4th Grade Technology Lessons and Activities

4th graders are a breath of fresh air! In my lab we spend most of the year learning some solid online research skills. We also do units for Internet Safety and Coding, which my students always enjoy. Just so they don't lose their skills, we also practice presentation and spreadsheet software along the way. Every year I partner with the 4th grade teachers to plan a research project for after our unit on online research. We have even teamed up with the media specialist in the past. This has to be my favorite part of the year because there is such a purpose to our time together and the final product is something they can be really proud of. Ok, enough of my sappiness :-)

So, I created these 4th Grade Technology Lessons and Activities for the entire school year that will make a great supplement to your technology curriculum. These lesson plans and activities will save you so much time coming up with what to do during your computer lab time. They are ideal for a technology teacher or a second grade teacher with mandatory lab time. All of the work is done for you!

What you need in order to use these lesson plans:

- Laptops are ideal (PC or Chromebooks) because a lot of the lessons require a flash browser. I suppose that Macs are also totally fine if you can download a flash browser. 

- A class website (doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a place to store the links) or learning management system like Edmodo, Google Classroom, etc. The website links need to go on a password protected page. Another option is to make a desktop shortcut that links to the site. Another option is having students access it once and then save to their favorites. What I am getting at here is that there are lots of options that all protect the digital copyright.

Each lesson or project includes:

-a rationale page

-an editable lesson planning page

-a web page with linked prompts, directions, and activities

-a video for the teacher for how to use all of these resources together titled "start here" in your download folder

-Unit cover pages for a binder if you want to print out these plans

4th Grade Technology Lessons Scope and Sequence

These are the lesson titles you will find in this resource:

Rules and Procedures

1.Lesson 1

Technology Vocabulary

1.Lesson 2 Vocabulary Review

2.Geek Speak Intro

3.Technology Vocabulary Typing

Internet Safety

1.Internet Safety Module 5 Weeks

Online Research

1.How to Read a Webpage

2.All About Online Search

3.Search Engine Strategies

4.Google Search Tips

5.Judging Online Information

6.Evaluate a Web Page

7.Website Evaluation Activity

8.Putting Information Together

9.Avoiding Plagiarism

10.Copyright and Fair Use

Presentation Software

1.Intro to Publisher (research project)

2.PowerPoint Project (4 weeks)

Spreadsheet Software

1.Google Sheets

2.Microsoft Excel

Coding

1.Scratch Lessons 1-8

2.Make a Web Page

Check out these video clips below to see some of the activities included.

Ready to add this to your cart on TpT? Click Here. If you would like your school to purchase this and wish for an administrator to look over the resource preview, I created a page just for him/her. Find it on my Example Technology Curriculum Site.

This 4th Grade set of lessons is also part of a larger bundle of K-5 technology lessons. I made a Frequently Asked Questions blog post about it, which you might find very informative.

I also offer a free technology teacher email course. It is 5 parts and walks you though how I do my planning and collect data.