ASSIGNMENT TOPIC

THE USE OF MICROSOFT WORD FOR EDUCATIONAL

Submitted To:

[Link] Basit Shaikh

Submitted By:

Kamran Ali Abbasi

Class:

BBA-(Part-One)
Roll No: BBA-19-50
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kHAIRPUR

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. MicrosoftWord 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 class work 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.

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

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.

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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