Creating 'StartPages' using Microsoft Word
Participants will:
* use effective search engine strategies for locating and identifying appropriate websites for use in a lesson of their choice.
*create a 'startpage' using appropriate websites for a lesson.
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Complete "Search Engine Tips" about effective search engine strategies. http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/slm/student/521mc/sandridgep/search.htm
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Complete activity on Evaluating Websites" http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/slm/student/521mc/sandridgep/maineval.htm
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Participate in Discussion Board Topic:"Why is it important for an elementary teacher to provide websites for students when these websites are used as resources for an instructional activity? Is there ever an occasion when students should be doing their own search of websites in school?"
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Read about how to create a startpage Using Microsoft Word using the links below.
For Microsoft Word 2000: From the Florida Gulf Coast University
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/web.html
5. Use this activity to make your first simple startpage. RIGHT click on this link, SaveTarget As a Word document to the destination of your choosing, then open the document in Word, and follow the instructions.
6. Use this activity to make a more complex startpage with multiple text links. RIGHT click on this link, SaveTarget As a Word document to the destination of your choosing, then open the document in Word, and follow the instructions.
7. Complete Module 3 Assessment which requires you to use what you have learned in this module to create a startpage of appropriate links on the topic of your choice.
