Microsoft Office suite is a collection of productivity software that can be use by teachers and students alike.
The word processor (WORD) can be used to create student test and quizzes as an assessment tool. The creation of worksheets to accompany classroom assignments can easily duplicated from an original or multiple copies to the printer. Often times a teacher may find an interest topic on the internet and save time by coping it into a document. These are just a few ways that WORD can be used to assist teachers in the classroom. Student, however, can type papers, create graphs and document research papers that are as polished as any professional writer. Learning how to use all of the attributes of a word processing will result in saving time. Mastering the word processor allows for creating graphics, using WordArt, adding clip art, creating tables and many using many formatting techniques. The proper use of a word processor can create a school flyer or club newsletter with minimal amount of time thereby using the saved time to construct a better written project.
Excel spreadsheets are a valuable asset to teacher. Teachers can create and enter grades into a grade books. Once the data for students have been captured charts can be created to visually display results. Comparison contrast of more than one class and querying the student population for performance data is at your finger tips. Creating spreadsheets for students helps with the mastery of accounting principles. Many science projects are the result of Excel spread sheets displaying the data collection and comparison of results.
The presentation benefit of Powerpoint has changed many teachers way of lecturing. A Powerpoint is an excellent strategy to get the attention of students. Powerpoint can have pictures, text, and music components. This keeps the audience engaged in the lecture. Many teachers demand that student do a classroom presentation using Powerpoint instead of the traditional book report. The assignment helps put students at ease in group scenarios.
Microsoft Access database software is a very powerful tool. Not as often used in a classical teaching setting, Access can be used to store information that can be retrieved for student behavior, parental name and addresses, and club or team data.
Microsoft Publishers is desktop publishing software that can be found in small business for use in creating publications for newsletters, calendars, brochures, and other graphic art projects. Teachers can use if for school functions, classroom calendars, and any programs. Students can use the software for the similar student learning assignments.
Mastering and understanding the power of Microsoft Office tools can help both teachers and student to become more productive and time their time. Also, many corporations, and business use the same products. These are very good employment skills.
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I find it interesting that Microsoft Office Suite is a basic software package on many people's home computers, yet so few people are aware of all of the many advantages and features they have at their fingertips. So many of these programs have simplified daily life (particulary for a teacher!) in such a big way.
As a student, Microsoft Office Suite has been an invailuable tool in creating research papers, charts, and graphs for projects due in classes. As a teacher, my experience with this software program has aided me in communicating with my students when explaining the process of creating the same requirements that have been asked for me for projects and assignments. Although it is a monolpolized software package included on most all pc's that are manufactured, it has proved its worth when used as a word processing package for projects and in the classroom when used to its ultimate capabilities.
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