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Teacher’s guide
Module 1 Creating
a document
DKGENIUS Task 1 Advanced formatting
Teacher Class Date
Overview “K.5.1.1_Vision_test.docx” in the My Documents

The general purpose of this lesson is for the folder on each student’s PC.
students to make small changes that will make a 2. Start – Investigation of knowledge
document more elegant. Introduce the topic of the lesson, which is advanced
formatting that can be applied to a text.
Objectives First of all, explain what show/hide does. Tell them
• To apply character spacing. that it’s a good way to check their documents (by
• To insert a non-continuous line. opening a random Word file) and see the spaces
• To Show/Hide non-printable characters. between words, where paragraphs change, where
they have pressed tab, etc. Emphasize that these
Skills characters are not printable.
• To apply spacing, scale and position from the Afterwards hand out the “K.5.1.1_Worksheet_1.
font window in the Advanced tab. docx” to students.. Explain what they are going to
• To distinguish the difference between Enter and do.
Shift + Enter. Ask them to match the symbols with the characters.
• To understand what non-printable characters are. 3. Implementation
Prerequisites • Hand out the “K.5.1.1_Worksheet_2.docx”.
• Simple formatting of paragraphs and fonts. Students have to open a Word file and change
• Inserting and formatting a picture. the font size and the character spacing. At this
• How to check for mistakes. point explain what the space character is and
• Copy and paste text from a website. why they shouldn’t put many spaces between
two words. The final form of the file should look
What is needed like the file “K.5.1.1_Vision_test_final”.
Resources • Then, hand out the “K.5.1.1_Worksheet_3.docx”.
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book Explain them that sometimes basic formats are
• K.5.1.1_Worksheet_1.docx not enough for a document to look elegant.
• K.5.1.1_Worksheet_2.docx They need to make small changes that can make
• K.5.1.1_Worksheet_3.docx the text clearer by adding some space between
• K.5.5.1_Evaluation_Sheet.docx characters. Point out that this is something that
• K.5.1.1_Air_Pollution.docx they can apply to words or phrases. Try to avoid
• K.5.1.1_Air_Pollution_Final.docx doing it to whole paragraphs. Also mention
• K.5.1.1_Air_pollution_for_teacher.docx that although Microsoft Word can change
• K.5.1.1_Vision_test.docx lines automatically, sometimes it is necessary
• K.5.1.1_Vision_test_final.docx to change lines manually. Here explain the
Tools & Equipment difference between Enter and Shift + Enter.
Microsoft Word Explain that they should press Enter only when
they want to change a paragraph or make lists. If
Learning difficulties they do so, the first letter of the sentence will be
• Advanced Formatting of characters capitalized or a gap may be added between lines.
Sometimes students want to make a word or Shift + Enter helps them solve these problems.
part of a text look clearer than the others. Usually The final form of the file should look like the file
students put a space between the characters. “K.5.1.1_Air_pollution_final”.
• Adding Line Breaks Encourage discussion amongst students and if they
Some students may not know the difference have any questions they can ask you. They can
between changing a paragraph (Enter) and try different types of format until they achieve the
changing a line (Shift + Enter) or when we desired results. Tell them that if they make a mistake
change paragraph and when we change lines. they can always use the undo function. Don’t forget
• Non-printable characters to ask them to save the document frequently.
Some students may not know that if they press They can also consult their Student’s Book “Digital
the Show/Hide non-printable characters button, Kids Genius” in Module “5.1 “Creating a document”
these symbols won’t print. on “Task 1 - Advanced Formatting “.
4. Completion – Evaluation
Lesson Description After completing the activities, collect all the
1. Preparation worksheets and file them in the class folder.
Save the files “K.5.1.1_Air_Pollution.docx” and • Hand out an evaluation sheet to every student
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and ask them to complete it.
• C ollect them and see if they understood all the
objectives that we had for this lesson.
• Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
completely understand and make any changes
required in the teaching process.
Notes

Module 1 Creating
a document
DKGENIUS Task 2 Search and replace
Teacher Class Date
Overview be careful not to replace a verb with a noun.

The general purpose of this lesson is for the
students to find a word or a phrase and replace it Lesson Description
with another one. 1. Preparation
Copy the files “K.5.1.2_Blake_Tyger.docx,” “K.5.1.2_
Objectives Alex_Morgan.docx” and “K.5.1.2_Timetable.
• To learn how to search for and replace a specific docx” and paste them to My Documents on each
word or phrase with another one. student’s PC.
2. Start - Brainstorming
Skills • Introduce the topic of the lesson which is the use
• To find a word or phrase. of the Find and Search command.
• To replace a word or phrase with another one. • At the beginning, tell students that if they have
a document with many pages and need to find
What is needed a word or phrase quickly, without reading the
Prerequisites whole thing, they can use the Find command
Open a Word document. in the Editing group. Most people use the Find
Resources feature to locate a specific text because they
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book want to change it. With this feature, Word
• K.5.1.2_Worksheet_1.docx highlights all the occurrences of a specific word
• K.5.1.2_Worksheet_2.docx or phrase in the entire document at the same
• K.5.1.2_Worksheet_3.docx time.
• K.5.1.2_Evaluation_Sheet.docx • As previously mentioned, there is always the
• K.5.1.2_Timetable.docx Replace command which can be used to replace
• K.5.1.2_Blake_Tyger.docx a word or phrase. Tell students that they can
• K.5.1.2_Alex_Morgan.docx check every occurrence before deciding which
Tools & Equipment one to change with the Replace command. Tell
Microsoft Word them to keep in mind that the highlighted text
will be the first occurrence in the document after
Learning difficulties the insertion point. Make sure to mention that
• Searching for a word or phrase if they click Replace all, all the occurrences of a
Students may often want to find a word or particular word or phrase will be changed, so
phrase in a document with a lot of pages without they have to use this option carefully, as it may
wasting time reading through the whole text. In change the meaning of their document if a text is
this case, they should use the Find command, replaced when it shouldn’t be.
where they can see the word or phrase 3. Investigation of knowledge - Implementation
highlighted wherever it appears in the document. • First hand out the “K.5.1.2_Worksheet_1.docx”
Some students believe that the highlighted text and ask students to read the introduction on
will remain so. Explain that this function will stop the worksheet and match the shortcuts with the
if they close the Find window. proper function:
In other cases, students want to search for a
word in a document but they have difficulty Ctrl + H > Find and replace
finding it because they may have made spelling Ctrl + F > Find
mistakes. For this reason, they have to be careful Ctrl + Z > Undo
not to misspell the word they are looking for.
• Replacing a word or phrase with another one • T hen, students have to open the file “K.5.1.2_
A lot of students use Word’s Find feature to Timetable.docx” and replace the word
locate a specific text and change it using the “Volleyball” with the word “Athletics”. Tell them
Replace command. Word allows them to choose that they can consult their Student’s Book
how to replace a text in a document using Digital Kids Genius in “Module 5.1 - Creating a
two options. They can choose to replace all document”, “Task 2 - Search and replace”.
occurrences of a particular word or phrase or • Then hand out the “K.5.1.2_Worksheet_2.docx”.
look at each occurrence before deciding which The students have to open the file “K.5.1.2_Blake_
one to replace. The last option is the most Tyger.docx” and fill in the table with the number
appropriate if they have to change a word or of times that the words “Tyger”, “what”, “forests”
phrase at only one point. However, they have to appear in the document. First ask them to count

them, fill in the box with the number and then
use the Find command to see if the numbers
match. As there is a spelling mistake with the
word “Tyger”, ask them to replace it with the
correct spelling, “Tiger”.
• At the end, hand out the “K.5.1.2_Worksheet_3.
docx”and ask them to do the activity. Here, they
have to use the Find and Replace command in
order to:
o Replace the word “he” with the word “she”.
o Replace the word “his” with the word “her”.
o Replace the word “him” with the word “her”.
o Replace two spaces with a single space.
After completing the activities, collect all the
worksheets and file them in the class folder.
• Hand out an evaluation sheet to every student
• Collect them and see if they understood all the
Notes

Module 1 Creating
a document
DKGENIUS Task 3 Working with tables
Teacher Class Date
Overview want defined dimensions then they adjust the

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to size of the contents. If student want to change
be able to add a table to a Word document, as well the dimensions then they have to activate the
as to format it. ruler and choose the “box” they are interested
in and drag it. This method is appropriate in
Objectives cases where the table extends outside the page’s
To present data in tables, which are modified in the limits. When students want to press tab to apply
students’ personal style. an Indent to a cell, they can press Ctrl + Tab.
Another better method is to move the Indent
Skills triangle on the ruler of the corresponding cell.
• To insert a table.
• To use shadings. Lesson Description
• To use borders. 1. Start - Brainstorming
• To add a row or a column to an existing table. • Introduce the purpose of the lesson to attract
• To delete a row or a column from an existing students’ interest in creating and formatting a
table. table.
• At the beginning, tell students that a table in
What is needed Word is an organizational tool that can let them
Resources present their information in an interesting, easy-
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book to-read format. Explain to them that a table isn’t
• K.5.1.3_Worksheet_1.docx just for data collected from an experiment, but
• K.5.1.3_Worksheet_2.docx it’s also for anything they need to organize into
• K.5.1.3_Worksheet_3.docx rows and columns
• K.5.1.3_Evaluation_Sheet.docx • Then, ask them a series of questions like:
• K.5.1.3_ My_school_schedule.docx o Have you ever used a table on Word?
• K.5.1.3_ My_school_schedule.pptx o What could you present in a table apart from
Tools & Equipment numbers?
Microsoft Word o What kind of style can the table be presented
in?
Learning difficulties • Encourage them to discuss amongst themselves
• Adding a row or a column in order to answer them. They should understand
Sometimes students have a problem adding a that a table is a means to save, organize and
row to an existing table. They probably know present data, images and graphs.
that they can add a row to the end of a table • Then, hand out the “K.5.1.3_Worksheet_1.docx”
by pressing Tab in the last column. But what and ask students to match each action with the
happens if they want to insert new rows between proper button in Word. They can open a Word
existing rows or columns between existing file and insert a new empty table in order to do
columns? It is very simple. They can use either this activity correctly.
the Insert command in the Rows & Columns 2. Implementation
group in the Layout tab or right-click and choose • Then, hand out the “K.5.1.3_Worksheet_2.docx”.
the appropriate Insert command. Students will learn how to create their own
They can do the same if they want to add crossword in Word using a table. Firstly they
multiple rows and columns. The only exception is should decide on a theme and 6 related words.
that they have to select the appropriate number They can note them on paper. It will be helpful if
of rows and columns before inserting them. they draw the crossword on paper and then start
• Modification of a Table creating it in Word.
Sometimes students have a problem customizing • More specifically, students will learn how to:
formatting changes made to a Table. They may o add a new table
not be able to modify a specific cell in the table o add new rows/columns
because they haven’t selected the end-of-cell o delete rows/columns
marks. They have to select a cell with the end- o use shadings
of-cell marks and then click the left edge of the o use borders
cell. When the cells’ contents are larger than the • At the end of the activity, remind students to
size of the cells, then the tables automatically save their work and print their crossword in order
change the size of rows or columns. If students to hand it out to their classmates.

