Project #5
Using Special Features of MS Word to Enliven Your Instruction


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    For all three parts of Project 5 we used a variety of features offered through Microsoft Word.  For part one,  we created a word acrostic using Word Art on Microsoft Word.  I learned how to vertically set up my name on a page and then insert a word that described me using the letters in my name.  This was very fun and could be a very helpful and creative tool to integrate into the classroom.  I could have my future students use this program by making their own poems with their names and they could find words that describe themselves.  This could be used as an introduction activity to do with my students the first couple weeks of school so they can present their poems to their classmates and their classmates will learn about that student from the poem they created using this program.  I don't really think they students will learn better by using this program but I do think it will help them to be more creative with their own projects. 
    The second part was an educational handout created on Microsoft Word.  We included a border in our handout and used the feature watermark for the background of this handout.  Watermark allowed a picture to appear as the background and then you could select a washout percentage to fade the picture so its not as bright and distracting from the words I put on it.  I made up a handout that will be useful for my future as an educator.  I created an introduction activity where the students had questions  listed on the handout that they needed to ask another student which will help the students learn about eachother.   I will be be able to use this feature on Microsoft Word to create handouts in the future for my classroom, such as when I need to send home parent letters or reminders.  This was a useful tool for me to learn because I will be using it in the feature and it will be of benefit to my students depending on what information is offered on the handouts.
    The third part of Project 5 used Microsoft Word also.  We used a feature to create tables which we made into seperate cards.  This was the first time I used this feature on Microsoft Word.  I will definitely be able to use this feature in the future for projects in school and even as a teacher.   We created trading cards which will be beneficial to use in our future classroom.  I choose to do alphebet cards for kindergarten because that is a grade I am interested in teaching in the future.  On one side of the trading card I inserted an image and then had the letter that image started with and the what the image was. These trading cards will be beneficial for students becasue it is a way they can memorize and study new information.


Part One - Word Acrostic

Part Two- Educational Handouts

Part Three- Create Trading Cards




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