ASSIGNMENT TOPIC

HOW WE USE MICROSOFT WORD FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE

Submitted To:

Mr. Kashif Azhar

Submitted By:

Qurat-ul-Ain

Nazia Habib

Saima Shoukat

Class:

B.Ed. (Elementary)

Section A
HOW WE USE MICROSOFT WORD FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE

INTRODUCTION

Word processing is the composition, editing, and formatting of text. Word

processing programs, such as Microsoft Word, in addition to working with text also
provide tools to insert pictures, edit photos, draw objects, and produce graphic
organizers. The range of options available within word processing programs make them
versatile to the user.

Microsoft Word (simply referred to as Word) is a sophisticated word processing

application program/package specially designed for performing various word processing
tasks, such as typing, editing and printing out of textual information. It allows adequate
control over the creation and presentation of the typographic work. Microsoft Word also
offers facilities for basic graphic design, statistical report of a document, spelling and
grammar checking tasks, etc. These and numerous other features and facilities make it
notable among other word processing programs, as well as other mechanical devices
for word processing (e.g. typewriter).

On September 29, 1983, the first version of Microsoft Word came on the market.
Its original name was "Multi-Tool Word." Several other versions followed, including
Word 95, 97, 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007, 2010 and the latest is part of Office 365.

Why We Use Microsoft Word

Perhaps no other computer software has as great impact on education as Microsoft

word. Not only does Microsoft word offer high versatility and flexibility, it also is "model-
free" instructional software; that is, it reflects no particular instructional approach. A
teacher can use it to support any kind of directed instruction or constructivist activity.
Since its value as an aid to teaching and learning is universally acknowledged,
Microsoft word has become the most commonly used software in education. It offers
many general relative advantages (unique benefits over and above other methods) to
teachers and students:
USES OF MICROSOFT WORD FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE

Microsoft Word is a valuable part of the technology now available for educators in
schools. Students and teachers both receive many benefits when doing classwork on
the computer. Many of the headaches of paperwork are eliminated.

 Spelling -- Word processors contain an electronic spell checker. The student

writer has immediate feedback about misspelled words. Student must discern
which of the computer-generated spellings is correct for the context. Teachers no
longer have to red-ink spelling errors. They can focus on the few exceptions the
spellchecker does not catch.

 Security -- Teachers and students gain a sense of security about losing

assignments. When the student saves her work, she avoids the possibility of the
assignment being lost or misplaced. If an assignment is ever misplaced, a
replacement can be easily printed.

 Publishing -- Work done on a word processor can easily published on a bulletin

board. Teachers can create electronic anthologies of their students' writings.
Each student can receive an electronic copy of published works with no printing
costs.

 Mobility -- Work done on a word processor and saved on the Internet is highly
portable and accessible from any computer with Internet access. Dogs do not eat
papers in cyberspace. "I forgot it at home" is irrelevant. Just log onto the nearest
computer and your work appears on the screen.

 Availability -- One of the advantages of using Microsoft Word is that it is

available practically everywhere. Word comes standard on many PCs. You can
typically find it on your work computer, computers at school and your home PC.
This makes it easy to save documents on a flash drive, take them with you and
work on them somewhere else. If you need to do some work, you can usually
find a computer with Word on it.
 USES OF MICROSOFT WORD FOR LEARNING

 Saves time — Microsoft Word helps teachers use preparation time more efficiently
by letting them modify materials instead of creating new ones. Writers can also
make corrections to Microsoft word documents more quickly than they could on a
typewriter or by hand.

 Enhances document appearance — Materials created with Microsoft word look

more polished and professional than handwritten or typed materials do. It is not
surprising that students seem to like the improved appearance that Microsoft word
gives to their work (Harris, 1985). This is especially possible with the many
templates that are part of the Microsoft word.

 Allows sharing of documents — Microsoft Word allows materials to be shared

easily among writers. Teachers can exchange lesson plans, worksheets, or other
materials on disk and modify them to fit their needs. Students can also share ideas
and products among themselves.

 Allows collaboration of documents — especially since the release of Google

Docs, teachers and students can now create, edit, and share documents
synchronously.

 Office work made easy — Microsoft Word is an effective tool for creating all kinds
of documents for any official nature like letters, memos, reports, term papers, and
typesetting novels and magazines, etc.

