[Yr7-10it] Year 5-6 30 minute "taster"

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Hi all,
I had the same thing last term with one major difference - I WAS NOT IN
A COMPUTER ROOM. So I did some fun stuff with binary numbers - showed
them the first 10 letters of the alphabet in binary - got them to decode
some words, and then got them to make codes and give them to their
friends to decode. 
Half an hour is not a long time - you will find they will be totally in
awe - have fun with them.

Cheers
Ros 

Roslyn Meadows
Bentleigh Secondary College
9579 1044
0412 614 062	
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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Clare, Ian J
Sent: Monday, 3 September 2007 12:58 PM
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Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] Year 5-6 30 minute "taster"

Hi Russell - I did the same thing last year. I taught them Gamemaker in
50 steps. I had a sheet that listed the steps they had to follow. I ran
them through it step by step using a data projector. By the time I got
to step 10 some wanted to go ahead of me and I let them. They loved it.
(I'll look for sheet and e-mail it to you)  

Ian Clare
Information Technology Teacher
Casterton Secondary College
Ph   03 5581 1588 Fax 03 5581 1518
clare.ian.j at edumail.vic.gov.au
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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Russell Edwards
Sent: Monday, 3 September 2007 12:15 PM
To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Yr7-10it] Year 5-6 30 minute "taster"

Hi all,

We have some year 5 and 6 students from local primary schools coming  
to experience secondary school for a day. They're scheduled to have a  
30 minute IT lesson each.

Does anyone have a suggestion for what to do with them?

I've only taught 9-12 before so I'd value any input!

Thanks in advance

Russell


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