1. “ Kid-Inspired” Technology Activities Across the Curriculum Florida Kindergarten Council Convention October 1, 2005 Anna Baralt Instructional Technologist Shorecrest Preparatory School St. Petersburg, Florida “ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” -- Thomas Watson Chairman of IBM, 1943 “ There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” -- Ken Olsen Founder Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

5. Early Learning Toolkit

7. Or open teacher-made templates. Choose from ready-made activity templates. Choose to work with pictures or writing mode.

8. Picture Mode Picture Library Listening tool Make Own Symbol Writing Mode

9. Writing Mode Back to picture view

10. Teacher-Made Templates Reading and Writing

11. Letter Sounds: Children drag pictures to circles.

12. Search through the picture library to find pictures that start with the letter S.

14. Review various letter sounds at once.

17. Modify templates to meet individual needs. Challenge more advanced students to use their spelling to label the pictures.

19. Rhyming Pairs:

26. Practice copying color words from word wall. Colored circles give clues.

27. More involved projects like this one might take two days.

29. Encourage students to spell names of their symbols.

31. Many of these templates can be used as assessment tools.

32. Alphabet Sequencing

33. Challenge: Remove the word labels from below the pictures. Have each child type the beginning sound below the picture. Then sort the pictures in alphabetical order.

34. Create custom picture libraries to fit any story.

36. The Mixed-Up Chameleon

37. Jacket I Wear in the Snow

38. Teacher-Made Templates Math

39. Sorting - Color

40. SHAPE

41. S I Z E

42. VENN DIAGRAMS

43. VENN DIAGRAMS

44. Counting

45. Counting to 10

46. L I N E A R P A T T E R N S

47. USE THEME SPECIFIC LIBRARIES

49. MONTHS OF THE YEAR

52. Teacher-Made Templates Science

53. Five Senses This template can be made for each of the five senses.

54. Animals

56. Mammals vs. Birds

57. Sort by any animal characteristic. Other examples include how animals move, skin coverings, color, etc.

58. This is a great template to complete after individual research has been done about an animal.

59. Nutrition

62. Weather / Seasons

63. This is good to use during morning calendar.

66. Teacher-Made Templates Social Studies