Post #2 or What's the word? "MS Word." :-)

Post #2 Prompt
A paragraph on how you’ve used MS Word as a student and how you’ve seen your teachers use MS Word.A paragraph on how you might choose to use them as a teacher.A paragraph on new skills you acquired in the class so far that you think will be especially useful to you in your educational career and why you think so.


As I'm sure everyone else has said in their blogs, I have used Microsoft Word, as a student, to open documents sent by professors and to type papers. Since Microsoft has a monopoly (debateable, to be sure) on the PC industry, anyone who has turned in a typed assignment has more than likely used Word. I know people with IMacs and Macbooks who still use MS Word. It's a staple in the paper-writing process. As far as teachers go, they mostly use MS Word to create the syllabi for their classes, in addition to assignment directions, quiz handouts, and reading handouts.

I'll most likely follow suit, as a teacher, and use MS Word for those same reasons as my teachers have. It's convenient. It's easily accessible, as I am always at my computer. It assists with document-writing tasks that would otherwise be a chore. There is really no reason not to use MS Word, at least until something better comes along.

You know, I have used MS Word for years now, but the 2007 version has taken some "getting used to." It is by no means "bad," as I actually love it and all its features. I took the Computer Literacy course offered here at Florida State, during my first semester. I thought I had learned everything I needed to know about Word. But, there were still some buttons in the toolbar that I had never even touched. Until this class. So far in this class, I learned how to create lists with sub-menus. The first of many things, surely.