1 .		Create a Newsletter (NETS-T Standards: V-C, D): Use desktop publishing software to create a newsletter for the school, classroom, or student organization. Each small group can create a section or page of the newsletter such as Notes from the Faculty, Principal Page, Music Events, and so on. Gather with a group of your classmates and complete this activity. Submit your newsletter to your professor, and summarize your group’s experience in this activity in the essay box provided.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
2 .		Flyer Competition (NETS-T Standards: V-C, D): The class works in pairs to develop a flyer or web page announcing a school event or advocating a position on a topic of current interest to the school or community. Each pair uses draw/paint software in conjunction with available clip art and scanned photos. After all flyers are printed, ask faculty members and/or parents to be judges to select the ones with the greatest impact. Post the winner and runners-up on a school bulletin board. Summarize the activity and discuss what qualities made the winners the best in the essay box provided.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
3 .		Create a Test (NETS-T Standards: IV-A; V-C, D): Make a list of all the tools described in this chapter. Form small groups; each selects one or two tools. They develop five descriptions of applications teachers might do with each one. Place these descriptions in a test generator and create several versions of a review in which students must match tools appropriate for the applications. Student groups can work on these for homework. Gather with a group of your classmates and complete this activity. Summarize your findings in the essay box provided.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
4 .		Software Tools Lesson Plans (NETS-T Standards: II-A; III-C, D): Each small group selects one of the following tools and integration strategies and develops a lesson plan based on it: Desktop publishing. Develop a classroom lesson activity that integrates desktop publishing functions into instruction in one or more of these ways: letterhead, brochures, newsletter or newspaper production, or book or booklet production. Worksheet or puzzle generation. Develop a classroom lesson activity that uses this tool to help students practice a vocabulary, spelling, or mathematics skill. Draw/paint/image processing. Develop a classroom lesson activity that that uses this tool to promote writing or develop a geography skill such as map reading. Charting/graphing software. Develop a classroom lesson activity that that uses this tool to develop and explore a mathematics concept. Probeware (MBL) or graphing calculator (CBL). Develop a classroom lesson activity that uses this tool to develop or explore a science concept. Gather with a group of your classmates and complete this activity. Summarize your findings in the essay box provided.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.