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Publishing
has normally been thought of as writing a report or an composition
and having it printed on paper. Now in the electronic world, publishing
can be a report, a newsletter or a brochure, a presentation, or
a Web page. In this activity, you are introduced to a number of
different methods of electronic publishing and the way these features
can help make communication more interesting for you and your
students. You will create three of the four possibilities.
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Publish
This module
uses much of the data gathered in the previous modules to explore new and different
methods of expressing and representing the data. This activity uses PowerPoint,
AppleWorks and Netscape Composer.
Practice
Application: Do the following
practice exercises in class:
- All About Me
Power Point presentation
- the newsletter
in AppleWorks,
- your bookmark file to create a
web page of Resources for Teachers (including
Search engines).
Below are the
basic publishing (PB) skills needed divided into three sections: presentation,
newsletter (brochure), and webpage. Check
each set of skills needed. If you are having problems, use the tutorials
list provided, submit questions to the TeachNet 371 Questions folder, or contact
your instructor for a one-on-one session. When you feel competent in each area,
do the required application
and submit it to the Dropbox
Presentation Publish (PB) Skills needed for this module:
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Locate
and open MS PowerPoint |
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Add
text boxes (change style, size, and color of text in text boxes) |
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Insert new slides |
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Insert clipart from
Clip Gallery and/or a file |
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Use slide view,
outline view, and
slide sorter view |
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Add transitions,
animations, text boxes and objects |
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Add sounds and movies |
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Convert PowerPoint
Outline to a Word document |
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Add Word Art |
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Print handouts (3
slides per page)/speaker notes |
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Follow rules for
an effective presentation |
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Save a file |
Group
PowerPoint Presentation Application:
- Create a joint professional
presentation (including Speaker notes) with your group by using the data and
pictures gathers for the "50 States" exercise to illustrate a particular
unifying idea about your states. Total presentation 4 min. per group. Group
will present it to the rest of class.
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Each group member will submit
this portion to the DropBox as their individual presentation and the combined
presentation.
Newsletter/Brochure Publish (PB) Skills needed for this module:
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Locate
and open AppleWorks word processing document. |
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Create
a newsletter banner. |
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Create a first
pages that seizes interest for brochure. |
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Insert columns and
column breaks |
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Change orientation
- portrait for newsletter; landscape for brochure |
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Insert clipart as
inline and text wrapped. |
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Align text using
"justify" |
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Move, resize, delete,
duplicate, group, ungroup, regroup andlayer objects |
2. Design and develop a
brochure using AppleWorks:
Web page Publish (PB) Skills needed for this module:
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Locate
and open Netsccape Composer |
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Organize required bookmarks and all graphics in the same
folder before you start. |
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Move any new graphics into original folder before linking |
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Change background,
overall text color, link colors, followed link color,etc |
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Add text to a page. |
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Change text size
by using style |
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Create links to the web and to other pages |
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Create tables with
inserted text and/or graphics |
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Create an email
link |
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Make a table invisible |
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Insert graphics
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Organize page information
for easy use (consider using Inspiration) |
3. Create a simple Web page
using application ideas
and Netscape Composer.
Don't forget your reflection!! Be
sure to check the Extensions section in case you plan
on doing an extra project.
Your grade will be based on your
successful completion of the above. Click here to read the details in general
evaluation.
Evaluation
|Practice application | Application
| Extensions
