ELEM: K-2 publishing software

[Marcia Dressel <dressel@OSCEOLA.K12.WI.US>]

Hi all,

Please tell me your school's  experience with publishing software in the
primary grades lab setting.

We're enjoying some growing/changing pains :) and are trying to decide (as
we're encouraged to believe) if MicroSoft Word has everything we need for
our students in the way of a desktop publishing package.  In lieu of
purchasing a kid-friendly program, we have played around with simplifying
the toolbar and modifying the "look" of the screen as it exists in our lab
computers' image - but there are issues with that solution also.

So, my tech committee asked me to use LM_NET to get a quick feel for what
YOU  are doing out there with K-2 in the word-processing/publishing realm
of lab use. (please respond directly to me off the
list  -  dressel@osceola.k12.wi.us
I'll post a HIT if it seems worthwhile.

---------------Anybody using Word with K-2?   Can you give a few examples
of lessons your teachers do with K-2?
--------------- Did you make modifications to the settings/toolbars or do
you use the standard Word package with even K and grade 1?
---------------If you use software written specifically, what do you
use?   Why was it chosen?

Marcia Dressel
K-5 Librarian
Osceola Elementary and Intermediate Schools
Osceola, WI        dressel@osceola.k12.wi.us

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