This week word processing as came at me not only in class, but at school with my students. My class is over the school newspaper and they were not excited in the least little bit when I said, we are WRITING the school newspaper. However, we made our way down to the computer lab, and they were able to get on and TYPE their stories, or create on photoshop the pictures, they loved it. They did not want to leave and ask to work on the newspaper everyday. Being able to work on the computer has let me see a different and more confident side to many of my student that I am so excited about.
During this time I was also able to work on the beginning steps of computer skills with my students such as:
-typing correctly
-copy/paste
-aligning text, selecting
-search and replacing words with dictionary
-and the extra things to make it appealing and eye catching
Having word processing and desktop publisher skills are something that is taken for granted in the world today. Every career basically requires that individuals have computer skills. The work force is in a new age and technology is booming. The youth of today have to come out not only with the skill to accomplish the task before them, but to be able to do it digitally.
Below, you will see one of the flyer/programs that my students and I designed to hand out to the parents on the night of our afterschool enrichment program.
With this flyer we tried to make it appealing to the eye by adding artistic flair and colors that would reach out and grab you. We tried to make everything themed with the overall theme of the night with the Wizard of Oz. By having the background and text formats to fit. With all this however, the various colors can distract from what the event is about and what is going on at the event.
Looking upon this flyer in a new light, I will tone down all the various forms of text art and highlight one to keep consistency. Also, make sure the messager of what the night is about is being displayed.
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