The document discusses creating technology projects for younger students. It notes that teachers must become comfortable collaborating with students on technology. While past projects went wrong due to overstimulation or lack of focus, successful projects can be created by finding reliable sources, saving images to a shared folder, providing step-by-step instructions, and keeping the projects simple, such as limiting students to adding only 3 statements. The overall message is that technology projects for younger students require adaptation and extra organization but can be done in a way that is easy for both students and teachers.

1. Let Them Do It Too
Creating technology projects for younger students
By: Garrece Walker

2. Goals:
Become confident in creating technology
projects for younger students.
Explore the benefits of creating technology
projects for younger students
Welcome

3.  “As technology integration continues to increase in our society, it is
paramount that teachers possess the skills and behaviors of digital age
professionals. Moving forward, teachers must become comfortable being
co-learners with their students and colleagues around the world.”
International Society for Technology in Education
 Teachers must overcome fear of introducing technology to younger
students, which can be done through adaptation of projects and taking
extra steps to organize resources.
Overview

4.  Students were over stimulated.
 Students would not focus.
 Students careless surfed the internet.
 Images for projects were not saved properly.
 Images for projects came from a variety of
unidentified sources.
 Students only used Google images.
 Web 2.0 tool was too difficult for this age
group.
Projects Gone Wrong

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Example Project

6.  Find reliable sources.
 Gather images that are acceptable for
project.
 Save images to a class shared folder that
students will access to create their project.
 Create an instruction sheet with step by step
instructions
 Create project together as a class following
instruction sheet.
 Keep the information simple and limit the
amount…request that students only add 3
statements to project about their given topic.
How to make it easy…

7.  Creating technology projects for younger
students can be done in a simple way.
 Create shortcuts and keep it simple.
 Give step by step instructions and
complete steps as a class.
Summary