Word Up
When I signed up for this class, I was terrified that we'd spend 5 weeks listening to lectures on how to use Word. I have been pleasantly surprised that this is NOT the case.
I started using Word on Windows 3.1. Yes. That was a very long time ago. And really, back then, I preferred Word Perfect. I had the little card you put on top of your keyboard, and I knew ALL the hot keys. It was a huge step up from using the "Quick Brown Fox" word processing program that I plugged into the back of my original Commodore 64. But Word won the marketing war, and here we are.
That said, I considered myself proficient with Word. But I learned something from doing the exercises! Specifically, I had never used a decimal tab before. I didn't even know it existed! I also had never fully understood how to incorporate images with correct text wrapping. I always GOT it to work, but now I know what those little symbols mean!
Reminder to self: Your students feel the same way when you assign grammar exercises! Help them enjoy the little victories of learning something where they thought there was nothing left to learn...
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