• A fter completing this activity, hand out the
“K.5.1.3_Worksheet_3.docx”.The students will
create a school schedule and they will give it the
style based on their preference. They can use the
Students book, Module 5, Task 3 (Working with
tables) as a guide. Encourage students to discuss
amongst themselves about any questions they
have or ask for your help if necessary.
• At the end of this activity, remind students to
save their work and print their school schedule.
• Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
• Collect sheets and see if the students understood
all the objectives of the lesson.
Notes

Module 1 Creating
a document
DKGENIUS Task 4 Document views
Teacher Class Date
Overview between the different views modes and zoom in

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to and out.
switch between the different viewing modes, as well • They should draw conclusions about the different
as to zoom in and out. views and realize when to use each one.
• Encourage discussion amongst themselves and
Objectives let them experiment.
Viewing a document in different ways depending • They can use the Students Book as a guide (page
on our needs. 19-21).
Skills After completing the activities, collect all the
• Switching between different viewing modes. worksheets and file them in the class folder.
• Making a document smaller or larger on screen. • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
What is needed • Collect the sheets and see if the students
Prerequisites understood all the objectives that we had for this
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word (open a file, lesson.
create a new file, type text). • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
Resources completely understand and make any changes
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book required in the teaching process.
• K.5.1.4_Worksheet_1.docx
• K.5.1.4_Worksheet_2.docx Notes
• K.5.1.4_Evaluation_Sheet.docx
• K.5.1.4_Milky_Way.docx
Tools & Equipment
Microsoft Word
Learning difficulties
Viewing your document in different ways.
Sometimes you want to work more effectively.
Explain that each view is for a specific reason and
all have a function. The most commonly used
view is the Print Layout that is the default view for
Microsoft Word .
Lesson Description
1. Start – Preparation
• Before the lesson starts, paste the file “K.5.1.4_
Milky_Way.docx” in My Documents to each
computer
• At the start of the lesson, mention the use of the
different views and zoom.
• Form groups of 4. Try to make these groups
equal in knowledge in order to evaluate their
effort easily.
2. Implementation
• Then, hand out the “K.5.1.4_Worksheet_1.docx”
and ask students to match the icons with the
correct name.
• Hand out the “K.5.1.4_Worksheet_2.docx”. Ask
students to answer the questions.
• Hand out the “K.5.1.4_Worksheet_3.docx”.
Students have to open an existing file but also
create a new one and make some changes
in view mode and zoom. Ask them to switch

Module 2 Producing
multimedia
DKGENIUS Task 1 Use capture devices
Teacher Class Date
Overview appear complete.

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to 2. Understanding the difference between size units.
learn how to use capture devices in order to create Explain the ratio of bytes, KB, MB and GB.
different files and transfer them to their computer. 3. Understanding that external memory connected
to the computer is like a folder. We can Copy and
Objectives Paste them anywhere we want.
• To understand that all capture devices can 4. Adjusting the speaker volume, so they don’t hear
connect to a computer, in order to organize the the sound from the sound clip and video during
captured files, edit and keep them safe. playback.
• To choose the most suitable capture device to
capture something. Lesson Description
• To understand the difference of size between 1. Preparation
text, picture, song and video. Before the lesson starts, you must have:
• To know the ratio between byte, KB, MB, and GB. • Connected a microphone to each team’s
• To understand that different file types have computer.
different extensions. • Connected the scanner to the students’
computers.
Skills • Brought a digital camera (and a digital video
• To connect capture devices to a computer via camera) and a USB cable to connect the capture
USB or another port. devices to the computer.
• To scan a photo or drawing and save it on the • Installed the proper drivers for all the above
computer. devices.
• To import photos and videos to the computer. 2. Introduction – Brainstorm
• To check the file size and type of a file. Introduce the purpose of the lesson by motivating
students’ interest in capture devices. The main aim
What is needed of this lesson is for students to understand that all
Prerequisites capture devices can be connected to the computer
• Create a sound clip. so we can transfer data that we have captured and
• View images and videos. store them on the computer. These files can be
• Transfer files from one folder to another. edited and we can use them any way we want.
• Type and save a text as a different file. You could ask them some questions such as:
• Create a new Presentation. • What relation can there be between a computer
Resources and a digital camera?
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book • What type of data can we capture?
• K.5.2.1_Worksheet_1.docx • Which capture devices have you ever used?
• K.5.2.1_Worksheet_2.docx • Why do we capture data?
• K.5.2.1_Worksheet_3.docx • What size does a video or an image have?
• K.5.2.1_Evaluation_Sheet.docx 3. Development
Tools & Equipment Divide the students into groups of 3-4.Hand out
• Scanner objects to students that they can use as sound
• Microphones source. For example, you can give each team a
• Digital camera glass and a stick, or a bell, or a plastic bottle, etc.
• Digital video camera You may advise them to use their hands as a sound
• Microsoft Office Word source, as well.
• Microsoft PowerPoint Hand out the digital camera (and digital video
• Adobe Reader camera).
• Drivers for the capture devices 4. Investigation – Implementation
• Windows Media Player • Hand out the “K.5.2.1_Worksheet _1.docx”. First
• Windows Live Photo Gallery students have to create a new folder. In the folder
they must save all the files they will create.
Learning difficulties • Then students have to record a sound and shoot
Students have difficulties in: photographs and videos. For this reason, explain
1. Scanning a picture correctly. They don’t place the to them and advise them that they should
page into the scanner properly, and as a result cooperate and coordinate their activities. Each
the scanned page has black marks or doesn’t member of the team should act separately but

also simultaneously:
o One of them will produce the sound.
o Another one will record the sound.
o Another one will capture photos.
o And another one will shoot video. (If a digital
video camera is not available then students
can capture some photos first and then shoot
the video using the same digital camera,
without interrupting the sound production.)
For each activity they have to use the appropriate
capture device. Encourage discussion amongst
students to exchange ideas or ask for the
teacher’s help if necessary.
• Then, students have to transfer the files from the
cameras to the computer and save them on the
folder with a name of their choice.
• Afterwards, they have to scan a page from which
they must only keep the image on the bottom of
the page.
• Then, hand out the “K.5.2.1_Worksheet _2.docx”.
They will create a Word file and a PDF file which
contain the text of the first worksheet as well as
the picture they scanned earlier.
• Then students have to complete a table with
some features of the files. The aim is for students
to understand the difference between the sizes
of different file types. But, they have to write the
files in descending order of size, so they must be
careful with different size units. They can use the
Student’s book, Module 2, Task 1 (Use capture
devices) as a guide in order to check the size of
each file.
• Hand out the “K.5.2.1_Worksheet _3.docx”.
Students will try to create a presentation in which
they will introduce many of the files they created.
This way they will understand how to combine
different file types. The content of each slide is
described on the worksheet.
• Remind them to save their work before they
close the presentation.
5. Completion Feedback - Evaluation
After completing the activity, a discussion must
follow in order to investigate the meanings of:
• The use of capture devices.
• The difference in size between different files.
• The existence of different file types and how we
can recognize them.
• Then collect all worksheets and file them in the
class folder.
Finally:
• Collect the sheets and see if the students
understood all the objectives of the lesson.
Notes

Module 2 Producing
multimedia
DKGENIUS Task 2 Create and edit a sound clip
Teacher Class Date
Overview student interest in the sound clip they are going to

