Technology Lessons -- One for Each Week of the Year

The Louisiana Department of Education has issued the following performance indicators which should be used as guidelines in integrating technology into the content standards:
1. Technology Communication Tools
2. Technology Problem Solving and Decision-Making Tools
3. Technology Productivity Tools
4. Technology Research Tools
5. Social, Ethical, and Human Issues
6. Basic Operations and Concepts

LPI (below) = Louisiana Performance Indicator for Technology Integration.

 

• 1st Quarter - Week 1- Expectations--Settings--Weekly Reader Website
• Week 2 - Review of Expectations--Open/Close Programs--Internet: History of Computers
• Week 3 - Keyboarding - Password/Internet Safety
• Week 4 - Keyboarding - Internet/The Net/WWW/World Wide Web
• Week 5 - Keyboarding - Digital Camera
• Week 6 - Keyboarding - GIFs & JPEGs
• Week 7 - Keyboarding - Bit, Byte, Pixel
• Week 8 - Keyboarding - Binary Code
• Week 9 - Open, Close, Minimize, Maximize Windows, Copyright Laws
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• 2nd Quarter - Week 10 -Word Processing - Create Folder, Save work to Folder, Copy, Cut, Paste
• Week 11- Word Processing - What is it?
• Week 12 Word Processing - Word Processing using the Tab, Space Bar, Enter key
• Week 13 - Word Processing - Multi-tasking
• Week 14 Word Processing - Toolbars, Text Boxes
• Week 15 - Word Processing - Spellcheck, Grammar check, Thesaurus, Dictionary, Wordcount
• Week 16 - Spread Sheet - Entering Data, Cells, Formulas
• Week 17 - Spread Sheet - Charts, Graphs, Sorting, Integrating into Documents
• Week 18 - Shut Down, Restart/Reboot, Get Out of Being Frozen
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• 3rd Quarter - Week 19 - Internet - Search Strategies
• Week 20 - Internet - SEARCH vs. FIND vs. URL Address
• Week 21 - Internet - Category Searches
• Week 22 - Internet - Bookmarks/Favorites/Saving Websites to Disk
• Week 23 - Internet - Modem/Direct Connection
• Week 24 - Internet - URL
• Week 25 - Internet - Web Browser, Website, Update
• Week 26 - Internet - Internet Maps
• Week 27 - Internet - Hypertext, HTTP, HTML, Link
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• 4th Quarter - Week 28 - Power Point - Layout - CPU, Hardware/Software
• Week 29 - Power Point - Add Images - Peripherals, Simulations
• Week 30 - Power Point - Add Sound & Video - Input/Output Devices
• Week 31- Power Point - Backgrounds & Transitions - RAM & Rom
• Week 32 - Power Point - Animated Text & Images
• Week 33 - Power Point - Vacuum Tubes, Transistors, Chips
• Week 34 - Power Point - Get Out of being Hung Up/Frozen
• Week 35 - Power Point - WHO PAYS FOR THE INTERNET?
• Week 36 - Power Point - Qwerty & DVORAK keyboards