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Microsoft Tools: Writing Skills
Microsoft has made it a great point to implement many useful tools to help students work on their writing skills. In this video, many useful tools in Microsoft programs are highlighted, such as the Editor function, as well as text suggestion prompts when writing on a Microsoft platform. The Editor tool is an amazing tool…
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Improving Communication with PowerPoint
PowerPoint has been around for several years and people have been using it to make slideshow presentations. I was excited to learn about a tool that could make presentations within PowerPoint better as a communicative tool. Using Presenter Coach, teachers can practice for presentations without having to use a real life audience. I love this…
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Microsoft Forms
It’s only through the “Sail The Seven Sea’s” reading assignment that I was able to discover what Microsoft Forms is. The application itself is centered around organization, progression, and learning. Whether it be through education or through the workforce the benefits of Microsoft Forms is clear. One of the most endearing features regarding Microsoft Forms…
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Device
After reading chapter 2 of Sail The 7 C’s, one major subject stood out to me. The reading that stood out the most was about augmentative and alternative communication devices, also known as AAC. These devices are used to help non-communicative or hard of hearing students better communicate with their classmates and teachers. The AAC…
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The Three Levels of Disability
By Amanda Connelly Something that really caught my attention this week was in this week’s chapter of, Sail the 7 Cs. In the chapter, Hector Minto, a Microsoft accessibility expert breaks down disability into three separate levels. The three levels of disability Minto talked about were, permanent, temporary, and situational. Before reading on, I thought…
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Chapter 4: Communication
When it comes to the company Microsoft you think of a couple different things like word, PowerPoint, and even Bill Gates but one thing that hardly gets any focus is the educational technology present in the software. After reading chapter 2 “communicators” I never realized the potential versatility that Microsoft brought to the educational platform.…
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Microsoft Forms
One tool that I have learned more about this week is Microsoft Forms. It can be used for a variety of things. They can be used for quizzes, getting feedback about lessons, or even checking in on students’ social and emotional well-being. The forms can be adapted to fit whatever you are using them for. …
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Educational Technology: Microsoft Speaker Coach
After reading Chapter 2 of Sail the 7 Cs with Microsoft Education: Stories from Around World to Transform and Inspire Classroom, I quickly found an interest in Microsoft Speaker Coach, which is something I have never heard of before. Anyone can use Microsoft Speaker Coach on Microsoft Powerpoint 365 for Windows or Mac. As explained…
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Blog #4: Communicating in Education
By: Gianna Gras. October 16, 2022 Communication is extremely important when it comes to educating, and is something that we really on heavily in a classroom. What I learned form the Chapter 2 reading is that communication is the backbone of education. There are many aspects of communicating that we rely on as well in…
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Microsoft Translator
After reading Chapter 2 of our textbook, I learned about Microsoft Translator. This tool is a way for diverse school communities to communicate without the difficulty of finding interpreters for those whose native language is not English. Translator is free, easy to use, and accessible through any mobile device. There are more than one hundred…