Week 2

Microsoft Publisher

This week we examined a few features of Microsoft Publisher. Publisher is a good program for schools to use as it comes with most Windows packages. One feature of Publisher allows you to create brochures or pamphlets. There are so many templates to choose from. It is easy to place your own pictures and text in the template to create something that looks very professional.

Here is my brochure created using Microsoft Publisher. It is a trourism brochure for China:

Front page.

Back page.

This is a wonderful program for students to create a brochure for just about anything! However I do like the idea of choosing a destination somewhere in the world and creating a brocher to try attract tourists. Students would learn about the countries' people, places, food, history, weather etc. For the purposes of my sample, the information and pictures used to create my brochure was copied and pasted for a number of different websites. This process can be examined in a classroom, students will need to learn about copyright in this digital age. Discourage students from simply copy and pasting information and encourage students to write information in their own words.

Publisher is also very effective for creating websites. Again there are numerous templates to use, or you can start from scratch. We looked at using Publisher to create our e-portfolios to enhance our job interviews, I will definitely consider using Publisher now and in the future.