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to create.
learn how to create and edit their sound clips. In the beginning mention the use of Audacity.
3. Investigation – Development of knowledge
Objectives Form groups of 4. Try to make these groups equal
• To use the Audacity program in order to edit a in knowledge in order to evaluate their effort easily.
sound file. First of all hand out the “K.5.2.2_Worksheet_1.
• To add effects to a sound clip. docx” and ask students to do the multiple-choice
• To save a sound in the proper format, exercise on their worksheet. Encourage discussion.
appropriate for its use. As students have opened Audacity already, they can
navigate it in order to answer questions correctly.
Skills 4. Implementation
• To open a file using Audacity. Then, hand out the “K.5.2.2_Worksheet_2.docx” and
• To play a specific part of a sound. ask students to open the “My_audio.wav” file which
• To delete a specific part of a sound. is saved in Documents using Audacity and edit it.
• To copy and paste a part of a sound in another Afterwards ask them to follow the instructions in
point of the sound. order to download five sounds and mix them using
• To change the pitch of a sound. Audacity. Let them decide what modifications are
• To change the speed of a sound. needed.
• To import sounds. During this activity, students will learn how to edit
• To mix sounds. one or more sounds, how to change their speed
and pitch, how to copy or cut a part of a sound clip
What is needed and how to mix sounds.
Prerequisites An example of the final file is the “K.5.2.2_Jungle.
Search on the Internet and download files, using a wav”.
Web browser. 5. Completion – Evaluation
Resources After completing the activity, collect all the
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book worksheet and file them in the class folder.
• K.5.2.2_Worksheet_1.docx • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
• K.5.2.2_Worksheet_2.docx and ask them to complete it.
• K.5.2.2_Evaluation_Sheet • Collect sheets and see if the students understood
• K.5.2.2_My_audio.wav all the objectives of the lesson.
• K.5.2.2_Jungle.wav • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
Tools & Equipment completely understand and make any changes
• Internet Explorer required in the teaching process.
• Audacity
• Speakers Notes
Learning difficulties
Convert an edited file to any type of sound file
Explain that sometimes you want to convert a song
because it isn’t recognized by your audio device.
There are many types of sound files (.wav, .mp3,
.wma etc.). Audacity gives the ability to save a
sound in any format we want.
Lesson Description
1. Preparation
Before the lesson starts, copy and paste the file
“K.5.2.2_My_audio.wav” in Documents on each
computer. Also, make sure that the Audacity
program is installed in each computer and there is a
shortcut to it on all desktops.
2. Start – Brainstorming
Introduce the purpose of the lesson to motivate

Module 2 Producing
multimedia
DKGENIUS Task 3 Find and use multimedia material
Teacher Class Date
Overview to this web site. In order to answer the question

The general purpose of this task is for students to they should type a word in the search box and
learn how to search for and find images and videos press Enter or the icon. Also they have to select
from the Internet. the hyperlink “images” or “videos” respectively.
• The answers are:
Objectives 1. Size/Color/Type/Layout/People
• To use the Web in order to search for specific 2. Length/Date/Resolution/Source
kind of information (images, videos). 3. News/Maps/Books/Applications/Games/
• To use the proper search option in order to find a Programs
picture or a video on the Web. 3. Implementation
• Afterwards, hand out the “K.5.2.3_Worksheet_2.
Skills docx”.Students have to search for images and
• To search the Web for images. videos on the Internet. They will realize that they
• To download pictures from the Web. can select what kind of results they are looking
• To see pictures in full size. for. Bing, and most search engines, give us the
• To search the Web for videos. ability to search easily for images, videos, news
• To watch videos from the Web. or any kind of information. Furthermore, students
will realize that there are some parameters for
What is needed each kind of information (length, resolutions,
Prerequisites color etc.).
Basic knowledge of using a web browser (Internet • Mention that students can review the images
Explorer). before saving them on their computer. Also, they
Resources can watch the videos by pressing the Play button.
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book • In this activity they should save five images in
• K.5.2.3_Worksheet_1.docx a folder and a text with five links to five videos
• K.5.2.3_Worksheet_2.docx related to animals. Help them to copy the link of
• K.5.2.3_Evaluation_Sheet.docx a video and paste it onto the text. Mention that
• Folder “K.5.2.3_Jungle_files” they can give the file whatever name they want
Tools & Equipment (for example text_video_links). An example of the
• Internet Explorer final folder is the folder “K.5.2.3_Jungles_files”.
• Speakers 4. Completion – Evaluation
After completing the activity, collect all the
Learning difficulties worksheets and file them in the class folder.
Download images and videos from the Web. • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
Explain that we can only download pictures and and ask them to complete it.
videos which are free to use. It’s illegal to download • Collect the sheets and see if the students
files that belong to other people. Mention that, understood all the objectives of the lesson.
students must always read the copyright license • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
before downloading something. completely understand and make any changes
Lesson Description
1. Start - Brainstorming
• Introduce the purpose of the lesson to motivate Notes
student interest in the research they are going to
carry out on the Web.
• Afterwards hand out the “K.5.2.3_Worksheet_1.
docx”. Ask students to read the introduction and
to try to answer the questions. They will realize
the usefulness of the Internet as well as search
machines.
2. Investigation – Development of knowledge
• Next, students have to answer some questions
on the worksheet. In order to do this they should
open Internet Explorer and visit www.bing.com.
Encourage discussion and let students navigate

Module 2 Producingmultimedia
DKGENIUS Task 4 Create an animated story
Teacher Class Date
Overview Lesson Description

Use Windows Live Movie Maker to create an 1. Preparation
animated story with photos, video or text and visual • Make sure that Windows Live Movie Maker
effects and Windows Media Player are installed on all
computers.
Objectives • Make sure that the folder “K.5.2.4_Jungle_files”
• To create an animated story by adding photos that students created in a previous lesson is on
and videos in any orientation and in any order. all the computers, if not copy and paste the given
• To watch the movie after any change, by clicking folder.
Play, to see if the results are satisfactory. 2. Start – Brainstorming
• To edit a video in an animated story, adjusting its • Hand out the “K.5.2.4_Worksheet_1.docx”. Ask
volume and speed. students to read the introduction and answer the
• To adjust the duration of any photo, video, questions about videos and animated stories.
transition, text or effect. Start a discussion about animated stories. Ask
students to mention if they have ever created
Skills one and what it was about.
• To open Windows Live Movie Maker. • Mention that a program which can create
• To add videos and photos to create an animated animated stories and which is installed on
story. all computers is Windows Live Movie Maker.
• To change the order of photos and videos in an Students can open the program and navigate it.
animated story. 3. Investigation – Development of knowledge.
• To adjust the duration of a video or an image in • You can use the projector and show students
an animated story. the movie “K.5.2.4_My movie.wmv”. Ask them to
• To add a transition to a photo or video to make it observe the pictures, the sound and the effects
more appealing. they have applied to that video.
• To apply Pan and Zoom effect to a photo or • Then, form groups of 4 and ask them to match
video in order to give movement to the story. the columns on the rest of the worksheet. They
• To add music to a movie to make it more can have Windows Movie Maker open and
interesting. navigate its environment. They have to match
• To add a title to your movie and format it. each element that a video consists of (picture,
• To save the movie as a file on the computer. video, sound and title) with its characteristics.
• To watch a video with Windows Media Player. Mention that each element can match to more
than one characteristic in the second column.
What is needed 4. Implementation
Resources Hand out the “K.5.2.4_Worksheet_2.docx”.
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book Encourage students to do the activity. They have to
• K.5.2.4_Worksheet_1.docx create their own animated story:
• K.5.2.4_Worksheet_2.docx • They will apply some of the commands and
• K.5.2.4_Evaluation_Sheet.docx effects that Windows Live Movie Maker offers in
• “K.5.2.4_Jungle_files” folder order to create an interesting and artistic video.
• “K.5.2.4_My movie.wmv” More specifically they will learn how:
• “K.5.2.4_My movie.wlmp” o To add photos and sound to a new animated
Tools & Equipment story. Explain that we can add one or more
• Windows Live Movie Maker videos the same way. Also, students will apply
• Windows Media Player the Fade In and Fade Out effect in order to
• A projector make the sound smoother.
o To add a title and to format it! Remind them to
Learning difficulties add the title to the start of the movie!
Students apply many different visual effects and • Students will learn that Windows Live Movie
transitions and as a result the movie is over- Maker offers us the ability to apply effects that
the-top. Explain that students should use them make the images move. Ask them to apply Pan
sparingly so as not to make the viewers tired or and Zoom effects to each element. Explain that
bored. Also, they can apply the same effect to all in this way the movie is more interesting and
elements, by clicking the Apply to All button. artistic.
• Also, students have to define the duration of

images and text in order to create an easy-to-
view movie! Mention that they have to select the
element first and then edit it.
• Urge them to experiment with the commands in
order to decide which one is best. Mention that
they can use the Undo button if they don’t like
a change they made. Ask them to cooperate in
order to get the best results. Tell them to consult
the Student’s Book, if necessary. Also mention
that if they want to delete something they can
select it and then press Delete.
• At the end, remind them to save their work on
their computer under a specific name.
Notes

Module 3 Using
communication tools
DKGENIUS Task 1 Internet and the web
Teacher Class Date
Overview “K.5.3.1_Song.docx” in Documents on each student’s

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to computer.
learn what a network is and what information the 2. Start - Brainstorming
Internet offers us. • Introduce the purpose of the lesson to motivate
students’ interest in searching for information
Objectives on the Web using a web browser and a search
• To be aware of the two types of networks (LAN/ engine.
WAN) and to be able to describe the differences • Divide the students into groups of 2-3.
between them. • Hand out the “K.5.3.1_Worksheet_1.docx”.Ask
• To understand what the Internet is and how we students to read the introduction and encourage
can use it in order to find information, exchange them to answer the questions. Help them by
files, send e-mails, chat, etc. asking them some more questions like:
• To realize that there are two ways to connect o Which devices do you use in order to have
devices to the Internet, through cables or Internet access?
wirelessly. o How many times do you use the Internet per
• To use a search engine properly. week?
o Which websites do you usually visit?
Skills 3. Investigation - Development of knowledge
• To use search engines. • Ask students to complete the worksheet. With
• To add a website to the list of favorites. these activities they will wonder and learn what
• To print a web page. types of networks there are and in which ways we
• To save a web page. can connect a computer to the Internet or to a
• To organize favorites into folders. network generally.
• To find definitions for words in a search engine • Then, mention that networks are made up of
by typing the word in the search text box. computers which communicate with each other.
• To translate a word using a search engine. There are two types of network: LAN, which
• To calculate a math equation in a search engine is a small network, and WAN, which is a large
by typing the equation in the search text box. network. Remind them that the Internet is a
global network.
What is needed 4. Implementation
Prerequisites • Then, hand out the “K.5.3.1_Worksheet_2.docx”.
Basic knowledge of Internet Explorer. Students have to use Internet Explorer and visit a
Resources search engine in order to search for information
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book about known traditional musical instruments in
• K.5.3.1_Worksheet_1.docx their country.
• K.5.3.1_Worksheet_2.docx • It’s time to explain the use of search engines
• K.5.3.1_Worksheet_3.docx (Google or Bing). Students already know that
• K5.3.1_Evaluation_Sheet.docx they can use them to find out whatever they
• K.5.3.1_Song.docx want. They have to keep in mind, however, that
Tools & Equipment they have to use a phrase, not just a word, inside
• Microsoft Word quotation marks, to get faster results.
• Internet Explorer • Let them look for and find the information they
need. Then ask students to add the most relevant
Learning difficulties website with the information they are looking for,
Using a search engine. in Favorites. Explain that Favorite folder helps us
Sometimes students want to find out information to have fast access to a website that we visit the
about a subject, so they use a search engine. most often.
There are often so many results that they get lost. • Then, students have to print and save the
To avoid this they should use a phrase, not just a homepage of this website. During this activity,
word, and for greater accuracy they should type the help students to investigate the way they can
phrase inside quotation marks. print and save a web page.
• Finally, students have to create a text document
Lesson Description which includes the names and photos of the five
1. Preparation most well-known traditional musical instruments.
Before the lesson starts, copy and paste the file If necessary, remind students how they can

