Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Using MS Publisher and Sign Up Genius

    I really liked using Microsoft Publisher.  I have used it before for projects back in middle school and high school so it was not a completely foreign program to me, but since there have been updates to the program since then, the layout of the program was slightly different.  I really liked using Publisher for the newsletter.  I feel that this program is a wonderful tool for teachers.  I would be very interested in using it for newsletters for my future classroom.  I think that monthly or weekly newsletters are a wonderful idea because it can help teachers keep the parents involved in what is going on in the classroom.
     I also really liked Sign Up Genius.  I think that it was so easy to use and it prompted you every step of the way to make the process easy.  I thought it was cute that there were different layouts to choose from because it made the page look fun and exciting.  I would definitely consider using this in my future classroom because it is easier than printing out 20-30 copies of sign up sheets to hand out to parents.  I think that this website is a wonderful idea!

2 comments:

  1. I'm wondering if you checked out any other features on publisher other than the newsletter template. It sounds like you've had some experience-- do you think your students (someday) would use it for some educational task?

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  2. I have done at a few other things on there like brochures and greeting cards. I really like publisher and I think that it would be cool to someday have my students use it for an educational task.

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