The Use Of Word Processor and Power Point in the Classroom

By Fitri Ramadhani

• For Teachers:Teachers can prepare, create and share materials.

• For Learners:Learners can practice writing skills, grammar and other language points as well as to present their works.

SpellingWord processors contain an electronic spell checker. The student writer has immediate feedback about misspelled words. Student must discern which of the computer-generated spellings is correct for the context. Teachers no longer have to red-ink spelling errors. They can focus on the few exceptions the spellchecker does not catch.

SecurityTeachers and students gain a sense of security about losing assignments. When the student saves her work, she avoids the possibility of the assignment being lost or misplaced. If an assignment is ever misplaced, a replacement can be easily printed.

Legibility

Teachers benefit by receiving a readable copy that is easy to grade. Students with poor handwriting can increase their scores with better looking papers. Students should be instructed to turn in copies of work in a readable font.

Publishing

Work done on a word processor can easily published on a bulletin board. Teachers can create electronic anthologies of their students' writings. Each student can receive an electronic copy of published works with no printing costs.

MobilityWork done on a word processor and saved on the Internet is highly portable and accessible from any computer with Internet access. Dogs do not eat papers in cyberspace. "I forgot it at home" is irrelevant. Just log onto the nearest computer and your work appears on the screen.

POWER POINT

• A software application that is usually used for people(teacher, students, etc) in presentation.

• A popular presentation software application and is widely used by language teachers.In the modern languages classroom, PowerPoint can be used effectively to present a variety of aspects of a new language, e.g. dialogues, grammar, vocabulary, and as a stimulus for group exercises and activities, with enhancements such as animated text on screen, pictures and audio and video clips.

• The strength of PowerPoint is its ability to allow an instructor to import graphics, audio, quotes, and music or to link to simulations or Web pages

• The presentation can be used to summaries a lecture.

• Main points can be emphasized.• Key questions and issues can be displayed.• The presentations can be enhanced by

using graphics, animation, sound, and interactivity.

• Add flair to presentations with slide and bullet transitions and animated effects.

The Advantages of Using Power Point In The Classroom

• Presentation can be used to make lessons more organized and flexible.

• Text in a Power Point presentation is much easier for students to read than trying to read notes that are written on an overhead projector or chalk board.

• The greatest advantages of using Power Point for classroom lessons is that you can modify them and use them over and over again, each time you teach those lessons.

The Advantages of Using Power Point In The Classroom

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