place pictures and text from a website into a text
document.
• Hand out the “K.5.3.1_Worksheet_3.docx”. In
this activity students will realize that Bing offers
not only the ability to search information, but
also can translate words, find definitions, find
synonyms/antonyms, or make calculations. Ask
students to complete the tables. They should
type the correct words in the search box on each
occasion:
1: Synonym of….. / Antonym of……
2: Translator
3: Solve ……….
• They can use the Student’s Book as a guide. Help
students if necessary.
• Collect sheets and see if students understood all
the objectives of the lesson.
Notes

Module 3 Using
communication tools
DKGENIUS Task 2 Communication tools
Teacher Class Date
Overview be careful who they chat with. They should

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to only accept contacts that they know and not
learn how to communicate with their friends using strangers. Also, they should be careful with spam
certain programs. and suspicious emails.
Objectives Lesson Description

• To become familiar with Windows Live Mail. 1. Preparation
• To realize that the Internet and various free tools Make sure that Skype is installed on each computer,
can be used to communicate with friends otherwise download it from the Internet and install
• To understand that Skype is a tool that allows us it. Also create email accounts (usernames and
to communicate with other by voice and video passwords) for Windows Live Mail for each team.
calls or instant messages. Also, give them your email address.
• To realize that Skype offers us the opportunity 2. Introduction
to call friends in the same way we would using a Introduce the purpose of the lesson to motivate
telephone, but that it’s free of charge. students’ interest in communication tools. At the
• To understand that calls to telephone numbers beginning of the lesson tell your students that they
using Skype are not free. can use various programs to communicate with
their friends via text and video.
Skills Hand them the “K.5.3.2_Worksheet_1.docx” and ask
• To use email in order to communicate with a them to read the introduction and to try to answer
friend. the questions. Encourage them to discuss amongst
• To add contacts to Skype (send and accept themselves and exchange ideas.
requests) 3. Investigation – Development of knowledge
• To chat or send instant messages via Skype Then, ask them to do the next activity of the
• To make a voice call or video call via Skype worksheet in order to recognize the name and
home webpage of each communication program,
What is needed as well as a use of each of them.
Prerequisites 4. Implementation
To sending an email message. Hand out the “K.5.3.2_Worksheet_2.docx”.Divide the
Resources students into teams. Explain that they are going to
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book communicate online with all the other teams. More
• K.5.3.2_Worksheet_1.docx specifically:
• K.5.3.2_Worksheet_2.docx • Ask them to open Skype and tell them to sign in.
• K.5.3.2_Evaluation_Sheet.docx They should write down their Skype names on
Tools & Equipment the whiteboard in order for the other teams to
• Internet Explorer find them and add them to their contacts.
• Microphone • Then, they will participate in a discussion about
• Web camera a subject via a chat window. Encourage them to
make voice calls or video calls if it is possible in
Learning difficulties order to work together.
• Understanding what an email is. • Tell students to work in pairs and do both
Some students believe that if their recipient worksheet exercises. Afterwards ask them to
lives in their neighborhood their mail will arrive send you an email message with the answers of
more quickly. In reality their mail will arrive in a the True-False questions.
few seconds not only if the recipients live on the • During the activity encourage discussion among
same street but also in another country. students and remind them that they can use the
• Understanding Skype. Student Book as a guide.
Some people believe that using Skype is free. 5. Completion – Evaluation
It is, but only when it is used to communicate After completing the activities, collect all the
between computers. If you call a landline or cell worksheets and file them in the class folder.
phone number you have to pay for calls and • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
texts. and ask them to complete it.
• The dangers of on-line communication. • Collect the evaluation sheets and see if the
Explain to students that they can communicate students understood all the objectives for the
with people at any time. But they should lesson.

• C
heck which part of the lesson students didn’t
Notes

Module 3 Using
communication tools
DKGENIUS Task 3 Sharing your moments
Teacher Class Date
Overview Introduce the purpose of the lesson to motivate

The overall purpose of this lesson is for students to students’ interest in OneDrive. Tell students that
learn how to create and share files and folders with they can share files with their friends without
their friends using OneDrive.com. having to send them via email or instant messaging
programs. They can organize their files in folders,
Objectives like on the computer, but these files are on the
• To be aware what OneDrive is. Internet and they can access them from anywhere!
• To understand that by using OneDrive you can Also, tell them that they can share files and folders.
have access to your documents from anywhere But they have to be very careful. If they put a file in
with an Internet connection. a public folder, anyone can see it.
• To realize that you can share documents with 3. Investigation – Development of knowledge
others. Hand out the “K.5.3.3_Worksheet_1.docx”. Ask
students to do the activity. There are six questions
Skills and they have to select the correct answer for each
• To sign into OneDrive. one. With this activity we introduce students to
• To create a new folder in OneDrive. OneDrive, its use and importance.
• To upload a file/folder in OneDrive. 4. Implementation
• To share a file/folder with friends. Then, hand out the “K.5.3.3_Worksheet_2.docx”
• To define if the recipients of a file will be able to and ask students to read the worksheet. They have
edit it or not. to choose an Art form and find 5 pictures on the
• To view photos online and add comments. Web. Students will revise how to search for and
• To edit/download a file that someone shares with save a picture from the Web to their computer. Ask
you. students to create a folder on their desktop and
save the picture there.
What is needed Then, ask them to sign into OneDrive and create a
Prerequisites folder. They have to upload the photos there and
Using a web browser in order to search for and share it with the other teams. Encourage, student
download pictures from the Web to the computer. discussion. They can use the Students Book as a
Resources guide.
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book 5. Completion – Evaluation.
• K.5.3.3_Worksheet_1.docx After completing the activities, collect all the
• K.5.3.3_Worksheet_2.docx worksheets and file them in the class folder.
• K.5.3.3_Evaluation_Sheet.docx • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
Links and ask them to complete it.
• Internet Explorer • Collect the sheets and see if the students
• Tools & Equipment understand all the objectives of the lesson.
Learning difficulties completely understand and make any changes
• Adding a folder to OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) required in the teaching process.
Some students may want to add a folder to
OneDrive but they can’t because there is already Notes
one with the same name in there. All they have
to do is to give the folder another name.
• Adding a big file
There are times that students may want to add a
file but it is too big. They can zip or resize the file
so that it’s less than 7 GB and then retry.
Lesson Description
1. Preparation
Make sure that each team has a Windows Live
account. Otherwise create one for each team. Write
the username and password of each team on the
whiteboard.
2. Introduction

Module 3 Using
communication tools
DKGENIUS Task 4 Be secure online
Teacher Class Date
Overview knowing the correct password will be denied access.

The general purpose of this lesson is for students 2. Investigation - Implementation
to understand how to create a safe and strong Firstly hand out the “K.5.3.4_Worksheet_1.docx”
password. and ask students to match the characteristics
of username and password. In this way they will
Objectives understand what a username and password are.
• To understand that the username and password Then, ask them to visit https://www.microsoft.com/
is protection for what we have saved on the security/pc-security/password-checker.aspx and test
Internet. if the given passwords are strong or weak.
• To realize why it is important to create a difficult- Then, hand out the “K.5.3.4_Worksheet_2.docx”.
to-crack password. Students have to select the sentences that are true,
• To learn how to create a strong password. for password practice.
Finally, ask students to create a list of five passwords
Skills which are difficult to crack.
• To follow the rules for creating a strong The main purpose of these activities for students
password. to realize that there are some rules that they can
• To create a strong password. follow in order to create safe passwords:
1. They have to be long enough
What is needed 2. Common words must be avoided
Prerequisites 3. They have to be complex: a combination of
Use Internet Explorer to visit a website. symbols and numbers
Resources 4. They have to be changed every 6 to 12 months
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book 5. They mustn’t be personal. The password should
• K.5.3.4_Worksheet_1.docx not be related to them personally.
• K.5.3.4_Worksheet_2.docx 6. They have to be strong.
• K.5.3.4_Evaluation_Sheet.docx 3. Completion – Evaluation
Tools & Equipment After completing the activity, collect all the
Internet Explorer worksheet and file them in the class folder.
Learning difficulties and ask them to complete it.
Creating a password. • Collect the sheets and see if the students
For almost every account that students make understood all the objectives of the lesson.
online, they have to create a secure password. They • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
have to choose one that people can’t figure out. completely understand and make any changes
Here is a guide on to how-to make a hard-to-crack required in the teaching process.
password.
• Make it long Notes
• Make it complex
• Don’t make it personal
• Make it practical
• Change it frequently
• What does this mean?
Lesson Description
1. Introduction
students’ interest in creating a strong password.
At the beginning of the lesson, tell your students
that as soon as their computer is connected to
a network, they have to start thinking about
the security of their files and information. It’s
like locking something up with a key. The most
common way to protect their computer’s data
is to set up user accounts with usernames and
passwords. Anyone without a username, or not

