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Teacher Information
Internet Field Trips are guided tours to the best of classroom appropriate
Web sites. Each field trip provides quick
suggestions for using targeted Web sites to teach a specific topic.
This field trip will take you through the history of
writing machines.
Objectives:
The student will view and read about photographs of various writing
machines/keyboards from 1829 - present day.
The student will develop an understanding of the progress that has
been made from the earliest writing machine to the present computer keyboard.
To gather and classify information from observation of photographs;
to have students differentiate between fact and inference.
Mid- Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) educational
standards
Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and
the individual
Level II (Grade 3-5)
3. Knows that new inventions often lead to
other new inventions and ways of doing things
4. Knows that new inventions reflect people's
needs and wants, and when these change, technology changes to reflect the
new needs and wants
Level III (Grade 6-8)
3. Knows ways in which technology has influenced
the course of history (e.g., revolutions in agriculture, manufacturing,
sanitation, medicine, warfare, transportation, information processing,
communication)
5. Knows ways in which technology and society
influence one another (e.g., new products and processes for society are
developed through technology; technological changes are often accompanied
by social, political, and economic changes; technology is influenced by
social needs, attitudes, values, and limitations, and cultural backgrounds
and beliefs)
Activities:
The student will answer questions pertaining to the virtual field trip
web site.
The student will complete a treasure hunt using the virtual field trip
web site as a follow up acitivity.
The student will choose one writing machine, copy and paste the image
into a word processing document and complete some questions pertaining
to their choice of writing machine.
Suggested Notes:
As a pre-activity to the virtual field trip, view the following site
http://www.precision-dynamics.com.au/typewriters/history.html
Use this site as an introduction to briefly show the students a few
of the machines in each generation.
Preview the field trip web site. http://www.officemuseum.com/typewriters.htm
Preview the student page and familiarize yourself with the student activities. |