Mrs. Renz's 4th Grade Class Tech Projcts 02-03

	Technology Projects for Term 1 2002
Use MS Excel to create graphs after you have surveyed your class mates.
USE MS Word to write a list of favorites (review skills - selecting font, size, color, centering, saving properly).
Use Microsoft Word to publish a poems and insert clip art (as needed or desired).
Use MS Word to write your thoughts about being an American (insert clip art and text into a table with invisible borders)
Learn to use the Dream Writers to word process projects.
Use the Internet to complete E-Wally activities and challenges.
Use the digital camera to take a picture of your kokanee fish project.
Use the computer to take Accelerated Reader tests.
Use MS Word to write letters to our fourth grade pen pals in Georgia and Quebec

	Technology Projects for Term 2
Use the Internet to complete digital labs in the JASON Project curriculum.
Use MS Power Point to create a slide show about the life of your famous person (biography unit).
In student research groups, research a specific part of the JASON Project content.

	Technology Projects for Term 3
State Research Report: Research a state using our website. Write an eight-paragraph research report and word process it on MS Word using clip art for state symbols, and word art for special titles. For extra credit, create a brochure using MS Publisher to encourage someone to visit your state.
Write lots and lots of poems and us MS Word to word process and illustrate them.
Use the Internet and our classroom website to check your stock market prices and draw a line graph of your daily stock prices using MS Excel.
Research life on the Oregon Trail using our website.
Use the Journal Zone program to write a story about an Iditarod Trail race. Animate your story.