“An intriduction to Desktop Publishing in AppleWorks 6 (Newsletters, Class/School Magazines, Posters”
A good day! All 14 teachers turned up…only had 13 Macs, 2 shared, but no real problem. Covered a lot: use of mini speakers for music as they arrived (good in class), lack of AppleWorks on new Macs, a quick tour of iWork and Pages, setting Preferences in AppleWorks, using Assistants and Templates and how to “doctor” them and make own, then on to the main agenda. I showed them examples of work I have made and have done in class, plus examples of children’s work. In the afternoon a few got on to the internet to try and get photos and clip art. All were printing so as to see a finished product.
The evaluation forms at the end came back favourably. I handed out my “glow mentor” business card I had made, so they could contact me for any further support or advice. Some were keen to make their own using the Assistant in AppleWorks!
3 responses so far ↓
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Andrew
// Aug 30, 2006 at 9:35 am
Glad to hear it went well Alastair. AppleWorks not coming on the new intel Macs will be a problem for many of our schools as they continue to refresh their machines. Fortunately, there are a lot of programs out there that allow people to desktop publish, so we will need to think about this for the future. It was always great that Macs came with AppleWorks, as their was no extra cost involved in getting people to produce documents etc, but times have changed. Ideally, desktop publishing should be done in a graphics program like Photoshop etc, but these don’t come as standard (for free!) on a Mac.
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Neil Winton
// Sep 12, 2006 at 10:19 am
Having GLOW Mentor cards is a really good idea. What details did you put on it? (ie: is it just formal contact details, or did you put a home contact on it as well?) Also, have you had much feedback as a result of the cards?
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Alastair
// Sep 12, 2006 at 11:09 am
Hi Neil
On the card is the Glow logo. our school’s logo and the authority one. Plus contact details, e-mail, school address, etc.
Yes they are useful. If anyone on the course wants to contact me for further advice, they can. One member has already.
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