klmama Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 What can you recommend for instruction on how to use Word, Excel, and Power Point? Online tutorials? Books? What's worked well for your students? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) My son learned by just using them (trial and error). Eg. PowerPoint - initially made slideshows for homeschool presentations and learned to use the design tools to make a family crest. Word - used for writing poems, short stories, lab reports, and compositions before switching to Google Docs for essays. For Excel programming, he used a course from Udemy.com Udemy has lots of techie courses available. There are also plenty of tutorials on you tube. Edited October 23, 2016 by quark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AllSmiles Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I haven't used it yet, but this is what I plan to use next year. http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/058688 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I've heard nothing but good things about Lynda.com https://www.lynda.com/Computer-Skills-Windows-training-tutorials/1301-0.html If you or someone you know has a linkedin account & opt in to promos, they sometimes send out promos. Dh got a 30 day free trial recently (as opposed to the 10 day freebie they have on the site). One advantage of lynda.com is that it's quite widely recognized in the business world. If you're looking to boost a resume as well as get skills, lynda looks good on a CV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I second Lynda. Check your library though! Mine has it for free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat in MI Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 We haven't used this but it always looked good to me. I hope to get dd to use this sometime in the future. http://www.timberdoodle.com/Premium_Professor_Teaches_Office_Super_Set_p/080-213.htm Blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) My kids learned by having projects that required the use of the software. They learned by trying and figuring things out. Word - for writing all writing assignments and creative writing PPT - for presentations on content subjects. It took 5th grade DS one morning to make his first presentation. They learn finer points by doing more. Excel - calculations in science lab It just gets incorporated into all other subjects. That's also how we adults learned to use any consumer software, how we learned to program, how DH learned to do parallel computing and network administration: by having a task to complete and figuring it out. Edited October 26, 2016 by regentrude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillStanding Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 This is one is free and my kids used it in a co-op class: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics/ The teacher had them do projects for each as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 This is one is free and my kids used it in a co-op class: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics/ The teacher had them do projects for each as well. Thank you. This is just what I wanted! I took a look and learned a few things, even though I've been using Office for years! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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