculum from Critical Thinking. Eventhough the age is marked grade 3+, I would say it's best for middle and high school students.
I found that finding time to work on such a curriculum was difficult without planning for it at the beginning of the year. I would suggest pre-planning this for your next school year OR using it as a summer project.
As for our homeschool, it will fit nicely into our summer plans for my middle and high schoolers. In fact, they look forward to it!
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