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