Join us . . .

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Join us . . .

• as we move along the Information Super Highway
  learning how to . . .

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Create Nifty Newsletters Using MS Publisher
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Did You Do Your Homework?

• You should have brought
• Examples of two classroom newsletters from last
  year
• Content ideas for a Welcome Back to School
  Newsletter

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A Little More About MS Publisher

• How is it like MS Word?
• How is it different from MS Word?
• For what other publishing projects might a
  teacher use MS Publisher?
• Should students use MS Publisher?

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Step One Planning

• What do we need to think about when we are
  planning to creating a newsletter?
• Intended Audience who will read the newsletter
  (parents, students)?
• How often will the newsletter be published?
• How will the newsletter be published? (black and
  white copy machine, printed on color printer,
  posted on a classroom website)
• What columns will be included?

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Ideas for Newsletter Columns
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What Will We Call the Newsletter?
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Whats the Goal?

• Lets keep it simple
• Lets make it professional looking
• Lets get started!

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Publisher Mantras (just two to remember)

• Just what is a mantra?
• Hinduism. A sacred verbal formula repeated in
  prayer, meditation, or incantation, such as an
  invocation of a god, a magic spell, or a syllable
  or portion of scripture containing mystical
  potentialities.
• A commonly repeated word or phrase Today's
  edutainment software comes shrinkwrapped in the
  magic mantra makes learning fun.

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Publisher Mantras . . . not Hindu but Helpful

• Select before you affect
• Text
• Graphics
• Keep em contained.
• Text
• Graphics

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Other Workshop Resources

• Handouts
• Participant Guide (published by eMINTS)
  Designing a Professional Newsletter
• Lesson plan for Creating a Classroom Newsletter
  including a Rubric and PBL checklist for
  assessing and observing group work.

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Other Workshop Resources (contd.)

• On the Gab from the Lab Website
• This PowerPoint Presentation
• Websites with additional resources on how to
  learn and use MS Publisher
• Websites with curriculum ideas on how to use
  Publisher in the classroom
• Rubistar a rubric generator

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Thanks for joining us!