1	QUICK and EASY Technology Ideas for Elementary Classrooms O’Neill Public Schools Technology Institute Katie Morrow
2	Do you feel stress from… Lack of Time Lack of Talent OR Lack of Technology
3	…Then, TRY THESE… QUICK and EASY Technology Ideas for the Elementary Classroom
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5	Color-Coding Highlighter Font colors
6	Word Tools Thesaurus Readability Statistics Save as Template
7	Acrostic Poems Format-Drop Cap www.enchantedlearning.com
8	Digital Scavenger Hunt http://www.esu8.org/~oneill/km/campeagleclaw/DigitalScavengerHunt-rules.htm
9	ABC Book/Quilt Assign letters under topic or theme Create “pages” with digital camera or scanner Assemble in class book or class “quilt”
10	Guessing Books Take two pictures: one up-close “Macro mode” and one regular distance Write clues or descriptions to allow audience to “guess” object Post as a “flip book”
11	Cereal Boxes http://www.esu8.org/~oneill/km/campeagleclaw/cerealboxes.htm
12	I Spy http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/make/riddle.asp http://meadow-lane.lps.org/bartels/bartels.html
13	Fall Collages http://meadow-lane.lps.org/fall.html
14	Meet My Monster Create in Paint Explain with words Pass on just the words Partner tries to re-create monster using just the written directions. http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/MonsterSwap/
15	Create-an-Animal http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/ Copy and Paste into Paint Then cut and paste certain sections of animals to a New Paint document to Create-Your-Animal Writing Extensions!
16	Book Review Bookmarks Create a four-column document in Word, PowerPoint, or any desktop publishing program.
17	Flash card “FLIPPERS” Create 12 blank slides in PowerPoint On the first six, write the “questions” On the last six, write the “answers” File – Print – Print What? – Print Handouts – 6 per sheet Cut around 3 sides of each slide on second sheet to make the “windows” Glue two sheets together- second sheet on top. Flashcard Flipper Example
18	Mini Books Same printing procedure as previous Cut out each slide and staple as book.
19	Postcards “Wish you were here!” Most desktop publishing programs have postcard option (Publisher) Concise, unintimidating writing Photoshop Elements postcard front:
20	Read Write and Think Student Materials www.readwritethink.org Comic Creator Diamante Poems Doodle Splash Shape Poems Word Mover
21	Puzzlemaker.com www.puzzlemaker.com
22	Eduplace.com www.eduplace.com
23	Personalized Stories http://www.bingpuddlepot.com/story.asp
24	Daily Temperature
25	Class Favorites Pictographs - Directions
26	Power of a Penny If one day you were given a penny, only to have it doubled each following day… how many days would it take to earn $1,000.00? Power of a Penny sample spreadsheet
27	Wish List Shopping, money, budgets… USE a SPREADSHEET!
28	Crossword Puzzle Think of a spreadsheet as a grid system Students could solve to practice coordinates…or better yet, create their own!
29	Brainstorm Webs Inspiration Kidspiration SMART Ideas
30	Community Map www.mapquest.com Copy and paste into Kidspiration/Inspiration Add symbols for neighborhood places. Map example
31	Character Mobiles Create web as usual Print out and cut out symbols Assemble as a mobile
32	Number Autobiography One major event for each year of your life Visual timeline Autobiography example
33	Now-Then Create categories (job, hobbies, friends, etc.) Use Kidspiration to compare TODAY to 20 years in the future.
34	Sing-a-long Illustrate key phrases of a poem, speech, song Veteran’s Day Gettysburg Address Poetry Christmas carols Create a “karaoke” type teleprompter with Custom Animation
35	Credits 50 Quick and Easy Computer Activities for Kids By Tammy Worcester, Visions Technology in Education, ISBN: 1-58912-234-8 Order from www.toolsforteachers.com
36	Credits VaReane Heese, Springfield Elementary, Springfield, NE http://ss46.ishareinfo.org/vheese/
37	Credits Jason Rushing and Susan Prabulos, Lincoln Public Schools http://meadow-lane.lps.org/digital_photo/dpp.html
38	Don’t be afraid to start small! Website: www.mrsmorrow.com Email: kwillis@esu8.org