A lesson for Technology Integration in the Kindergarten Classroom!

This is a lesson I have done with my kindergarten kids in the computer lab!  They enjoy it, it ties into our standards, and promotes the use of 21st century literacy skills.  We are feeling good about laying a solid foundation in 21st century literacy skills that our students can build on as they move through school and into the unknown job world of the future!

Grade Level:

Kindergarten

Curricular Areas:

Reading Language Arts/21^st Century Literacy/Social Studies

Stadards:

Identify community helpers and what they do

Identify the differences between fiction and non-fiction

Represent Learning through drawing

Listen and participate while watching a demonstration

Lesson Summary:

Students will watch a demonstration of a teacher modeling how to log in and watch a fiction and non-fiction digital book about community helpers then create their own digital drawing of a community helper they would like to be when they grow up.  Students will then do this process on their own with teacher support.   Finally students will add a text box stating which community helper they have drawn and add additional text as appropriate.  

	Teacher Prep Faculty	Students	Faculty Notes
Preparation	Have student log in cards ready to hand out Have AEA login written on the board or on cards so that students can access bookflix	Students will already know `how to log in to both the computer and to bookflix `basic skills in kidpix `basic skills in typing and mousing	Check lab computers to make sure both programs are working appropriately.
Introduction	Before going to the computer lab, review previous bookflix and kidpix experiences. Introduce the new experience in the computer lab by modeling the step on the projector/teacher computer before students are sent to their computer.	Students will activate their prior knowledge by remembering and discussing previous projects done with bookflix and kidpix. Students will actively participate with questions and comments as the teacher explains and models the use of these two programs together with kidpix being a way to represent what they learned in bookflix.	Make time in the classroom either the day before or day of the project to do the prior knowledge step so it is fresh in their minds.  In the modeling stage make sure to place more inattentive students close to the screen so they can be optimally focused on the learning task at hand.
Implementation	Explain to students that they will be watching a Bookflix book and then making a Kidpix drawing with a text box to represent and extend what they have learned about community helpers.  They should view both the fiction and non-fiction text on community helpers.  Then open Kidpix to make a digital drawing of the community helper they would like to be when they grow up and add the text box “When I grow up, I want to be…”	The students will watch the demonstration of the teacher doing the assignment first, then proceed to their own computers to log in to the computer, log in to Bookflix, view the community helpers books, open Kidpix, created their digital drawing, and add their text box with the appropriate writing prompt.	This may take two computer lab sessions or an extended computer lab session to complete. The teacher should make sure to model thoroughly for the students and be available to help students throughout the process as adding a text box can get tricky for kindergarten students.  This lesson can be differentiated for different levels of writers/typists.  Some may just create their digital drawing, others may add a text box with just the name of their community helper, others may do the assignment as listed, and some may add more information about the community helper as appropriate.
Culmination	The teacher will assist the students in printing or saving as necessary for the applicable outcome.	Students will print their finished project to have a paper copy to place in a class book in the classroom library or if technology is available save it to compile it into an ebook for the classroom computer.	Make sure to export Kidpix drawings to the desktop so they can be pulled to the website for parent viewing online.  Students can do this if time remains or older students can do it at a later time if time runs out.