Tech article 1

Technology Tool #1

For one of my technology tools I chose to do Microsoft Publisher. Microsoft Office Publisher helps you create, personalize, and share a wide range of publications and marketing materials. New and improved capabilities guide you through the process of creating and distributing in print, Web, and e-mail.
I chose Publisher for many different reasons; first of all it is a great tool that not many people know how to use. It also lets students create professional looking documents that they are not use to making. The students have to opportunity to make advertisements, newsletters, newspaper articles, business cards, and other professional documents. Publisher is easy to use in my personal opinion. I find that it will talk you through most things step by step; you can also find tutorials on-line.
For an assignment I had to make an advertisement for a book. It was a nightmare trying to draw pictures to match the book details. In class we shared our advertisement and they were some very creative ones, but the one that was amazing, the student had gotten a picture of the book of the internet and put it in Publisher and made her advertisement that way. When I saw that I wanted to learn how to use Publisher.
I think that students would have a blast making newsletters and then putting them together at the end of the unit and having a book of the letters. Or in your class you could have a newspaper staff and you could have a monthly newsletter come out.