Web Pages are also created using PowerPoint software. Software includes Explorer and PowerPoint. This workshop is the beginning level of computer training for teachers who plan to use a computer in their classroom. They also learn to manipulate files and create word processing documents for their classroom. Virus protection, copyright laws, and computer ethics are discussed.
Participants become proficient in desktop publishing skills and advanced word processing techniques.
Multimedia software is utilized as participants explore Encarta software and discover its many uses for the classroom. Software includes Word, Encarta, and Microsoft Publisher . Participants use word processing and desktop publishing software to produce advanced documents for the classroom. Topics include changing margins, creating headers and footers, copying and pasting, multitasking between documents, inserting tables, changing fonts and point sizes, importing clip art, and typing numbered lists. The workshop also includes interaction with the Internet.