Creating Interactive Worksheets using Word
Introduction:
You’ve got a few computers in the back of your room, what can you do? How about setting up some activities that supports and reviews your curriculum? There are many types of activities that you can create using Microsoft Word. This course will give you different ways you can use Microsoft Word in your classroom. Your assignments will be to create activities using Microsoft Word that you can use in your classroom to support your curriculum. Your assignments may be put in a database to share with other model school participants.
At any time if you have any questions email me at the following address:
I will be reading my email daily (usually) to answer questions.
To start the class:
· Click on Course Syllabus and read the requirements.
· There are 5 lessons, and 8 assignments. After you go over a lesson, do the assignment for that lesson. Submit each assignment as you finish them.
Here is a website that will give you other examples of different ways to use word in the classroom:
knights.org/techweb/index.htm
Course Syllabus
Welcome to a new form of Model Schools Workshop. You will need to have access to the Internet and an email account. All lessons, assignments and the required evaluation are available. The completed assignments must be back into me via the send assignments link or by email by the end of the course. Then you will be sent a certificate of completion.
If you want to be paid for this workshop by the Model Schools program, you will need to discuss this with your district's site administrator before you begin. The appropriate approval must be given and it will be your responsibility to fill out the appropriate paperwork to be paid. Whether or not you are paid will be a district decision. Since we are still breaking new ground here, I cannot guarantee that you will be paid. We have informed the district that this is the equivalent of a 3-hour workshop for payment purposes. However, be prepared to spend more than three hours. It will require no travel time and you can work during the hours that are convenient for you and at your own pace, in your own home.
Because this is a new form of staff development, we will need to ask you to fill out an evaluation form for us at the end of this workshop. This questionnaire will be part of the requirements for completion. Please be candid with us, so that we can further develop online learning courses that will make using technology to meet the state standards easier for you. The evaluations are done through the link in the assignments and they are anonymous.
If you have questions while you are working on the assignments, please email me and I will get back to you as promptly as I can. Again, welcome, and I hope you have a rewarding learning experience with this form of Model Schools Workshop.
Jeanette
Lesson 1
Drag and Drop
Drag and Drop activities are those where the student only needs to drag and drop objects according to the directions. I usually put the directions on the page, even if the students can’t read them. It helps me remember what the activity is for.
There is usually no typing involved (except for typing their name). These activities usually take more time to create, but less time for the student to complete the lesson.
Click on the following links to see examples:
Patterns
Matching upper and lower case letters
Matching pictures to beginning sounds
Create word to match definition
Money
Put words in ABC order
Click on Assignments, and go to assignment #1
Assignment:
Using Microsoft Word, create 2 drag and drop activities to be used in your classroom and email them to the instructor. These activities should be appropriate for your grade level.
Lesson 2
Replacing
Replacing activities are those where the student replaces one thing for another.
For example: In A B C D * F G the student will replace the * with the letter E. These types of activities require the students to have basic editing knowledge.
Click on the following links to see examples:
ABC order
Sound recognition
Facts
Vocabulary
Rebus (requires that the student knows how to insert pictures)
Assignment:
Using Microsoft Word, create 2 replacing activities to use in your curriculum and submit them to the instructor.
Lesson 3
Editing
These activities have the students editing mistakes in a document. It could be a document that you create, or it could be editing a student created document. The student will need to know how to edit in order to do these activities.
Click on the following links to see examples:
Grammar
Spelling
Punctuation
Assignment: Using Microsoft word, create 1 assignment where the student will have to edit mistakes.
Lesson 4
Highlighting
Highlighting activities usually requires the students to know how to change font type, color and style.
Click on the following links to see examples.
Rhyming words
Identify parts of speech
Identify types of sentences
Assignment: Using Microsoft Word, create 1 assignment where the student needs to highlight information and submit it to the instructor.
Lesson 4
Table
A table is a way to organize information. The assignment may be to be part of a class database where the information can be used for graphing. Tables can also be used for students to organize their information.
Click on the following links to see examples:
Grammar
Class database
Simple Machines
Assignment: Create one assignment where the students will use a table and submit this to the instructor.
Lesson 5
Drawing Tools
The drawing tools on the drawing toolbar can be used for a variety of ways. The students will need a good understanding of the tools, and how to copy, paste, and cut.
Click on the following links to see examples:
Label a map
Create symmetry
Math problems
Create a picture, then write a math problem,
Assignment:
Using the drawing tools in Microsoft word, create 1 activity where the students will need to use the drawing tools and submit it to the instructor.