BEGINNING WORD
Four Hour Overview ~ Hands-On
The friendly, low-stress environment of this training encourages questions and learning, so participants leave confident in their ability to use Microsoft Word. Participants will work alone or in pairs on computers. They will receive graphic step-by-step handouts from the book Word Workshop for Teachers to follow along as lessons are presented or the book will be offered for sale at a discounted price. Choose to have the presentation focus on one of the skill sets listed below (based on participants' experience level with Word):
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Skills Your Teachers Learn...
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Tools They'll Create
& Use Later...
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- Word basics
- Spelling and Grammar check
- Non-printing characters
- Formatting Painter
- Microsoft Equation
- Tabs
- Indenting
- Bulleted lists
- Page numbers
- Borders and shading
- Case of text
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- Tables
- Customizing Word
- Line spacing
- Inserting and formatting graphics
- Inserting and formatting Internet pictures
- Inserting a movie
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- Field trip letter
- American artist worksheet
- Fractions worksheet for your class
- Supplies checklist
- Classroom rules poster
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- Rubric
- Assignment sheet
- Toolbar adjusted for primary students
- Graphic self-study guide
- Self-study sheet with a movie
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One-Day Workshop (6 hours)
Participants in this training get to take advantage of the full day workshop format to not only learn key Microsoft Word skills in a fun, hands-on way, but also create a set of curricular documents and tools they can use later. Participants will work alone or in pairs on computers. They will work from the book Word Workshop for Teachers, which is required and offered at a discounted price, so they can follow along as lessons are presented. The friendly, low-stress environment of this training encourages questions and learning, so participants leave confident in their ability to use Word. The topics listed below can be covered in more depth, or you can customize the workshop to cover certain skills in more depth or to cover different topics:
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Skills Your Teachers Learn...
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Tools They'll Create
& Use Later....
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- Word basics
- Spelling and Grammar check
- Non-printing characters
- Formatting Painter
- Microsoft Equation
- Tabs
- Indenting
- Bulleted lists
- Page numbers
- Borders and shading
- Case of text
- Tables
- Customizing Word
- Line spacing
- Inserting and formatting graphics
- Inserting and formatting Internet pictures
- Inserting a movie
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- Field trip letter
- American artist worksheet
- Fractions worksheet
- Supplies checklist
- Classroom rules poster
- Rubric
- Assignment sheet
- Toolbar adjusted for primary students
- Graphic self-study guide
- Self-study sheet with a movie
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