Need Textbook Recommendation for MS Office - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T19:12:52Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/need-textbook-recommendation?groupUrl=connectingcontentandtechnology&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYou might try having the stud…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-07-15:649749:Comment:4887922010-07-15T16:23:35.583ZMaria Sommerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MariaSommer250
You might try having the students make their own user manual for MS Office, if by textbook you mean a textbook to teach how to use MS Office. I would say forget about teaching to use the program, but devise a project which requires them to use the program. They'll learn as they go.
You might try having the students make their own user manual for MS Office, if by textbook you mean a textbook to teach how to use MS Office. I would say forget about teaching to use the program, but devise a project which requires them to use the program. They'll learn as they go. Evidently tomorrow is two wee…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-17:649749:Comment:4719372010-05-17T13:43:21.599ZDesmond A. Hastyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DesmondAHasty
Evidently tomorrow is two weeks from the 6th. Sorry. Anyhow, another book I recommend is:<br />
ISBN-13: 978-1-4390-7853-2<br />
ISBN-10: 1-4390-7853-X<br />
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<b>Computer Literacy Basics: A Comprehensive Guide to IC3</b><br />
by: Connie Morrison and Dolores Wells
Evidently tomorrow is two weeks from the 6th. Sorry. Anyhow, another book I recommend is:<br />
ISBN-13: 978-1-4390-7853-2<br />
ISBN-10: 1-4390-7853-X<br />
<br />
<b>Computer Literacy Basics: A Comprehensive Guide to IC3</b><br />
by: Connie Morrison and Dolores Wells Hello Ellen,
I am using MS O…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-07:649749:Comment:4695952010-05-07T01:39:49.285ZDesmond A. Hastyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DesmondAHasty
Hello Ellen,<br />
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I am using MS Office Win XP edition Benchmark Series. The ISBN is: 978-0-76382-999-5. It is amazing with projects and great for students to pick up and learn a skill. It focuses on preparing students (and instructors) to take a MS Office Specialist certification test. I had a 2003 version I just tossed a few months ago. Sorry :(. There is another book I will post tomorrow. I know that would help also with less intense projects.<br />
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dhasty
Hello Ellen,<br />
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I am using MS Office Win XP edition Benchmark Series. The ISBN is: 978-0-76382-999-5. It is amazing with projects and great for students to pick up and learn a skill. It focuses on preparing students (and instructors) to take a MS Office Specialist certification test. I had a 2003 version I just tossed a few months ago. Sorry :(. There is another book I will post tomorrow. I know that would help also with less intense projects.<br />
<br />
dhasty Business Education Publishing…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-06:649749:Comment:4694442010-05-06T13:08:53.842ZKia Joneshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KiaJones
Business Education Publishing has a project based text for each Microsoft application. <a href="http://www.bepublishing.com" target="_blank">www.bepublishing.com</a>
Business Education Publishing has a project based text for each Microsoft application. <a href="http://www.bepublishing.com" target="_blank">www.bepublishing.com</a> Most textbooks are pretty dry…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-06:649749:Comment:4694372010-05-06T12:17:00.646ZFran Lohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/FranLo
Most textbooks are pretty dry and don't have many projects. I've found Database Magic by Sandra Dounce, published by ISTE to be very useful for working with Excel databases. There is also a Spreadsheet Magic by a different author, also from ISTE, but I haven't seen that.<br />
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I tend to find ideas from curriculum students are learning in my English class, or in their other classes and turn those into lessons using Office programs. For example: I have students use the CIA database…
Most textbooks are pretty dry and don't have many projects. I've found Database Magic by Sandra Dounce, published by ISTE to be very useful for working with Excel databases. There is also a Spreadsheet Magic by a different author, also from ISTE, but I haven't seen that.<br />
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I tend to find ideas from curriculum students are learning in my English class, or in their other classes and turn those into lessons using Office programs. For example: I have students use the CIA database <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/" target="_blank">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/</a> to find specific information (population, literacy, % of population at different ages, arable land) about vastly different countries. They have to search for the information in the online database, collect the information in an Excel spreadsheet I have them design themselves, then graph parts of the data, and also write about their observations about these widely different cultures in Word. My 7th and 8th graders love the idea that they are looking at info from the CIA, and they get a lot of practice using the tools.