Week 12 Using Special Features of MS Word to Enliven Your Instruction: Project # 4 MS Word (Optional)

This project is prepared for those who have time and energy to do more than required. Bonus points will be given.

Please also refer to Educational Applications of PowerPoint

We are going to create two products using MS Word: wordart acrostic and educationl handouts with border, shading or fill effect. Publish the products to your eportfolio website. And HAVE FUN!

To Learn by yourself 2007 Microsoft Office (Online Audio-Video Training Course). Click links there to learn Word 2007, PowerPoint 2007, or any other programs.
To Learn Word 2007: Up to Speed with Word 2007 (Online Audio-Video Training Course: 40 minutes)

1. Product #1 Word Acrostic

On the first week of school, WordArt Acrostics can be a great exercise. It will give everyone a chance to talk about themselves in a vocab-building and creative way! You can turn this into a community-building project by asking students to interview each other and then come up with words that describe their partner. Print these out on a color printer and create an exciting class bulletin board...

Adjectives

Having trouble thinking of good, creative adjectives? Check out this list of great character trait adjectives from a lesson about Character Traits at READĦ¤WRITEĦ¤THINK?

Sample Character Traits

Can't seem to find just the right word for your letter? Try using Merriam-Webster's online thesaurus! You might even have more fun with Visual Thesaurus!

Remember that you don't have to stop with your names. You can ask your students to create WordArt Acrostics for their favorite characters in books and to explain why they chose that set of traits for that character.

Online: Another way to interest students in Acrostics is READĦ¤WRITEĦ¤THINK's online acrostic tool and lesson plans:

Examples:

Wordart acrostic by Catherine J. Ray

Wordart acrostic planing sheet 1

Wordart acrostic planing sheet 2

Flash movie tutorial for how to create WordArt Acrostic (MS Office 2007) (created by Michael, 7th Grade)

Flash movie tutorial for how to create WordArt Acrostic (MS Office 2003) (created by Michael, 5th Grade)

2. Product #2 Creating educationl handouts with border, shading or fill effect

Adding a border, shading, or fill effect: MS Word Tutorial Example 1: Mrs Hall's Field Trip Journal Example 2: State Capitals of the US

Flash movie for making page border, waterwark, and fill effect. (MS Office 2007) (created by Michael, 7th Grade)

Flash movie for making page border, waterwark, and fill effect. (MS Office 2003) (created by Michael, 5th Grade)

3. Resources: go as far as you can!!!

1. Take an E-TRIP to discover new frontiers for using technology in the classroom. E-TRIP is the ticket to ideas and resources that can be used throughout the year.

4. Q & A

5. Homework DUE this week

Publish Project # 4 MS Word (Optional)

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Acknowledgements: Dr. Hee-Young Kim and her Houston University teaching team were the original designers of the MS Word activities. Thanks also go to Instructional Resources Team from Georgian Court University and other groups and individuals on the internet. Thanks go to Michael for his inspiration and contribution