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November 2006
What's Happening
Students' Technology Learning in Action in AZ
Middle school students in Scottsdale USD in Arizona are putting their technology learning to practical use. As part of a classroom activity to complement their EasyTech curriculum, the students created articles for a newsletter, sharing information about their experience with computers and technology, including EasyTech.
See Experience in Computers, by Rachel Pienknagura and Darby Price.
See Raycraft Computers, by Clare Chang and Lindsey Perkins.
Project Ideas
Game and Puzzle Week
Playing and learning can go hand-in-hand, especially during game and puzzle week. See the full lesson.
Red Planet Day
Discover interesting facts and fictions about our celestial neighbor. See the full lesson.
Integration Tip
"When giving an assignment, make a class set of all the 'technical' steps for the students to place in front of them to guide their way through the activity. (Laminate them to keep the sheets for the next year!)"
- Katy Seifritz, McNair Middle School, AR
Share your own tip and get a free gift - Send us your experience or advice for technology integration in general, or EasyTech usage in particular, and we'll send you a free gift.
Product Spotlight
EasySets
Trying to integrate technology in your K-5 curriculum to meet standards and ensure technology literacy, but short on time? EasySets help you define and assign grade-level-specific curriculum, making technology integration more effective and efficient.
EasySets are grade-level specific groups of EasyTech content, assignable all at once. EasySets make it easy to ensure that the technology standards are met by the end of each grade range and that much of the content is not duplicated year after year. EasySets are complemented with Pacing Calendars that help you plan and implement your curriculum.
To assign EasySets, please go to the Curriculum section of the EasyTech management system and select EasySets. See the EasySets Pacing Calendars.
Funding
Verizon Foundation Grants
The Verizon Foundation is accepting applications for grant proposals that target Literacy or Domestic Violence. Examples of funded programs are available online. (Deadline is November 30, 2006)
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