Project
# 5
Word art Acrostic
This
Microsoft Word project allowed me to expand my knowledge of creating different word
art documents with this program. I was able to use different types of
fonts, word art designs, colors, and horizontal and vertical layouts. The
Word art Acrostic allowed me to incorporate grammar and technology into one
assignment. The acrostic part of this assignment allowed me to use
different adjectives that represent my personality and personal
characteristics, while following the acrostic format.
Creating an educational handout with a border, shading, or a fill effect
For this Microsoft Word project, I was able to discover
new ways for making a plain handout colorful, meaningful, and interesting.
I learned how to place simple or elaborate borders of many sizes and
colors around a page, or multiple pages. I learned how to create a watermark
picture in the background of my Microsoft Word document, either filling the
full size of the page or less. I will bring my newly found knowledge of
creating a more elaborate Word document to my own schoolwork at the college,
assignments, the Education Club, as well as in my classroom. I will be
able to show my students how to "spice" up their own Word document
and I will incorporate this into my own handouts sent home or for my students.
Trading Cards
I created New York State facts on trading cards for a fourth grade
classroom curriculum. For this project I used Microsoft Word, tables,
Google search engine, New York State: Department of State Kids NY Fact Page,
and I also incorporated images to create interesting bullets. This
project has allowed me to get my first look at creating a different form of
teaching for my classroom. These trading cards will help my students
reinforce their knowledge in different subjects. By having this project
to do, it showed me how creative I can be and how to create an interesting and
fun way to learn new or current information.
Overall Project Evaluation
This project opened my eyes to what Microsoft Word has to offer me and for my
classroom. The Microsoft Word
Acrostic project brought together technology and grammar. By this
integration, students will also be able to create other important combinations
of subjects to better enforce their learning experiences. The educational handout can be easily
brought into the classroom and used. Sending home important notes to
parents with a flashy background will give that piece of paper an
"attitude" and may possibly catch a parent’s interest quicker than a
plain piece of paper. The trading
cards are very beneficial to students. They could become an
assignment for students to do as an assignment for themselves and their
classmates. As a teacher, trading cards can become a learning center to
reinforce information given to students.
I believe that these three projects will be very beneficial
in my classroom and for the rest of my college career. This project
opened my technology knowledge and has stimulated my interest to try new
aspects of the projects, and integrate my past knowledge to make these projects
better. It was a fun project to do with technology and they are all
things that teachers should be using in their classrooms and obviously should
be knowledgeable of.
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