Lesson Plan Into to Alice (billboards)
Subject: Computer
Grade:
Fourth
Teacher: Kit Abney
Topic: Intro to Alice
Date: 07/24/2015
NC Standard Course of Study Essential Standard:
4.TT.1 Use technology tools and skills to reinforce classroom concepts and activities.
NC Standard Course of Study Clarifying Objective:
4.TT.3 Use technology tools to present data and information (multimedia, audio and
visual recording, online collaboration tools, etc.)
Teacher will facilitate and then let students do steps together with teacher. Students
that gain skill set of Alice in order to accomplish task.
Activity
I. Focus and Review
(Establish prior
knowledge)
Description of Activities and
Setting
Review Alice
Materials and Time
20 minutes
II. Statement (Inform
student of objectives)
Tell students they will be
introduced to Alice program to
learn how to import a billboard
for second activity.
III. Teacher Input
(Present tasks,
information, and
guidance)
Rubrics given out and
discussed
Demonstrates camera angles,
placing objects in world, and
some movement of objects.
IV. Guided Practice
(Elicit performance,
provide assessment
and feedback)
Teacher demonstrates how to
save pictures from the Internet
and import billboards.
Students then follow along
and do. Teacher
demonstrates Alice interface
and demonstrates how to
5 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
make billboards. Students
then follow along and do.
Teacher demonstrates
necessary Alice essentials
and students follow along.
V. Independent
Practice -- Seatwork
and Homework
(Retention and transfer)
Students continue to complete
project.
VI. Closure (Plan for
maintenance)
Section IV and V repeated for
at least 2 weeks until project is 45-90 minutes
done. Introduce/demonstrate
new concepts as being used.
Closure – students show their
projects.
15 minutes