California Department of Education
Learning the Skills to Pay the Bills
Is CTE the right choice for me? Introduce the class to career and technical education through an exploratory lesson, fourth in a series of six career readiness activities. After an introductory video, scholars determine possible careers...
Sharp School
Career Project 2
Help your pupils find some direction with a career research project. Individuals research three careers, using the included graphic organizers to record their findings. They then create a visual aid on a computer and present their...
California Department of Education
Plagiarism is Stealing!
Stop, thief! Do your pupils understand the consequences of plagiarism? Lesson three of six in a series of college and career readiness activities demonstrates the dangers of taking credit for someone else's work. Learners engage in...
Curated OER
Career Connections: The Connection Corner
Students will create a career information center. In this careers lesson, students research careers on a local and national level and create a help wanted ad for an occupation of personal interest. Students create a...
California Department of Education
Ready, Set, Test!
Ready to prepare young scholars for their first placement test experience? Give them the support they need using a test-focused instructional activity. Fifth in a series of six junior-level college and career readiness instructional...
California Department of Education
College: Plan Well and Pay Less
They say you gotta pay to play, and postsecondary education is no exception! High schoolers learn how to research and analyze the cost of postsecondary education as well as the different ways to pay for schooling. Learners then work...
Curated OER
Microsoft® PowerPoint 2010 Training
How cool it this? A PowerPoint presentation designed to introduce trainers to PowerPoint 2010 and provides tips and tricks for using the program.
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
Information Technology: Photoshop Scale
Scaling is a practical skill as well as a topic to be addressed throughout the Common Core math standards. You are given three different presentations and a detailed teacher's guide to use while teaching proportion, as well as practice...
Curated OER
Career Connections
Students research the characteristics of specific occupations with personal career interests and aptitudes. In this career exploration instructional activity, students select three careers to explore and consider their own interests and...
Middle Tennessee State University
The Invention of the Telephone
All of the people in your class would agree that life would be different without the invention of the telephone! Study Alexander Graham Bell's most famous and influential invention through the primary source document of his...
Curated OER
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Young scholars complete a webquest. They practice the tools needed and the variety of information available on the Internet to enhance their physical education/ personal fitness classes in an internet lab/cooperative learning environment.
Curated OER
Museum of Computer Technology
High schoolers research the five generations of computing devices and computer inventors, and create a virtual museums.
Curated OER
Tech-Lab Station--Introduction of Unit
In this lesson, students are introduced to a unit Students discuss a unit as a group and interest is generated. Good suggestions for sparking students' interest in general and the value of student discussion are given.
Curated OER
Careers
Eighth graders research careers on the computer to determine which career they are interested in. They create a spreadsheet using the Excel program and calculate the budget for their desired lifestyle and determine if this income is...
Curated OER
Intro to PowerPoint-with KidPix Pictures
Students construct a four sentence creative story by using KidPix software. In this computer technology lesson, students use KidPix software to develop slides about themselves, their family, and their house. Students illustrate each...
Curated OER
Don't Print Homework-Email It!
Students practice emailing their homework. In this technology lesson, students review how to type an email address correctly and how to send it to the correct address. Students complete their homework and send it to their teacher.
Queen of Heaven School
Computer Curriculum
Need some extra resources to get your class computer savvy? How about several years' worth? Show pupils in K-8 a progression of proficiency in a series of computer lessons. Learners master the basics, then work with the Microsoft Office...
Curated OER
Career Exploration
Students investigate possible career paths in forestry they may pursue. In this vocational activity, students discover the many careers possible in the world of science by researching teacher approved career websites on the...
Curated OER
Creating a Multiple Image Page
High schoolers review basic computer skills and view images produced with multiplet images. They complete the Photo Draw Activities worksheet then create a multiple image composite page using computer graphic image programs and images...
Curated OER
Searching the Internet with WebFerret
Students explore how to search the Internet with WebFerret.
Curated OER
The Need to Evaluate
Students access 3 Internet sites. They examine the need to question information found on the Internet and research a question using the Internet. They study discrepancies among Web sites and brainstorm indicators that determine a Web...
Curated OER
Evaluation Techniques
Students study the indicators that determine a Web site's credibility.
Curated OER
Evaluation Practice
Students analyze several web sites for the five indicators: authorship, purpose, URL, currency and design. they Recognize the differences between a credible Web site and a questionable one.
Curated OER
Help! I Need Five Minutes to Study
Students learn to use a time grid or a calendar to increase productivity of their studying. In this studying instructional activity, students record how they spend their studying time and then adjust as needed. Students...