{"id":476,"date":"2007-11-01T23:36:55","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2007\/11\/01\/learn-fast-word-for-dummies\/"},"modified":"2007-11-02T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T15:12:56","slug":"learn-fast-word-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2007\/11\/01\/learn-fast-word-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Fast – Word For Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"

My computer lap is dual platform.\u00a0 The machines are Intel based Apples, but we have boot camp on all the machines along with OS X.\u00a0 Most days the students decide which operating system to use on an individual basis.\u00a0 On other days, like today, I require them to complete an activity\u00a0with a specific OS.<\/p>\n

Today everyone made a “Microsoft Word for Dummies” document.\u00a0 Using Word on OS X, each student created a tutorial (complete with screen captured pictures) that explained how to insert a picture into Word, resize, crop and format it so that text flows around it.\u00a0 This is a process that each student has done many times, but now\u00a0he\/she had to put that knowledge into a document from which someone else could understand this procedure.<\/p>\n

The hardest part of this activity\u00a0was accomplishing everything using an unfamiliar OS.\u00a0 Many of them were disappointed that the “right-click” option\u00a0wasn’t available.\u00a0 All the processes (File\/Open, File\/Save, Insert Picture\/From File) worked the same as in Windows, but the general layout of the computer desktop was different.\u00a0 I demonstrated the built-in Grab program in OS X.\u00a0 There is also a keyboard shortcut (Shift-Command-3) that captures the screen, but that does not work in our labs (I’ll talk about that in another post sometime).<\/p>\n

This activity\u00a0was a good exercise in “learning something fast.”\u00a0 This is a skill all 21st century learners must possess.\u00a0 Overall, my classes did well.\u00a0 More than anything I think they realized that learning a new technology is going to be a regular part of their teaching and a skill they will need to practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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