3. MICROSOFT PAINT

Microsoft Windows Paint is a powerful software that allows users to draw, colour and edit pictures. This graphic tool can be used in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning in many different ways. It is able to carry your students into a new age of technology.

Some of the benefits of using this software are:
a) Comes free with Windows.
b) Userfriendly, especially with children.
c) Can learn basic editing skills.

Some examples of how this software can be used are:



Simple editing techniques can be demonstrated example allowing children to remove the colour of a cow giving you a colouring book effect.



Teaching with this software can really help develop the minds of children in terms of technology and graphic programs. It can be a stepping stone and the foundation to learning more complex graphic softwares and even opening doors towards entrepreneurship.

See links for more details on MS Paint.

2. EDUCATION WITH ENCARTA PREMIUM 2009

Microsoft Encarta Kids 2009 is a powerful and interactive learning tool that allows kids to have lots of fun while they learn.
This electronic encyclopaedia contains articles, photos and illustrations, videos and animations, audio and maps. Encarta Premium also includes 3D ancient sites, interactive world atlases and virtual tours. This software comes equipped with web links and updates from the internet that allows your kids to always have the most current information accessible to them.
One aspect that everyone will enjoy is the games and fun stuff category. Teachers can use this feature to carry out set inductions or even assessments on their learning objectives. For example, a teacher is teaching a lesson on vertebrates. At the end of the lesson there is a game called ‘Bird or Mammal?” (Critter Corner, Games and Fun Stuff, Microsoft Encarta Kids 2009) in which the children must identify birds from mammals and place them in different categories.
This software is truly a wonder and would be a great asset to teachers and students alike.

ENCARTA VIDEO

1. THE POWER OF POWERPOINT

POWERPOINT IN THE CLASSROOM
While used mainly in the commercial and industrial world to deliver effective multimedia presentations,Microsoft PowerPoint, almost 10 years old is beginning to move in a new direction. The education system of the day all over the world has embraced this new and exciting software.
PowerPoint is an important tool for the learning process. It allows teachers to enhance their lessons by bringing both theory and practical into the lesson. Used properly, teachers are able to explain abstract concepts much better.
In an actual powerpoint presentation lesson graphs, charts, colours, movies and much more maybe inserted to excite the learning process. This also caters for those who learn best visually.
You can experience the effectiveness of this software by viewing the videos and exploring the links on this page.



POWERPOINT VIDS AND TIPS
Create new and exciting presentations to enhance the teaching and learning process.