This half term the digital leaders have had an introduction to MS Word, ready for their transition in to year 3. They have been typing out posters to use at their leavers assembly, letting the audience know what they would like to do when they grow up.
First we practised our typing skills using the BBC Dance Mat, trying to use all our fingers rather than just two!! We really enjoyed the website and loved the silly films that went with them! Everyone earned a certificate for their hard work.
Then we were introduced to MS Word. We typed a sentence about what we wanted to do when we grew up and why. To make the text more interesting we learnt how to select the text to add effects. Everyone found it a bit tricky at first having to drag and select the text (as they were used to just clicking on it with Textease to select it) but after a few goes it got a lot easier. They noted that the bar along the top had effects that they needed to change, like font type, size and colour plus things to enhance it further such as bold, italic and underline.
As we were able to select words or in fact just individual letters the whole piece of text could be easily personalised. Most people decided to have their job role in bold text including a highlighted background to really help it pop out from a distance for the audience to see.
The saving process was a little different, but like Textease the document name appeared at the top of the screen. Each week we reopened the same document and made little changes in it. When it was finished it was printed and mounted. It certainly was amazing to see all 120 being held up in assembly.
Lots of people said that they had a computer at home with MS Word and they were looking forward to going home and showing their adults what they had learnt.
