Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a great tool for classrooms and for the average individual. Personally I have Microsoft Office for Mac, which is a little different then your average Microsoft Office. It took some getting used to, as I'm sure, Microsoft 2007 took getting used to for those of you that have brand new software. Microsoft Office, for Mac, includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Entourage, and as a bonus MSN Messenger. Microsoft Word is great for writing papers and taking notes. It's an excellent program that I, personally, use everyday. Children in the classroom can also use this program to help them with their spelling when the write papers, and to keep track of how many words used. Microsoft Excel involves spreadsheets and is great for math class. It can help with computations of almost any sort and organizes data very well. It is also great for graphing of all kinds. This could be useful in a science classroom to view data from an experiment. Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation based program. It is excellent in place of a poster board project. Children can take an assignment and turn it into a great learning tool for the rest of the class as well as themselves.