Module 4 Sharing
your ideas
DKGENIUS Task 1 Blogging
Teacher Class Date
Overview in order to attract the students to comment on

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to them.
learn what a blog is and how they can use it. • Create an account in edmodo.com for each team
and give them usernames and passwords.
Objectives 2. Start – Brainstorming
• To understand what a blog is. • Start with the question “What is blogging?” The
• To understand how to use blogs. answer is very simple. Blogging is a wonderful
• To name the rules for writing blog posts. tool. It is a site designated for a single person
to write about his daily experiences and which
Skills allows readers to offer their comments. The
• To create a blog using a website. blogger can also respond to them.
• To read the Latest Posts in a blog. • Students have to keep in mind that a blog is
• To Reply to a post in a blog. similar to an electronic diary. The writers, known
• To post a comment using the rules of posting. as bloggers, can write about any subject they are
interested in.
What is needed • Hand out the “K.5.4.1_Worksheet_1.docx”. Ask
Resources them to read the introduction. There are some
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book questions that students have to answer. Ask them
• K.5.4.1_Worksheet_1.docx to answer them without your help.
• K.5.4.1_Worksheet_2.docx 3. Investigation –Development of knowledge
• K.5.4.1_Evaluation_Sheet.docx • Then, ask students to completethe restof the
Tools & Equipment worksheet. They have to decide what a blog is
Internet Explorer and answer if the given questions are true or
false.
Learning difficulties • With these activities they will discover these rules
• Understanding what a blog is. for writing blog posts:
A blog is a website consisting of posts appearing o Use descriptive headlines that give an idea of
in reverse chronological order. It is typically like what the article is about.
a diary but mostly with stories about aspects of o Use images, lists, examples, tables, italics and
everyday life, with comments and links. Students bold font to make it easier for others to read.
learn from each other when they share their o Avoid boring your readers by posting short
stories and finally they challenge and question texts.
each other. o Write to a specific friend.
• Learning the basic elements of blog writing. o Check the spelling and content of your text.
There are times that bloggers don’t have a lot • Encourage discussion and tell students that they
of visitors or correspondence on their site. This can ask you questions.
happens because the headline isn’t very creative 4. Implementation
and doesn’t summarize the story. Students have • Hand out the “K.5.4.1_Worksheet_2.docx”. Ask
to give their readers the central meaning of the students to read the worksheet. In this activity
story right away. They have to avoid being boring they have to visit www.edmodo.com and read
and use bold font, italics and images to make and reply to the post there about a specific
their text attractive. Explain that there are some subject (some energy resources are the sun,
rules about the way we should write a blog, as wind, water, gas, fossil fuel).
well as what we should do when we want to use • They have to read the posts and leave a
other sources of information and other people’s comment. Encourage students to have a
words in our text. These rules are unwritten discussion in order to decide what comment to
but it is recommended that they are applied write. Each team can read the comments and
by everyone in a “blogosphere.” Mention that reply.
the rules about blogs are in the Student’s Book, • The aim of this lesson is for students to
which we can consult as needed. understand that blogging is a way to
communicate and share ideas and opinions with
Lesson Description people all over the world. We can also make
1. Preparation friends or do business with people with similar
• Create a new blog in www.edmodo.com with the interests from different continents. However,
subject “Energy resources”. Create some posts warn students that as with every action on

the Internet, there are many dangers that they
should know about to keep safe.
Notes

Module 4 Sharing
your ideas
DKGENIUS Task 2 Social media
Teacher Class Date
Overview questions such as:

The general purpose of this lesson is for students o What is a social network?
to learn how to use social media like Facebook and o In what ways can we chat with a friend via the
Twitter, in order to communicate with others. Internet?
o How can we exchange files such as photos and
Objectives videos?
• To realize what social media is. o Do you have a personal Facebook account?
• To understand what they can do in Facebook. o Do you have a personal Twitter account?
• To understand what they can do in Twitter. 2. Investigation – Development of knowledge
• Then, ask students to complete the activities of
Skills the worksheet. They have to select if the given
• To create a profile in Facebook. sentences are true or false. They will investigate
• To create a profile in Twitter. what Facebook and Twitter are, why we use them,
• To communicate with others using social media. what we can share with our friends and what we
• To post in social media. shouldn’t.
• To make comments to posts. • Then ask them to match some words with the
correct social media:
What is needed Facebook: friends, like, wall
Prerequisites Twitter: followers, tweets, followings
Open a Web Browser and visit a website. • Students have to understand that Facebook is
Resources a social networking website that anyone can
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book be a member of. Students can create their own
• K.5.4.2_Worksheet_1.docx profiles and add photos and information about
• K.5.4.2_Worksheet_2.docx themselves. Their profile has a wall where their
• K.5.4.2_Worksheet_3.docx friends can post their comments and upload
• K.5.4.2_Worksheet_4.docx photos and videos. It also offers a variety of
• K.5.4.2_Evaluation_Sheet.docx privacy options to its members. A member can
Tools & Equipment make all his communications visible to everyone
Internet Explorer or he can keep all his communications private. He
can even block specific people not to have access
Learning difficulties to their wall and to see their posts.
Every activity on the Internet has many potential • On the other hand twitter is a social networking
dangers, especially for children. Mention that on microblog. Members have short posts which are
Facebook students should only add people who called tweets. Twitter members can broadcast
they know as friends and never strangers. Explain tweets and follow other users’ tweets. On
that they can fall victim to fraud if they give out Twitter the people who connect with you are
personal information such as their address, phone called “followers” instead of “friends.” The most
number or other personal information. They should significant difference between Facebook and
always follow the same rules as apply to normal Twitter is that Twitter is public which means
conversations when chatting. anyone can follow anyone else on Twitter. Tweets
are posted on the Twitter website and they
Lesson Description are permanent and public. Anyone can search
1. Introduction tweets, whether they are a member or not.
• Hand out the “K.5.4.2_Worksheeet_1.docx” to • Hand out the “K.5.4.2_Worksheeet_2.docx”.
students. Ask them to read the questions on the Ask students to give definitions of the words.
worksheet. Discuss the evolution of the Internet Encourage discussion amongst them and if they
with students and the ways that people can have any questions they can ask you.
communicate and exchange information via the
Web. Is someone who “follows” another user
Follower
• Mention that a way to communicate online is by to see his or her updates on Twitter.
blogging but there are other networks that we Each message you send out through
Tweet
use daily. Introduce the main topic of the lesson Twitter.
which is Social Media. Help them understand “Direct Message” a tweet message which
what social media means. Apart from the DM is sent in private between two Twitter
worksheet’s questions you can ask some other users.

Feed A constantly-updating list of tweets.
Notes
Friend Facebook Friends.
A link on Facebook to show that you like
Like
the content.
Messages Members Facebook Messages.
An action if you want to get one of your
Poke
Facebook Friend’s attention.
Members’ personal information on
Profile
Facebook.
It is the place where you can publish
Wall
updates.
Members can send and receive instant
Chat
messages with Facebook Friends.
Members can block people who they
Block don’t want to view their Facebook
Profile.
3. Implementation
Divide the students into 5-6 teams. Explain that
they are going to communicate online with each
team. They will use Facebook and Twitter:
FACEBOOK
• Hand out the “K.5.4.2_Worksheeet_3.docx”.
Each team has to come up with a name for their
profile and create a new account on Facebook.
Ask students to read and follow the instructions
of the worksheet in order to learn how to:
o Log into their account.
o Search for friends.
o Chat with friends.
o Post messages on pages.
o Post comments and indicate that they like a
post.
• Students can use the Student’s Book as a guide.
Ask them to log out every time they leave the
page.
TWITTER
• Hand out the “K.5.4.2_Worksheeet_4.docx”. Point
out the difference between “following” and
“follower” and then ask them to create their own
account on Twitter.
• They have to read the rest of the worksheet and
follow the other teams. They also have to post a
message and a photo on Twitter. At the end they
should read the other groups’ tweets and reply
to them. Encourage them to have a discussion
about the replies that they will post.
The aim is to become familiar with social media and
to use it safely!
understood all the objectives that we had for this
lesson.

