Week 2: Technology Enhances Reading

BIG IDEA:  How can technology enhance one's reading skills?

SNAPSHOT:  This week's technology class will be an extension of the reading skills taught in the classroom to introduce SMOY's reading program, Accelerated Reader.  All students will take a pre-test to determine one's reading level.  Students will also learn the difference between SOFTWARE and HARDWARE and be able to identify and describe the parts of the computer.

WHAT'S THE POINT?
Being able to identify the parts of the computer will help increase one's knowledge of the computer in order to help build effective computer skills.  Hardware and Software are two different components, but they work with one another to make one's computer work properly.  It is important for all students to learn the correct computer vocabulary as we begin the school year.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Check out BRAIN POP: The components of a computer

EXTENSIONS:

*Encourage your students to explore the software on your home computer with your parental permission. Once students finished exploring the Accelerated Software program on our lab computers, we explored Google Earth this week.  Want to download Google Earth for free to use on your home computer?  Click here.

*See if your child can identify the parts of your home computer and determine if each part is hardware or software.