Project #6: Microsoft Publisher:
Use Desk-top Publishing Program to Enhance your Classroom Activities

- A joint Project for EDU314 and EDU373 &374


Please refer to Week 8 Publisher Class Schedule

What?  

Use MS Publisher to create two products: a brochure plus any other publication of your choice. Only Brochure is required. The other product is optional. The brochure product needs to be related to teaching activities or school events. Publish these two products to your eportfolio website, AND HAVE FUN!  

This project can be a joint project with Ms. Ellen Newman's EDU373 Math Night Project; or Dr. Davidenko's EDU 373 Math Project. Or Dr. Orvil White's 374 Science Project. But it does not have to be a joint one if you choose not to.

Why?

Although Microsoft Word is an immensely capable word-processing application, it is less suited for creating desktop publishing documents that require precise layout control and object formatting. Microsoft Publisher is a very popular program that teachers use to create flyers, posters, newsletters, cards, labels, signs, and other documents that help organize the classroom.

Being able to use the desktop publishing program Microsoft Publisher will enable you to create eye-catching calendars, newsletters, flyers, brochures and programs. Publisher 2003 complements writing and learning activities in your classroom and can help you expand the visibility of your class/school events and activities.

Project Ideas

The requirements for both products are that they need to be related to classroom activities and/or schools events.

Evaluation/rubric

Number Components Points
1

Content: the products are related to classroom or school activities.

 

5
2 Technical skills 3
3
Annotation
2
4
Other products (eg. greeting cards, ads, banner, labels, letterhead, signs, etc)
Bonus Point
5 Print Screen and use image as a link to the Publisher product Bonus Point


Due date: to be decided

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Acknowledgement: the design of this project is inspired by Dr. Hee-Young Kim.

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This page was last updated on Jan.15, 2009
For comments or questions contact
Dr. Shufang Shi
shis@cortland.edu