Desired Results: Students will complete a personalized name-tag using word processing software. Students will complete the first entry in their digital portfolio saved on the school server.
Assessment Evidence: The finished product will be a 2-D representation with text and at least 3 graphic images. Both sides of the product will be identical – appropriately formatted and proportionally sized and spaced.
Learning Plan:
Time Frame 2 to 3 sessions, Approximately 50 minutes each
Instruction
- Explain activity outcome and expectations
- Open SMART Sync on teacher laptop, then project Logon steps using this file- login_screen
- Review laptop logon steps (Novell logon, Connect to Teacher) and have students login to laptops
- Use SMART Sync to Lock student laptops, open teacher template (name-tag) and project
- Demonstrate how to type, select, and resize text in the lower right box on template
- Unlock student laptops and Sync out student Smart Notebook file (name-tag_student)
- Have students practice typing name, center name in box, and resize text to fill the center of the box
- Lock Student laptops and control one student laptop image to demonstrate how to save to student folders on the school Server
- Ensure that each student has saved their work before you proceed – this might be a good point to end the first session
- If starting a new session, review login steps
- Lock student laptops, use one student’s laptop image to demonstrate how to find saved files on the student server
- Unlock all student laptops and have students open their saved file
- Lock student laptops, open activity template (name-tag), demonstrate how to use the SMART Gallery to find images, and place on the name tag
- Unlock student laptops and give them lots of time to practice finding and using images- remind students to save often – this might be a good point to end this session
- If starting a new session, review login steps
- Open the teacher copy – name-tag, then have students open their work on Student Server
- Lock student laptops, then demonstrate how to flip objects and tex,t left/right and up/down, next show students how to drag the items to the top right box to match the bottom right box.
- Unlock student laptops and allow time for completion – remind students to save often
- Lock student laptops and use one student’s laptop image to demonstrate how to print out the file
- Unlock student laptops and have students print file in groups of 5
- Show students how to fold on the lines to complete 2-D name tag (if you print in black/white, students can color name tags)
Technology Resources: Student Laptops, SMART Sync Software, Smart Notebook Software (or Microsoft Word), LCD projector, Teacher laptop
Lesson Notes: If you choose to use Microsoft Word to complete the activity, create a blank template for students, and adjust directions for that software. Steps for Saving to the server from Student version of Smart Notebook– File>Export from Binder>To another location>Desktop>Student Server>Student Folder. If students are unable to see folders, they may not have logged on correctly. If they see other students folders but not theirs, you can quickly create a folder for that student.