STATION SIX
Using Microsoft Office

Every teacher has a site-licensed copy of the Microsoft Office suite (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) on your desktop computer, in addition to every computer in every lab.  You also have the right to have these programs on your OWN computer at home.  That’s convenient!  That way, you can create something at home and bring it (or email to yourself) back to school.

SO WHAT??  Well, your computer quickly and easily connects to several presentation devices.  Those include LCD projectors and TVs.  That means that anything you put on your computer can be projected onto a larger visual screen for the benefit of a larger viewing audience, such as a classroom of eager students.

So, how could you use Word or PowerPoint or Excel?

There are SOOO many uses of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for use in the classroom.  Below are some examples.  Explore each of these and determine how YOU could use Word, Excel or PowerPoint to spice up the learning and teaching  with your students!

Explore some of these posted examples and think about effective ways you might use each application to motivate your students!

Not sure how to use these programs?  DoTS offers ON-SITE, free, after-school, staff development (for recertification credit) for groups of 5 of more.