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**Copyright Laws**
@Copyright Laws Activity Students will be learning about Copyright Laws along with a scavenger hunt.

**Earth Day**
Going Green Students use web links provided to research ways to go green. Product ideas are provided.

**Excel**
Excel Data Downloads Students learn to download data from a website into an excel document and make charts using the data. Includes: 2 tutorials (importing data, making the chart), Excel Scavenger hunt download, links to multiple data rich sites.

**Inspiration**
@Intro to Inspiration - (A basic introduction to the organizational application __Inspiration__. Aimed toward 6th grade students or anyone who has never used Inspiration before. NOTE: The lesson immediately preceeding this lesson has the student creating a slide show on the same subject "How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich" and uses the same how-to steps, thus the two lessons are sequenced and task-compatible.

**Internet Safety**
Middle School Safety online Middle school lesson about safety online. Includes online predator information, phishing, cyber-bullying, and social networking information. (2 slam dunk lessons on this page)

Computer Literacy-Internet Safety in School

Online Safety A lesson on middle school online safety that addresses cyberbullying, emailing, IM, and social networking sites.

**Problem Based Lesson**
Virtual Vacation Students plan a vacation using the Web, Excel, Word, Powerpoint and email.

**Validating Web Sites**
Searching Online Students learn to check websites for validity. Includes 2 powerpoint presentations, links to validation sites, flowchart for validating, and links to sites to evaluate.

**Voicethread Lessons**
Great Thinkers Voicethread Middle school students respond to a voicethread about Great thinkers in history. Guidelines, starters, and scoring rubric are included on this page. (Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Mark Twain, and Frederick Douglas)

Trip to China Student created a voicethread about his family trip to China.

Xtranormal
@xtranormal Word Choice - Using a Web2.0 tool to integrate Language Arts students recognize and correct usage errors with emphasis on who/whom.media type="custom" key="18664682"