HOW WE USE MICRODOFT WORD FOR

EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Why We Use Microsoft Word

2. USES OF MICROSOFT WORD FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE

3. USES OF MICROSOFT WORD FOR LEARNING

4. USES OF MICROSOFT WORD FOR TEACHING PURPOSE

5. MORE USES

6. CONCLUSION
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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. Microsoft Word 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:
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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 classwork 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.
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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.

 Allows collaboration of documents — especially since the release of Google 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.
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 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
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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.

MORE USES:

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 or other work.

3. Certificates
Microsoft word is helpful in making all kind of certificates.
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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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