perfect candidate for a CS Unplugged activity.
http://csunplugged.org/activities
There are you tube videos of some folks doing these activities here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/csunplugged
It's not hands-on technology, but it's ABOUT technology and usually
explains some bigger concepts and might spur interest in doing more
computing later on.
Cheers,
-Baker
On Oct 15, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Amy Brudin wrote:
> I'm in an interesting position. I've been given a 45 minute class
> period
> with 5th graders to do a "computer class." I will see a group of
> students
> (16) for one class session roughly once a month. Any suggestions on
> what I
> should do? The class will be completely stand alone - meaning no
> followup in
> any other academic class. I'm also concerned about how much they'll
> remember, so I'm thinking that I'd like to do topics that don't
> necessarily
> build on each other. I WOULD like to do activities that would spark
> some
> interest & that some (or even many) students would WANT to continue
> after
> the class was over. I've got about 6 45 minute periods to fill up
> over the
> course of this academic year. What would you teach?
>
> Amy Brudin
> Technology Resource Coordinator
> St. Anne's-Belfield School
>
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