Using Microsoft Office to Enhance Student Learning


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Provides clear directions for beginner to advanced projects by grade level in math, science, language arts, and social studies, plus a CD-ROM with templates and sample finished projects.




Microsoft Office(r) Simple Projects


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Inclusive Learning 365


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Designed to be read one day – and page – at a time, this book from four inclusive learning experts offers 365 strategies for implementing technology to design inclusive experiences. Educators across the world are working to design individualized instruction that empowers every student to become experts at learning. Technology and instructional interventions designed to support students with disabilities often eventually become mainstream and used by the masses. These practices provide a pathway for designing inclusive, equitable and accessible educational experiences that meet the needs of every individual learner. This engaging book includes daily strategies accompanied by examples of tools that can be implemented immediately to design meaningful instruction. Topics covered include role-playing games for social-emotional learning, building literacy through captioned video, coding to teach early literacy, text-to-speech for math and reading, and much more! Each daily strategy includes: • Explanation of how to use the strategy to design inclusive educational experiences. • Examples of tools that can be used to implement the strategy. • Alternative ways to use the strategy to extend student learning. • Images illustrating the strategy or tool. • Identification of relevant ISTE Standards for Educators and ISTE Standards for Students. Related resources. The heart of the book is the shift in mindset that occurs by exploring a different practical, inclusive strategy each day and infusing these strategies into everyday practice.










Introduction to Microsoft Office Mix


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Microsoft Office Mix is a free extension to PowerPoint that enables educators and trainers to create interactive and engaging presentations, quizzes, and tutorials. With Microsoft Office Mix, users can add audio and video recordings, animations, and other multimedia elements to their presentations, making them more interactive and engaging. Educators and trainers can use Microsoft Office Mix to create more effective and engaging presentations that can help students learn better and retain information longer. In addition to creating multimedia presentations, Microsoft Office Mix also allows users to add interactive quizzes and polls to their presentations. This feature enables educators and trainers to assess their students' understanding of the material covered in their presentations. Additionally, quizzes can be used to reinforce key concepts and help students retain information more effectively. Microsoft Office Mix is an incredibly useful tool for educators and trainers who are looking for ways to create more effective and engaging presentations that can help their students learn and retain information more effectively.




Using Technology to Increase Student Learning


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This workbook offers teachers, superintendents, curriculum directors, and site principals step-by-step guidance to incorporate technology into the elementary school environment. The following chapters are included: (1) "The Challenge of Building a Quality Technology Program"; (2) "Creating a School Context for Technology Change"; (3) "Focusing the Curriculum with Concept-Based Instruction"; (4) "The Essential Components of a Quality Technology Plan"; (5) "Using Grade-Level Technology Skills to Enhance the Curriculum"; (6) "Acquiring Tools: Hardware and Software"; (7) "Using the Internet to Enhance Curriculum and Instruction"; (8) "Training School Staff through Collaborative Models"; and (9) "Management of the Technology Environment." Includes a list of World Wide Web sites and an Internet glossary. (Contains 24 references.) (MES)




Microsoft Official Academic Course


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Easy to follow step-by-step lessons enable students to quickly and efficiently learn the features of Microsoft Word 2003 and how to use them at school, at home, and in the workplace. This Microsoft Official Academic Course offers friendly, straightforward instruction with a focus on real-world business scenarios. Included with the book is a 180-day trial version of Microsoft Office Professional 2003 and dynamic interactive tutorials from the Microsoft eLearning Library. Skills covered in the book correspond to the objectives tested on the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Core examination. A complete instructor support program is available with the text.




Transforming Education. Empowering the Students of Today to Create the World of Tomorrow


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This guide provides an inspiration and a vision for school leaders. It draws on two decades of global research, data, and experiences, taking an unflinching look at what works, and what doesn't in learning transformation. The result is a short-cut to success. Key concepts, red flags, and powerful questions designed to support transformation at systemic and school level. With insights from thought leaders to align school stakeholders with modern educational thinking. You'll also find practical help in the form of roadmaps and checklists, as well as recommendations on using technology to teach the future-ready skills that are so vital to today's young people and the success of nations in a global economy.Every school leader should take time to look through this book before attempting transformational change. It is startling, uncomfortable at times, but it rewards you with a solid foundation on which to move forward.




Social Media Tools in Experiential Internship Learning


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This book describes how a support structure can be built to enhance peer-to-peer (and also students-to-lecturers) communication and support. It informs lecturers on how they can decide if they should adopt one or more social media tools to facilitate students’ learning, communication, and support for an internship program. This book introduces a participatory design approach that can help develop a pedagogy that will make good use of social media tools on internship learning. It presents a framework for experiential internship learning, integrating helpful educational practices such as participatory design approach and the use of social media.