Publisher Publishings

Today we looked at Publisher and at creating a borchure - this was a very simple task and I can see how children at primary schools will be able to do this. All that needs to be done is to click on the icons and add the graphics or type the information you would need.
I made a quick one on highlighs of East London and this was completed in about half an hour.




This would give the children much creative scope in being able to use their imagination to convey how they want to produce this sort of work.


Students would be able to extend themselves further by creating other things such as
personalized greeting cards, posters, flyers, banners, calendars and advertisements that can link in with the curriculum they are studying.

Furthermore, students would have the ability to play with different fonts and sizes and colours and experiment in ways they could not with pen and paper. There are also a whole lot of layouts and designs that can be used, which would result in a lot more creativity being used. The thing I like about Publisher is that you can change the whole design of your work in a few clicks of the mouse and leads the way to a lot more experimentation before achieving the final product.



Publisher would also be a useful tool to have when creating a webquest as the tools and items are already there for students. There are templates that the students could use with children who are more confident with Publisher, choosing to create theirs from scratch and in hard form to still produce the same type of work.