Module 4 Sharingyour ideas
DKGENIUS Task 3 Safety rules
Teacher Class Date
Overview Ask them to complete the table of the worksheet

The purpose of this lesson is for students to learn and select the correct answers. There are more
some rules to protect them from the dangers of the than one correct answers in this activity
Internet. • Encourage students to discuss among
themselves, in order to decide what the correct
Objectives answers are. They can use the Student’s book,
To be able to protect themselves and their Module 4, Task 3 (Safety rules) as a guide.
computers from the dangers of the Internet. • As they do the activities:
o Explain that there are many “risks” on the
Skills Internet. They must be very careful when they
• To apply the rules of chatting. chat with strangers and unknown people.
• To understand the rules of downloading and o They mustn’t give away information about
uploading material onto the Web. their real life, such us their name, last name,
• To safely play an online video. address, phone number, etc.
• To understand the rules of blogging. o Explain that a virus is a real danger, what it is
and how it can damage their computer and
What is needed their files.
Resources o Mention that the only way to protect ourselves
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book and computers from viruses are antivirus
• K.5.4.3_Worksheet_1.docx programs.
• K.5.4.3_Worksheet_2.docx o Also, mention the rules for downloading and
• K.5.4.3_Worksheet_3.docx the dangers of online games.
• K.5.4.3_Worksheet_4.docx 3. Completion – Evaluation
• K.5.4.3_Evaluation_Sheet.docx After completing the activities, collect all the
worksheet and file them in the class folder.
Learning difficulties • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
Understanding the dangers of the Internet. and ask them to complete it.
The Internet plays an increasing role in children’s • Collect the sheets and see if the students
lives. People use it to chat with other children, understood all the objectives of the lesson.
download and upload material, play games online • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
and blog. But the Internet is a tool that can be used completely understand and make any changes
not only for good but also for harm. There are many required in the teaching process.
people who want to take advantage of others or
harm their computers. So it is essential for students
to follow some rules to be safe. Notes
Lesson Description
1. Introduction
students’ interest in surfing safely. Explain that the
Internet is an online community, with many dangers
that they must be careful about.
Divide the students into groups of 3-4.
2. Development of knowledge-Implementation
• Hand out the “K.5.4.3_Worksheet_1.docx”.
Ask students to read the introduction of the
worksheet and then do the activity. They have
to choose the correct answers to the yes-no
questions.
• Then, hand out the “K.5.4.3_Worksheet_2.docx”.
Ask them to select true or false on the questions
of the worksheet.
• Next, hand out the “K.5.4.3_Worksheet_3.docx”.
Students have to click the correct items.
• Finally, hand out the “K.5.4.3_Worksheet_4.docx”.

Module 4 Sharingyour ideas
DKGENIUS Task 4 Intellectual property
Teacher Class Date
Overview copyrighted material, such as:

The general purpose of this lesson is for students • Literary work
to learn what intellectual property is and how to • Music, songs and mp3’s files
behave on the Web. • Computer software
• Art graphics
Objectives • Animation and videos
• To respect the intellectual property of other • Architectural work
people. Furthermore, tell students that two common
• To use copyright material appropriately. violations are piracy, which is copying and selling
movies and music that are not free, and plagiarism,
Skills which is copying someone else’s work word for
• To understand what intellectual property is. word or paraphrasing it and saying that it is your
• To understand what copyright violation is. own work.
• To name the copyright material. People can only use work when it is free content or
• To understand what free content is. free information which means that it doesn’t have
• To describe plagiarism. any restrictions.Afterwards ask students to continue
with the activity of the worksheet. They have to
What is needed match the columns in order to form the sentences
Resources correctly.
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book The answers are:
• K.5.4.4_Worksheet_2.docx A B
• K.5.4.4_Worksheet_3.docx 1. d
• K.5.4.4_Worksheet_4.docx 2. e
• K.5.4.4_Evaluation_Sheet.docx
3. g
Learning difficulties 4. b
Respect intellectual property. 5. a
Nowadays everyone can share their work and ideas 6. c
via the Internet. People don’t always appreciate that 7. f
it is illegal to copy information from the Web and
use it as their own.
Next, hand out the”K.5.4.4_Worksheet_2.docx”. In
Lesson Description this activity students have to fill in the gaps with the
1. Introduction given words.
Introduce the purpose of the lesson to motivate The answers are:
students’ interest in protecting and using the 1. Creator is the owner of his work.
copyrighted material. The aim is to understand that 2. IP is Intellectual property.
we are not able to use any material from the Web. 3. Patent is the special kind of law that protects
Divide the students into groups of 3-4. Then, hand people’s inventions.
out the”K.5.4.4_Worksheet_1.docx”. Ask students to 4. Free content is any kind of information or
read the introduction. artwork which doesn’t have restrictions on how
2. Development of knowledge - Implementation people use it.
With the activities of this lesson, students will 5. The medium is physical but the creation is
understand what Intellectual property is and how intellectual.
important it is: 6. Copyright violation is the illegal use of
To start with, tell your students that every creator copyrighted material.
has the rights to their work. These rights are 7. Piracy is the copying and selling of movies and
protected by Intellectual Property Law. But what music that are not free.
is it? Intellectual Property Law, which is called Then, hand out the”K.5.4.4_Worksheet_3.docx”. Ask
copyright ©, involves the rights people have over them to select true-false questions and complete
things they create. Moreover copying violation the activity.
is when material is copied or distributed without Finally, hand out the”K.5.4.4_Worksheet_4.docx”.
permission. So, it is important people respect Students will complete the multiple choice
all copyrighted material. Mention examples of questions.

Encourage students to discuss among themselves,
in order to decide what the correct answers are.
Tell them that they can consult the Student’s Book,
Module 4, Task 4(Intellectual property).
Notes

Module 5 Formatting
numbers
DKGENIUS Task 1 Format a cell
Teacher Class Date
Overview they can use the wrap text function.

The general purpose of this lesson is for students
to learn how to format the cells of a spreadsheet in Lesson Description
order to make it easy to understand. 1. Preparation
Before the lesson starts, copy and paste the Excel
Objectives file ‘K.5.5.1_BMI Categories.xlsx’ in My Documents
• To become familiar with the usage of to each computer.
spreadsheets. 2. Intro - Brainstorm
• To realize that a cell can contain text or numbers Introduce the purpose of the lesson, which is
and may not be visible. calculating their body mass. Explain to students that
• Add or delete rows and columns without creating our height and weight are relevant to our body’s
the table again. mass.
Start by asking questions such as:
Skills • Is it easier to insert lists of numbers to a blank
• To change the column width (two ways). page or to a page with rows and columns which
• To change the row height (two ways). form cells?
• To change the height of multiple rows. • What can we do if the text we want to type in a
• To merge cells. cell doesn’t fit?
• To wrap a text. • What does Merge of cells mean?
• To insert columns and rows. Have a discussion with students in order to
• To align text and numbers. explain to them that Excel is a program that
• To delete rows or columns. enables you to insert information and format
it in order to make it more understandable.
What is needed Excel gives us the ability to work with the rows,
Prerequisites columns and cells.
• Open and save Excel files. Separate students into groups of 3-4.
• Insert numbers and text into an Excel file. 3. Development – Implementation
• Format cells. • Hand out the “K.5.5.1_Worksheet_1.docx”.
Resources Students have to open the file ‘K.5.5.1_BMI
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book Categories.xlsx’ and modify it to look like the file
• K.5.5.1_Worksheet_1.docx ‘K.5.5.1_BMI Categories_Final.xlsx’.
• K.5.5.1_Worksheet_2.docx • First, students have to format the title above the
• K.5.5.1_Evaluation_Sheet.docx table. At this point they will learn to apply the
• K.5.5.1_BMI Categories.xlsx Merge function and the Align text function. Then
• K.5.5.1_BMI Categories_Final.xlsx they will modify the font Size and Color as they
Tools & Equipment have learned in the previous task.
Microsoft Excel • Next, they have to format the table’s data. They
should apply the Merge and Align functions
Learning difficulties again, but they should also get familiar with the
• Numbers adjusting column width function. Mention that
Students have to enter numbers in order to there are two different ways to change the width
complete the table, but also insert personal data of a column. Let students apply either of them
about their weight and height. Some of these and use their Student’s Book, Format a cell (page
numbers may be decimals. In Excel, decimals 91-92) as a guide. They will also learn how to
numbers are inserted with dot (.) and not with a insert a new row on a table.
comma (,) as students have been taught. • There are three cells above the table with text
• Merge data that doesn’t fit in the corresponding cells. After
If students merge cells that already contain data, merging some cells, students will learn the text
only the data in the top left cell will be kept. Wrap function. Then, they have to adjust the
• Wrap text VS. Enter height of the rows in order for all the text of each
Students have already learned that if they want cell to appear.
to start a new line in Word they must press Enter. • On the right side of the table, they need to
This is not the same in Excel. If you press Enter format some cells.
in Excel, the cursor moves to the cell below. If • Hand out the “K.5.5.1_Worksheet_2.docx”. In
students want to type many lines of text in a cell, this activity, students will calculate their own

BMI. They have to enter their weight and height
in the proper cells which are described on the
worksheet. Remind them to insert their height
in feet and weight in pounds. Their BMI is in a
“secret” cell, but in order to check it they have to
change its font color, as white is the default color.
• Remind them to use the Undo function in case of
mistakes.
• At the end students have to save their work and
close the file.
• The final copy of their file should look like the file
“K.5.5.1_BMI Categories_Final.xlsx”
After completing the activities, follow up with a
discussion in order to investigate:
• The usage of spreadsheets.
• The different functions related to formatting
rows, columns and cells.
Then collect all the worksheets in the class folder.
Notes

Module 5 Formatting
numbers
DKGENIUS Task 2 Make calculations
Teacher Class Date
Overview Lesson Description

