Lesson 1

Lesson Expectations

To be able log on to your new Network account
To be able to log on to your new Google account by going to Google Classroom
To open a Google Slides Presentation from Google Classroom
To create a background image for your Scratch Coding Project
To have imported your background into Scratch
To begin to understand Export and Import

Skills Covered

Multimedia Presentation Skills

Communicate through a series of slides
Add photographs from a variety of sources

Information Systems & the Internet

Save an image from a web page

Tech Awareness

Open & use two or more programs at the same time (multi-task)

Teacher Setup

Go to your Google Drive and create a Google Slide presentation in an appropriate folder location.
Name the Google Slide 'River Background'
Create an assignment in your Google Classroom and add the 'River Background' Google Slides presentation to the assignment.
Create a Rivers Topic
Assign the assignment, either scheduled, draft or live.

Resources

Exemplar Google Form

Starter Challenge

Students will need to log into their computer using the Network log on using computer suite computers.

If students are using Chromebooks, they will only need to log onto their Google Account.

Students will need their log in details for:

The network
Google
Scratch

Challenge - Draw a River Background

Students need to open Google Classroom and navigate to the 'River Background' assignment.

They need to open the Google Slides presentation and then use the drawing tools to create a background of a river. See some examples below.

Student should be given the opportunity to find out the tools for themselves before the teacher shows how to use some of the various tools. Students should be encouraged to help each other. For example, encourage the students to make it known to the rest of the class when they have worked out how to use one of the tools, then this student becomes the expert.

Students will need to export their finished drawings to their computer and then import them into Scratch.

Skills

Communicate through a series of slides
Add photographs from a variety of sources
Save an image from a web page
Open & use two or more programs at the same time (multi-task)

Plenary

Create a Google Form that will ask students what they have learned. Click here to make a copy of an exemplar and then change the form accordingly.

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