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Microsoft Office for Middle School Students |
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TechnoKids has developed instructional materials that help middle school students become proficient at using Microsoft Office. The lesson plans are designed specifically for teenagers.
- Sample Files: Sample files are critically evaluated to determine the components that make the product effective.
- Resources: Resource files such as such as sound clips and video clips let students produce original work.
- Real-World Applications: The scenarios in the intermediate projects simulate real-world uses of technology.
- Combine Software: Problem solving tasks require the use of more than one Microsoft Office application.
- Detailed Instructions: Illustrated instructions make it easy for middle school students to work independently.
- Relevant Themes: Activities are designed specifically for teenagers, with tasks they find interesting, such as the publication of a teen magazine.
- Collaborative Activities: Students co-operate to complete a task such as film a video or make investment decisions.
Middle school students learn how to use Microsoft Office applications to complete meaningful projects:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Movie Maker
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- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Paint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Internet Explorer
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Learning Objectives
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- apply advanced formatting techniques
- arrange information using tables
- bookmark a location and then create a hyperlink
- organize, graph, and calculate data
- design a master slide for a presentation
- sequence animation to produce a digital story
- cut, copy, and paste a selection
- film footage and edit the files to produce a video
- develop a website and post to the WWW
- write HTML coding to create a web page
- construct a database with tables, forms, and reports
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TechnoBiography: Middle school students use Publisher to construct a website about a significant person. The biography includes facts, pictures, and a timeline of accomplishments.
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TechnoCEO: Students assume the role of a Chief Executive Officer. Using a real life model, they create a PowerPoint presentation describing the financial success of the company.
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TechnoCommercial: Students analyze marketing techniques used by advertisers and then follow Movie Maker lesson plans to produce a commercial using basic video equipment.
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TechnoEditor: Students learn advanced word processing skills using Microsoft Word lesson plans. They use a template to revise a collection of poems, short stories, and comics.
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TechnoEntrepreneur: Students make connections to mathematics in the real world by becoming restaurateurs. They use Excel and Word to develop a restaurant concept, raise funds, design a layout, and report financial data.
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TechnoEzine: Students use word processing lesson plans to publish a teen magazine in MS Word. The ezine includes an interactive cover, movie review, music article, and trend report.
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TechnoHTML: Students construct a web page using HTML coding. They use basic HTML tags to format a background, text, graphics, and hyperlinks. The web page is posted to the WWW.
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TechnoInvestor: Students buy and sell stocks on the TechnoStock Exchange. Assuming the role of brokers, students keep close track of their investments using Microsoft Excel.
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TechnoMission: Integrate database skills into curriculum. Follow the detailed instructions in TechnoMission to have your students learn how to construct a simple database using Access.
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TechnoNovel: Middle school students promote a favorite novel or story, by creating a book trailer, which is an animated book report, using PowerPoint.
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TechnoTravel: Students become travel agents. They research a destination and then use the information to create a travel advertisement for a weekend getaway using Microsoft PowerPoint.
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TechnoWeb: Students become webmasters. They use the web design lessons to create a web page in Microsoft Publisher that includes text, pictures, and hyperlinks arranged attractively.
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