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Schedule for Word Processing in the Classroom

• Introduction (1/2 hour)

  Course objectives and Virginia Standards of Learning

  Software terminology/Hardware terminology

  Discussion and review of equipment

• Entering/Editing Text (3 hours)

  Keyboard

  Cut, Copy, paste (Clipboard)

  File:  Open, Save, Print

  Text Style:  Size, Font, Style (Bold, Italic,etc.) Alignment, Line Spacing

  Spell Check and Thesaurus

• Formatting Text (1 ½ hours)

  Format Document

  Columns

  Tabs

  Headers, Footers

• Advanced Features (1 hour)

  Outlining

  Numbering

  Bullets, Checklists

• Graphic elements (3 hours)

  Inserting Graphics

  Drawing Lines

  Boxes and graphics or text

  Line and fill options

  Borders

• Using the Scanner (1 hour)

  Scanning graphics

  Scanning text

• Using graphic sources (2 hours)

  Digital Camera, quick cam or other video source

  Graphic collections

  Photo CD

• Development of Student Activities (3 hours)

  Designing lesson plans that incorporate word processing

Final Activity—Lesson Plan (due one week after the class ends)

Final Hands-on activity—last thirty minutes of class.  Assessment is hands-on and will require demonstration of skills learned in the course.

 ***This class meets some of the requirements for the Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel.