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Contemporary Fairy Tales
Eighth graders listen Steven Kellog's, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Raymond Briggs, Jim and the Beanstalk. They use a Venn diagram to compare the two elements of the two stories. They write and publish an original contemporary fairy tale...
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Focus: Word Processing
Sixth graders explore the basic units and prefixes of the metric system. They select a fairy tale or nursery rhyme to revise and rewrite with blanks where the metric system terminology can be inserted. Students, following given...
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Planting Seeds (word processing and email)
Students plant seeds and journal the experience. After a one week observation, students explain what has happened to their seeds. They email their findings to a classmate. Students continue this process over a period of three days.
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Social Needs: Word Processing and Scanner Lesson Plan
Students discuss the concept of social needs. They research social events. Students create posters advertising social events. Using a WebCam, students exchange social event ideas. Students chart how social needs are fulfilled in the...
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I Knew Him When....
Students examine different techniques of research to gather information and facts. They discover how to use multimedia computer application HyperStudio. They improve writing and word processing skills.
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Exposition
Students brainstorm, plan, and organize expository essay topics, and practice word processing and writing skills at the computer.
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Typing, Reproducing and Distributing the Job Pamphlet
Students use a word processing program to make a job pamphlet that is suitable for reproduction. This lesson help students write for a purpose. They use the skills of organizing, pre-writing, and revising with a word processing program.
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Express Yourself!
Fifth graders study different types of poetry, compose a poem and word process it.
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Our Five Senses
Students explore the five senses through hands-on and Internet activities.
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To Whom It May Concern
Fourth graders produce and peer edit typed rough drafts of the business letters following the guidelines illustrated in the Eight Essential Parts of a business letter and save to disks. They complete the Where's the Math? scavenger hunt...
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Autobiography
Sixth graders read and write autobiographical sketches, determine the author's purpose in writing, and type paragraphs using WP utilities.
University of Virginia
The Electronic Labyrinth: Douglas Engelbart
An article about Douglas Engelbart's slogan of "augmentation not automation," and the key technology tools he helped provide.
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Guide to Desktop Publishing
This resource provides information about the process of desktop publishing, including the principles of layout and design.
REMC Association of Michigan
Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 4. Suite Tools
In this learning module, students learn how to use Microsoft Word and Google docs, both in the cloud. They will create and format documents and learn how to share them with others so that they can collaborate on projects and assignments....
Other
Campbell County School District:technology Rubrics [Pdf]
This is a PDF of two four-leveled grading rubrics for use with fifth-grade students - one for a multimedia presentation and one for a word processing/desktop publishing project.
BBC
Bbc Gcse Bitesize: Word Processing and Desktop Publishing
Review and take a quiz on word processing (WP) and desktop publishing (DP). Both of these applications are types of software.
Other
Sense Lang: Free Touch Typing Program
Learn how to type correctly or test your typing skills with this free tutorial.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Using Computers to Improve Your Writing
Tips from the University of Toronto on using word processing features as aids in composing and revising papers. W.9-10.6 Technology, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6, W.11-12.6 Technology
Microsoft
Microsoft.com: The Kerning Table
This site defines kerning and discusses its use in open type fonts.
Get It Write
Get It Write: One Space of Two After Periods? (And Other Typography Issues)
Read some rules about typography that have changed because of the use of word processing rather than typewriters. This tutorial explains spacing after all punctuation, the use of em dashes and en dashes, and the use of italics.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Google Docs
In this tutorial, learn how to use this free cloud-based program for creating professional documents.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: One Drive and Office Online
Use this tutorial to better understand these two popular Microsoft programs.
Learn My Way
Learn My Way: Creating Documents
In this online course, students will learn how to make, change, save, and lay out a document. The course also shows what word processing is, and how to print documents on a computer.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Formatting Math as Text: Common Algebraic Notation
Math can look so pretty, all nicely formatted in the textbook. But when you go to e-mail your instructor with a question, or post your question to a math tutoring forum, you can end up with a mess or with something that totally doesn't...