Input Technologies
Resources for each unit are provided below. These are just a sample of the many available.
Standard 1.0 Review of Touch Typing
1.1 Review touch typing technique www.sense-lang.org/typing -- Demonstrates good technique and typing tutorials www.goodtyping.com -- Must register to use typing tutorial www.typingweb.com -- Don't have to register but won't save lessons http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing -- Dance Mat typing tutorial, highly engaging with music www.rapidtyping.com/online-typing-games-puzzle -- Typing games and puzzles Standard 2.0 Online Living 2.1 Explain how to search for information online www.netsmartz.org -- Covers many areas of tech safety through articles, videos, activities and games www.isafe.org -- Must register school than have access to lessons and materials ag.arkansas.gov -- The Arkansas Attorney General's site provides resources including guest speakers www.gcflearnfree.org -- Technology tutorials at an easy to understand level. Use the Internet 101 for internet basics www.computerhope.com -- Top Ten Internet Tips article plus so much more www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome -- Use the Welcome to the Web tutorial to learn everything web related in a highly engaging series of activities |
Standard 3.0 Text Formatting,
Standard 4.0 Basic Document Formatting Skills & Standard 5.0 Formatting Columns and Tables Open source options for word processing software include: www.openoffice.org www.googledocs.com Teachers can use the following to learn the software themselves as well as an introduction for student learning www.office.microsoft.com -- Tutorials for all Microsoft Office products www.gfclearnfree.org -- Tutorials and videos for using Microsoft Office software www.fbla-pbl.org -- Guidelines for document formatting Word Workspace Label Worksheet Word Workspace Presentation (Dropbox file) Standard 6.0 Multimedia Alternatives to PowerPoint include the following: www.prezi.com Web-based presentation software www.animoto.com Web-based presentation software |
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