Below is an example of what one of the student's projects looked like once they had completed the steps to correct and edit the template.  They were also able to add color and other graphics to their work.  This was not completed by each student, and will be completed in the next visit to the Technology Lab.

Here is a list of skills covered in the lesson this week:

Skills Covered will include:

• Define desktop publishing program -
  a program which allows the user to combine pictures and graphics on the same page

• Launch a computer program

• Open a program template

• Zoom in and out on a page

• Use the scroll bar

• Discuss enhancing a cover's appearance

• Select tools from the toolbar menu

• Add a text frame

• Define layout grids -
  appear on all of the pages of a publication to assist users in positioning text and graphics

• Enter text

• Define font -
  a particular design of letters, numbers, and other characters

• Rotate text

• Highlight text

• Enlarge text

• Discuss the "Text in Overflow" button

• Resize a text frame

• Center text

• Bold text

• Apply bullets to a list

• Discuss elements of a game box cover

• Discuss the appearance of a text box

• Make a text frame clear

• Select the picture frame tool

• Create a graphics frame

• Define clipart -
  previously created artwork which can be integrated into projects such as desktop publishing documents

• Access the Science & Technology category

• Insert an image

• Create a box around the border of the page

• Apply BorderArt to the box

• Adjust the size of a border

• Change the color scheme of the project

• Save the document to a disk

• Print the document

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