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to A. Preparation
learn how to use functions that Excel offers in order Before the lesson starts you should have copied
to make calculations easier. and pasted the Excel file ‘K.5.5.2_BMI_statistics.xlsx’
in My Documents on each computer.
Objectives B. Introduction - Brainstorm
• Choose the correct function to make specific Introduce the topic of the lesson which is
calculations. calculations they can make using some functions
• Be able to select the correct data cells for each that Excel offers us.
function. Start by asking questions such as:
• Realize that using the Auto Fill function saves • Is it easy to calculate the sum of many numbers?
time. • Can we find the largest or smallest number of a
• Evaluate their work and understand how well range of numbers?
their spreadsheet meets its objectives. • What does the Auto Fill function do?
Then, hand out the “K.5.5.2_Worksheet_1.docx”
Skills and ask students to read the introduction and
• Calculate the Sum of a range of cells. the questions. Then, have a discussion with
• Calculate the Average number of a range of cells. students in order to answer the questions.
• Adjust the number of digits after the decimal Explain to them that Excel is a program that
point. offers functions that make calculations easier.
• Find the smallest number in a group of numbers Divide students into groups of 3-4.
using the Min function. C. Implementation
• Find the largest number in a group of numbers • On the rest of the worksheet, first students have
using the Max function. to open the file ‘K.5.5.2_BMI_statistics.xlsx’.:
• In the first table they have to understand that the
What is needed use of the Sum function is the easiest way to find
Prerequisites out the total height of each child. For that reason,
• Open and save Excel files. ask students to experiment making complex
• Insert numbers and make calculations in a cell. calculations first and then to use the Sum
Resources function in order to evaluate which is the best
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book method. During this activity check if the results
• K.5.5.2_Worksheet_1.docx are correct, otherwise, ask them to delete the
• K.5.5.2_Worksheet_2.docx content of these cells and use the Sum function
• K.5.5.2_Worksheet_3.docx again, carefully selecting the data.
• K.5.5.2_Evaluation_Sheet.docx • Ask students to use the Auto Fill tool in order
• BMI_statistics.xlsx to fill in the other cells. At this point, mention
• BMI_statistics_Final.xlsx that they can use the Auto Fill tool vertically or
Tools & Equipment horizontally.
Microsoft Excel • Next, hand out the “K.5.5.2_Worksheet_2.docx”. In
the second empty column of the first table they
Learning difficulties have to type in the formula == (G4/F4)*4,88/
• Auto Fill F4, which they have been taught in a previous
Students have to use the Auto Fill tool in order lesson.
to complete the table. Explain that they can • Then, ask them to fill in the second table, using
apply this tool when the cursor changes into a the functions: Average, Min and Max. These
plus sign (+). Sometimes students confuse the functions are used the same way as the Sum
different forms that the cursor has and instead of function. Mention that they should click on
auto filling the cells, they select them. the correct cell first and then select the correct
• Select cells function. Urge them to fill in the whole table first
Explain that they can continuously select cells by and then, after selecting the data, determine the
holding and dragging the mouse. Also, mention number of decimal digits.
that they can select cells non-continuously by • The results are the following:
pressing the Ctrl button.

Finally, hand out the “K.5.5.2_Worksheet_3.docx”.
Students will calculate their own BMI by adding a
new row to the fi rst table. They have to type their
weight and height in the correct cells and then
calculate their BMI. The results of the second table
will probably change.
• Point out that they can use the Undo function in
case of mistakes.
• At the end, students have to save their work and
close the fi le.
The fi nal format of the fi le should look like the fi le
“K.5.5.2_BMI_statistics_Final.xlsx”
d. completion – evaluation
• Collect sheets and see if the students understood
all the objectives of the lesson.
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MOdule 5 Formatting numbers
DKgenius task 3 Create a graph
TEACHEr CLASS DATE
Overview lessOn descriptiOn

The general purpose of this lesson is for students a. Preparation
to learn how to create a chart in order to represent Before the lesson starts, make sure you have copied
data with a shape. and pasted the Excel fi le ‘K.5.5.3_After_School_
Activities.xlsx’ in My Documents on each computer.
Objectives B. implementation
• realize that by using a graph or chart we can Introduce the topic of the lesson which is creating
understand and analyze numbers easier. charts and graphs in order to represent data with
• Select the proper chart depending on what we shapes.
want to show. Hand out the “K.5.5.3_Worksheet_1.docx” and ask
• Distinguish the vertical axis, the horizontal axis students to read the introduction. Then separate
and the legend of a chart. them into groups of 3-4. .
• Understand that by changing something in a Then students have to open the fi le ‘K.5.5.3_After_
table and then pressing Enter, the chart will School_Activities.xlsx’ .
automatically change and it will display the new • After they have opened the fi le ask them some
information. questions related to the spreadsheet. They
probably won’t be able to answer them quickly.
skills At this point explain that Excel offers us the
• Insert a chart selecting the proper data. capability to create charts and graphs in order to
• Draw conclusions by looking at a chart. compare numbers quickly.
• Then ask them to insert the fi rst chart, a column.
what is needed Now ask them the same questions. They will
Prerequisites probably answer them faster than before!
• Open and save Excel fi les. • Then, hand out the “K.5.5.3_Worksheet_2.docx”.
• Insert numbers and make calculations in a cell. Students have to complete the table using the
• Use the Sum function and the Auto Fill tool. Sum function and the Auto Fill tool and then
resources create two more charts, a bar and a pie. With
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book these activities they will realize that there are a
• K.5.5.3_Worksheet_1.docx lot of types of different charts, so we should use
• K.5.5.3_Worksheet_2.docx the one that makes more understandable.
• K.5.5.3_Worksheet_3.docx • Then, hand out the “K.5.5.3_Worksheet_3.docx”.
• K.5.5.3_Evaluation_Sheet.docx In this activity, students have to insert a new row
• K.5.5.3_After_School_Activities.xlsx as they have learned to do in a previous lesson
• K.5.5.3_After_School_Activities_Final.xlsx and insert their own data. Of course the total
Tools & equipment numbers as well as the charts will automatically
Microsoft Excel change.
• The results are the following:
learning
difficulties
Select the proper
chart
Sometimes students
select a chart that
isn’t suitable for the
data they want to
represent. Explain
that there are a lot
of charts and that
each one is used for
specifi c reason.
Columns and bars are for comparing • I n the end ask them to save their work and close
values, lines are used to display data over the fi le. Also, ask them to complete the activities
time and pies are used for percentages. at the end of the worksheet.
Ask them to select the Insert tab and The fi nal format of the fi le should look like the fi le
look at the Charts groups. “K.5.5.3_After_School_Activities_Final.xlsx”

C. Completion – Evaluation
Notes

Module 5 Formattingnumbers
DKGENIUS Task 4 Print a sheet
Teacher Class Date
Overview them to answer them in order to introduce them to

The general purpose of this lesson is for students printing.
to learn how to print a spreadsheet adjusting the • Separate students into groups of 3-4.
pages as needed. C. Implementation
• First students have to open the file ‘K.5.5.4_
Objectives After_School_Activities.xlsx’ that they created in the
• Use the default margins or customize them previous lesson. In order to write down the margin
according to your needs. they have to click Margins in the Page Layout
• Know when to print the page horizontally or tab on the Page Setup menu. They can check the
vertically. number of margins this way.
• Define which pages or selected data will be • Then ask them to delete the bar charts and keep
printed. only the table and the pie chart.
• The students have to define the margins as the
Skills worksheet describes. When they will try to print it,
• Adjust the margins of a spreadsheet before they will realize that it doesn’t fit on one page, so
printing it. they will learn how to adjust it to fit onto one page.
• Print the data of a spreadsheet in the center of • Then, hand out the “K.5.5.4_Worksheet_2.docx”
the page. and ask them to change the orientation of the
• Set the orientation of a page. page (Portrait and Landscape). Explain that we use
• Define the number of copies. the proper orientation according to our data. In
• Choose which printer to print with. the printer settings they can see the name of the
• Set a scaling to fit the content to the page. printer.
• The last thing that students will learn is how to
What is needed print a specific part of a spreadsheet. Hand out
Prerequisites the “K.5.5.4_Worksheet_3.docx” .The only thing
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel. they have to do is select it (text, table or chart). At
Resources this point explain how important it is to print only
Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book the documents that we need in order to help the
K.5.5.4_Worksheet_1.docx environment. Also mention that Excel offers us the
K.5.5.4_Worksheet_2.docx capability to print as many copies as we want, just
K.5.5.4_Worksheet_3.docx with one click.
K.5.5.4_Evaluation_Sheet.docx • In the end ask them to close the file without
K.5.5.4_After_School_Activities.xlsx saving it.
Tools & Equipment D. Completion – Evaluation
Microsoft Excel • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
A printer and ask them to complete it.
Learning difficulties objectives that we had for this lesson.
The Printer • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
Sometimes students try to print a document and completely understand and make any changes
although they click print are unsuccessful. The required in the teaching process.
most common mistake is that the printer off, or not
connected to the computer. Notes
Lesson Description
A. Preparation
Before the lesson starts check if the file ‘K.5.5.4_
After_School_Activities.xlsx’ is saved in My
Documents on each computer. Otherwise copy and
paste it.
B. Start – Brainstorming
• Introduce the topic of the lesson which is printing
spreadsheets.
• Hand out the “K.5.5.4_Worksheet_1.docx” to
students and ask them to read the questions. Urge

Module 6 Collecting
information
DKGENIUS Task 1 Gather data
Teacher Class Date
Overview in order to guess the definitions. Ask them to

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to say their selections out loud and check if they
understand what a database is. are right or wrong. Explain that data can be
any kind of information around us that has not
Objectives been checked. On the other hand, information
• To distinguish data from information. is something that people can learn from, know
• To realize what a database consists of. about, or understand and has been checked, so it
can be trusted.
Skills
• To describe what data is. Data Information
• To describe what information is. 1. There are eight
planets.
What is needed 2. Mary wants to visit
Prerequisites Mars.
• Basic knowledge of Internet Explorer (searching Mars is the fourth
for information). 3.
planet from the Sun.
• Print a document. All planets are on
Resources 4.
the same orbit.
• Digital Kids 5 Student’s Book All planets are
• K.5.6.1_Worksheet_1.docx 5.
habitable.
There is water on
• K.5.6.1_Evaluation_Sheet.docx 6.
Mars.
• K.5.6.1_Planets.docx
Mary says Mars is
Tools & Equipment 7.
the smallest planet.
• Microsoft Word
• Internet Explorer Mars is a beautiful
8.
planet.
• A printer
Learning difficulties D. Implementation

