2. Why Use Word Processors?
• Familiarity
• Inside-outside class activities
3. Word Processors for Teachers: Creating
Materials
• Inserting image and link
• Creating forms macros (www.teacherspet.org)
• Using Track Changes
• Anything else?
4. Word processing activities for learners
• Skills?
• Some tips:
– File management
– Backup
– Lab file management
– Terminology familiarity
5. Can you think of activities for learners?
• Creative writing
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Thesaurus
Spell checker
Collaborative writing
Creative presentation (images, objects, animation)
• Structure
– Font changes
– Forms
• Reading
– Reading level
• Dictating
• Anything else?
6. Using Word Processors: Considerations
• Mixed technological skills
• Patient
• Simple complex activities
