Computer Activities for the Middle School is an activity book that designed to introduce students of all ability levels to the fundamental operation of a personal computer, while also providing them with the knowledge of how computer technology is applied in our society. This book was created for use in a computer lab setting for grades six through eight, and each lesson can be easily correlated with existing middle school curriculum There are eleven activities contained in this book that address the many different ways computers can be used. This offers teachers the opportunity to confidently take their classes to the computer lab and present a well rounded lesson. The book is arranged in a logical progression that includes introductory labs, intermediate labs, and advanced labs. Everything you need to implement each lesson effectively, is contained within the lab, along with helpful template files that provide you with any required resource material. Each activity has been successfully used in the middle school classroom, and is designed to be completed in one to two forty-five minute computer lab sessions. No knowledge of computers is required to teach the activities contained in this book. Each lab provides you with the overall purpose of the lesson, learning objectives, materials required, and detailed step by step procedures on how to successfully implement the lesson, along with informative pictures that show you exactly what to do. Computer Activities for the Middle School is also a book that can be used for either a Macintosh or Windows platform. Every lesson in the book explains how to implement the lab in either platform, using various software. This book should be especially appealing to teachers of middle school technology, who are implementing new information technology lessons into their existing curriculum. Each lab in this book can be used to teach information technology, along with aligning the technology curriculum with the other middle school disciplines. Overall, the Computer Activities for the Middle School lab book is an easy to use, fun and educational way to provide your students with computer literacy, while also keeping your computer lab time productive and in line with your curriculum.
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