As a student, I have used Microsoft word quite often. Mostly, I have used it for essays, and research papers. I have become very familiar with it over the years. I have seen my teachers used MS word to create grading rubrics, assignment sheets, attendance sheets, and worksheets. It is obviously very useful in the classroom for both parents and teachers.
A new skill I learned in class that I think will be very useful in my career as a teacher is mail merge. It will save so much time using mail merge rather than typing in each name individually, but it still adds a personal touch to newsletters. I think it is very important to let students and parents know that they are known by name by their teacher, and mail merge makes this conveniently possible.
An idea I got from reading chapter 9 was to create a newspaper for my class. If I was teaching younger children, perhaps in 3rd grade, this would be a fun and creative way to impart information to them that might be uninteresting for them anyway. I could also use a newspaper style document to create a newsletter for students and their parents. It could describe upcoming events or projects, any class or school news, and the students achievements.
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