My favorite application in this chapter was having the students use the search in Microsoft Word. When the student finishes he should check his work with the auto summary to make sure he got his point across. And he should check grade-level rating to make sure he wrote on an appropriate level. My students usually write in Spanish so I wonder if the program will do the search or the summary in Spanish. Sometimes students use my student computers after school or during one of their study times to do work for one of their other classes. From now on I will encourage them to check the summary and grade-level rating of everything they write. I know I will be doing that with my own work.
I think my students will enjoy using www.flashcardexchange.com. They can test themselves using flashcards other people made or they can make their own flashcards. They can decide to share their flash cards or not. The site already has a lot of Spanish cards - including verbs as well as nouns.
It seems like Word is a recurring theme. The great thing about it is that you have been able to find many ways to use the software. This will give students the ability to truly learn how to use a word processor which is a skill they will use throughout their life. So not only have they learned the content of your class you have also given them a technology skill that they can take with them and use in many other areas.
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