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APPLICATION:
 * Publisher** is a desktop publishing application from [|Microsoft]. It is an entry-level application, with emphasis being placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing.([]).

REFLECTION: Publisher is a tool that can be used by both the teacher and the student. Teachers can create newsletters for their classroom, teams or themselves individually. The Standard Course of Study for 7th Grade Language Arts focuses on the use of effective sentence construction and edit for improvements in sentence formation, usage, mechanics and spelling.

Competency Goal 6:01 states students should model an understanding of conventional written and spoken expression. An assignment given by the teacher to support this goal and use Publisher is to have students create a newsletter with information included about their class and school. Student would be divided in groups and given topics to write on as well finding pictures to be included in the newsletter. Computer Technology Competency Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of computer and other technologies applies when students create projects. Teachers can also use this tool to send informational flyers home to parents giving infiormation about the class and upcoming events as well as sending to other teachers in the same discipline.

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