 Quality of documents — Microsoft Word offers you specialized tools for formatting
your document in various ways; perform spelling and grammar check to produce
standard and error-free documents; in-built thesaurus for finding appropriate
synonyms to replace repetitive words/phrases; word count feature for a statistical
report of your document; drawing and graphics editing tools to add a touch of
graphics or images to go with your documents; numerous wizards and tools for
creating and distributing merged faxes, form letters, labels and envelopes, etc.
 Availability — One of the advantages of using Microsoft Word is that it is available
practically everywhere. Word comes standard on many PCs. You can typically find it
on your work computer, computers at school and your home PC. This makes it easy
to save documents on a flash drive, take them with you and work on them
somewhere else. If you need to do some work, you can usually find a computer with
Word on it.

 With Integration Office Programs — Another benefit of using Microsoft Word is

that it easily integrates with other Microsoft Office programs. For example, if you
have a spreadsheet that you created on Microsoft Excel, you can easily paste it into
a Word document. You can work with programs such as PowerPoint as well. This
makes it possible to complete a wide array of computing tasks without having to
spend time converting documents or files so that they are usable on other programs.

 Instant Help — While you are creating a document, Word also helps you make sure
that it is the best it can be. When you misspell a word, Microsoft Word will
immediately underline it. You can then click on the word and get suggested
spellings. If you type a sentence that has poor grammar, Word will underline the
sentence for you. This allows you to change the document while you are still working
on it.

 Navigation Pane — Microsoft Word offers an easy-to-use navigation pane at the

top. This allows you to see visual representations of many of the functions that you
might need. You can simply hold your mouse cursor over an icon to see exactly
what it does. Then you can click on the buttons to initiate certain functions and tasks.
Instead of having to scroll through multiple menus to find something, you can usually
find what you need on the pane.

 Document Flexibility — Word lets you create simple word-processing documents

like letters and reports and make them as basic or as jazzed-up as you wish -- you
can add color, use clip art, write in a variety of fonts and sizes, and use tables,
borders and bullet formatting. Word also offers templates to help you create
USES OF MICROSOFT WORD FOR TEACHING PURPOSE:

Many schools have begun to teach typing and Microsoft word to their students, starting
as early as elementary schools. Typically these skills are developed throughout
secondary schools in preparation for the business world. Undergraduate students
typically spend many hours writing essays. Graduate and doctoral students continue
this trend as well as creating workers for research and publication. These manuscripts
are often in access of 200 pages and are typically are defining points of a student’s
careers.

It is very likely that your students will be required to use word to complete school
assignments. In addition, many of them will need word skills later in life when they enter
the workplace. For these reasons, it is important to include word skills when planning
classroom activities.

When selecting a task you want students to perform using a Microsoft word it is
essential to determine the technology skills that are required. In addition, you must
consider the students’ grade level and previous computer experience prior to selecting a
task. Microsoft Word can be grouped into basic and advanced levels of difficulty.
Incorporating word skills in the classroom can create meaningful learning experiences
for students.

MORE USES:

1. Lesson Planning

Through Microsoft word teachers can plan their lessons to teach the students.
These lesson plan can be weekly, monthly or semester wise or annually
depending upon the curriculum used in that class.

2. Reflective Diary

By using Microsoft word, teachers can make a reflective diary of the classroom
daily proceedings. It can cover students’ performance either curricular or extra-
curricular, attendance compilations, quizzes dates and other work.
3. Certificates
Microsoft word is helpful in making all kind of certificates.
4. Tests

One of the most important task Microsoft word can do for you is to write test and
print it out. In the same way, Microsoft word can also be used to compile results
in collaboration with Microsoft Excel.
5. Students Worksheets

By assigning different work to students will be handy but by the help of Microsoft
word you can keep a record of worksheet of each student’s profile.
6. Diagrams and Charts

All kind of diagrams and charts including different tools to form custom data for
your own like can be made by Microsoft word.
7. Articles for the Newspaper

Any activity in the class or school can be shared to public by newspapers and
these articles can be written by using Microsoft word.

8. Directions for Activities

9. Envelopes
10. Reports
11. Newsletters
12. Brochures
13. Quizzes
14. Timelines

Conclusion:

We can say that Microsoft Word is very helpful word processing software which can
easily be used as a learning medium for student. Students of one hand utilize MS word
for the assignments preparation while teachers can use it for report writings, paper
setting and result compilation.
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