Data & Information • Then hand out the “K.5.6.1_Worksheet_2.docx”.
Students may think that data is the same as Students have to open the file ‘K.5.6.1_Planets.
information. Provide some examples in order to docx’ where there are four cards. Urge them to
help them understand the differences between complete the cards with information about four
them. planets of their choice. They can use the Web in
order to find information.
Lesson Description • Using these cards, which they need to print
A. Preparation first, they will realize the structure of a database.
Before the lesson starts copy and paste the file Explain that a database is a collection of data, like
“K.5.6.1_Planets.docx” in My Documents to each their cards with the planets.
computer. • In the end of the activity, ask them to identify
B. Start – Brainstorming some common databases in order to make sure
• Introduce the topic of the lesson which is that they have understood what a database is.
collecting and organizing data. Some examples are:
• Hand out the “K.5.6.1_Worksheet_1.docx” and o Phone book
ask students to read the questions. Urge them o Book address
to answer them. Help them understand what a o Students of a school
database is by asking some questions such as: o Resorts of a city
o What is a database? o Residents of a country
o Do you know how to use an address book? o Rivers of the world
o What does a database consist of? • In the end ask them to keep the cards they
• Separate students into groups of 3-4. . created, as they will use them in the next lesson.
C. Development – Investigation of knowledge E. Completion – Evaluation
• On the rest of the worksheet students have • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
to learn the difference between data and and ask them to complete it.
information. Urge them to match the columns • Collect them and see if they understood all the

• C
heck which part of the lesson students didn’t
Notes

Module 6 Collecting
information
DKGENIUS Task 2 Introduction to databases
Teacher Class Date
Overview There is an example of a database and the

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to corresponding database table. This database
understand the structure of a database (records and consists of 6 records with 4 fields for each record.
fields). • Try to get students to understand that a record is
a piece of information with certain characteristics
Objectives and a field is any characteristic or piece of
• To realize that a database is a system of information. Explain that records are the rows of
organizing data. the table and the fields are the columns.
• To define what a record of a database is. C. Implementation
• To define what a field of a database is. • Hand out the “K.5.6.2_Worksheet_3.docx”.
Students have to create their own database table.
Skills They will use the cards that they created about
• To design a database table. planets in the previous lesson. As they have
• To distinguish the records of a database table. created four cards, there will be four records and
• To distinguish the fields of a database table. six fields (their characteristics: Name, Radius,
Mass, Distance from the Sun, One satellite,
What is needed Color).
Resources • The database table should look like the following:
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s
Book Distance from One
Name Radius Mass Color
• K.5.6.2_Worksheet_1.docx the Sun satellite
• K.5.6.2_Worksheet_2.docx Mars 2,016 mi 14.150×1023 lb 141,610,495 mi Phobos red
• K.5.6.2_Worksheet_3.docx Uranus 15,759 mi 19.138 x 10 lb25
1.795 x 10 mi
9
Ariel blue-green
• K.5.6.2_Evaluation_Sheet.docx Saturn 36,184 mi 12.532 x 1026 lb 890,424,918 mi Minas Pale yellow
Tools & Equipment
Neptune 15,299 mi 2.258 ×1026 lb 2.798 x 109 mi Triton Light blue
Pencil
Learning difficulties • Remind them to ask for your help if necessary.

Explain that a database is organized into one D. Completion – Evaluation
or more tables. Give some examples in order to • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
illustrate what a database is. and ask them to complete it.
• A school database may have one table for • Collect them and see if they understood all the
students’ information and another for teachers’ objectives that we had for this lesson.
information. • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
• A grocery store database might have one table completely understand and make any changes
for sales information and another for purchases required in the teaching process.
information.
Lesson Description Notes

A. Start – Brainstorming
• Introduce the topic of the lesson which is
creating a database table.
• Hand out the “K.5.6.2_Worksheet_1.docx” to
students and ask them to read the introduction
and the questions. Encourage them to discuss
amongst themselves in order to answer them.
• Separate students into groups of 3-4.
B. Development – Investigation of knowledge
• Then students have to decide if the given
sentences are true or false. By doing this they will
realize that a database is a system for organizing
data where we can change, search and sort
data. At this point mention that there are always
similar items in a database.
• Then, hand out the “K.5.6.2_Worksheet_2.docx”.

Module 6 Collecting
information
DKGENIUS Task 3 Create a database
Teacher Class Date
Overview be related to the same topic. The fields of the

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to records should be in a specific order.
create a database table in Excel. • The tables that could be databases are the
second and fourth. Ask them to explain and
Objectives justify their choices.
• To realize that all information in a database table D. Implementation
is related to the same topic. • Then, hand out the “K.5.6.3_Worksheet_2.docx”.
• To define the titles of a table. Students have to open an Excel file that contains
a database table. Ask them to add new fields and
Skills records with information of their choice. At this
• To create a table in Excel. point they will realize that we can add more fields
• To format data as a database table. and records to a database table at anytime we
• To add new records and fields in a table. want. Microsoft Excel recognizes them as a new
column or row respectively.
What is needed • The final form of the database is in the file
Prerequisites “K.5.6.3_Contacts_Final.xlsx”.
Basic knowledge of Excel. • Finally, hand out the “K.5.6.3_Worksheet_3.docx”.
Resources In this activity, students have to create their own
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book database table. First they should type in and
• K.5.6.3_Worksheet_1.docx format the titles (names of fields) and then the
• K.5.6.3_Worksheet_2.docx rest of the table. Ask them to select the data and
• K.5.6.3_Worksheet_3.docx format it as a table. This way Excel recognizes this
• K.5.6.3_Evaluation_Sheet.docx information as a database, so we will be able to
• K.5.6.3_Contacts.xlsx edit it as a unit.
• K.5.6.3_Contacts_Final.xlsx • Explain that we should select the option “My
• K.5.6.3_Planet_Database.xlsx table has headers” in order to separate the
Tools & Equipment information of each record by the names of
Microsoft Excel fields. By doing this Excel knows that the titles
are field headers.
• In the end ask students to save their work and
Learning difficulties close the file. Remind them to ask for your help if
Database files necessary.
Explain that not all Excel files are a database and all • The final form of the database is in the file
databases aren’t Excel files. Explain that there are “K.5.6.3_Planet_Database.xlsx”.
various programs for databases management, such E. Completion – Evaluation
as Access. • Hand out an evaluation sheet to every student
Lesson Description • Collect them and see if they understood all the
A. Preparation objectives that we had for this lesson.
Before the lesson starts make sure you have copied • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
and pasted the Excel file “K.5.6.3_Contacts.xlsx” in completely understand and make any changes
My Documents to each computer. required in the teaching process.
B. Start – Brainstorming
• Introduce the topic of the lesson which is
creating a database table using Excel. Notes
• Hand out the “K.5.6.3_Worksheet_1.docx” to each
student and ask them to read the introduction
and the questions. Urge them to discuss amongst
themselves in order to answer them.
• Separate students into groups of 3-4.
C. Development – Investigation of knowledge
• In the activity of the worksheet students have
to select if the given tables could be database
tables.
Explain that the items in a database table should

MOdule 6 Collecting information
DKgenius task 4 Sort and print
TEACHEr CLASS DATE
Overview o Have you ever tried to fi nd a word in a

The general purpose of this lesson is for students dictionary? Are the words sorted?
to sort the data of a database table according to a • Separate students into groups of 3-4..
specifi c characteristic, as well as print a database c. development – investigation of knowledge
table. • First, hand out the “K.5.6.4_Worksheet_1.docx”.
Ask students to look at the two given tables
Objectives and answer the questions. Urge them to discuss
• To realize sorting information makes it easier to amongst themselves in order to answer them.
search through. The second table is sorted so they can see how a
• To defi ne the fi eld in which to apply a sorting. sorting makes it easier to read.
• Then ask them to match each function with the
skills proper icon.
• To sort data in a database table in alphabetical or • Then, hand out the “K.5.6.4_Worksheet_2.docx”.
numerical order. There are four tables that have only one fi eld
• To display specifi c records of a database table sorted. Ask them to recognize this fi eld, as well
(fi ltering). as the type of sort (ascending or descending
• To print a table defi ning its number of order):
copies, its orientation and its scale.
1st table: field name=Country Sort: descending order
what is needed 2nd table: field name=Population Sort: ascending order
Prerequisites 3rd table: field name=Official Language Sort: ascending order
Basic knowledge of Excel.
4th table: field name=Land area Sort: descending order
resources
• Digital Kids Genius Student’s Book
• K.5.6.4_Worksheet_1.docx d. implementation
• K.5.6.4_Worksheet_2.docx • Then, hand out the “K.5.6.4_Worksheet_3.docx”.
• K.5.6.4_Worksheet_3.docx Students have to open the table that they have
• K.5.6.4_Worksheet_4.docx created and apply a sort and a fi lter. Mention that
• K.5.6.4_Evaluation_Sheet.docx in order to apply a fi lter they should fi rst remove
• K.5.6.4_Planet_Database.xlsx the previous fi lter, if they have applied one (by
Tools & equipment clicking Select All).
Microsoft Excel • They fi lters that they have to apply in the last two
questions are:
learning difficulties
• Students believe that we can’t apply a fi lter and
sort a table simultaneously. Explain that this is
possible and you can provide some examples.
• When a sorting is applied to a specifi c fi eld,
the sorting is applied to all fi elds of records
depending on the criteria. They don’t sort only
the fi elds in the column where the sorting is
applied.
lessOn descriptiOn
a. Preparation
Before the lesson starts, make sure you have copied
and pasted the Excel fi le “K.5.6.4_Planet_Database. • F inally, hand out the “K.5.6.4_Worksheet_4.docx”.
xlsx” in My Documents to each computer. In this activity they have to print some specifi c
B. start – Brainstorming records. Ask them to apply a fi lter and a sort.
• Introduce the purpose of the lesson which is The fi nal records that they have to print are the
sorting a database table. following:
• You can ask some questions like:
o Why do we use address books that are sorted
by name?
o Why would we sort a table?

• T he table probably won’t fi t on one page, so ask
them to change the page orientation. Make sure
that students select to print two copies of the
table.
• Encourage them to ask for your help if necessary
or use their Student’s Book.
e. completion – evaluation
nOtes

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