MICROSOFT PAINT

Microsoft Wnidows Paint is an educational software that allows the user to draw, colour and edit pictures.This tool when used in the classroom enhances teaching and learning alike. The software is very easy too use hence children can use Microsoft Windows Paint with minimal assistance.

While using the mouse as a paint brush or pencil to draw or paint children develop their skills at using the computer and thus becomes more familiar with modern technology.Some benefits to using Microsoft Windows Paint are as follows:
a)It comes free with Windows.
b)It is user friendly and very easy to navigate.
c)It allows users to develop basic editing skills.

Teaching while using this software can help to develop children's ability to using graphic software. While making lessons fun and interesting it is a good means of enhancing the mulitple intelligences, for instance those who have good spatial abilities may be interested in becoming graphic artists or designers.



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2. MICROSOFT ENCARTA 2009 PREMIUM

One software that provides and educational experience that is fun is Microsoft Encarta 2009 Premium. This software caters to the learning needs of all ages as it provides information on different levels. It allows for exploration through the geography tools such as maps and the world atlas. One can virtually wallk through cities and landmarks like the Alcatraz using the virtual tours feature which is easy to navigate. The dictionary provides correct spelling and meanings of words. The foreign language tools as the translations, prove very helpful to secondary school and university students.

The Encarta kids follows an assisted approach to learning. Children gain the opportunity to explore the world through various topics just by scrolling and clicking. Multimedia accompany words which facilitates children with reading difficulties and those of all levels.

Children can learn while having fun through the games which are specially designed to incorporate various subject areas like math, science, language and allows for skill practice. In the classroom teachers may use these games to evaluate lessons. The games possess features such as levels and prompts like "Try Again" when an snswer is incorrect. Hence Encarta Kids is a convenient software as it allows for students to construct their own knowledge with minimal or no assistance.


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1. USING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

In recent years, powerpoint has been widely used in the classroom. There is an increasing demand for lectures to be presented using presentation software such as powerpoint.

Powerpoint is a presentation software program which is part of the microsoft office package. A powerpoint presentation is delivered in the form of slidesows which accompany the oral delivery of the topic, this is frequently used in businesses, training sessions for personal use and in the classroom.

Powerpoint enhances the lesson or lecture as animations, videos, graphs, images and sound can be added to presentations by the click of a button. This type of presentation can also be saved and easily refined and reused in follwing years.

A powerpoint presentation displays the main points of the lesson, this ensures that student spend more time listening to the teacher rather than jotting down paragraphs of notes.