My personal experience of using Microsoft applications

 

Original Microsoft Office logo from 1975 - very retro!

My experience of using Microsoft Office programs includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. I tend to use these applications sporadically and though I have a general knowledge of the programs, I have used the basic functions. Any essays, reports, covering letters or general correspondents are written up using Word. I tend to use only a handful of tools such as spell checker, page layout, paragraph format and a variety of fonts. Very basic! When I begin my teaching placement in December, I will be assisting students with writing their personal statements for UCAS. I'm hoping my experience of Word will be sufficient enough for this task.

I felt the need to begin a new paragraph for reflecting on my experience of using Excel. Now where do I start. As a dyslexic and visual learning I find this number orientated program a nightmare. The complexity of this system really chews my brain cells up. But though I have little confidence with Excel, I have used it a lot for my job as a product designer to create tech packs. Though I do not see myself using Excel within my lesson due to teaching predominately art and design, I imagine I will encounter spreadsheet at some point through general admin such as registers and inputting grades. 

I used Outlook daily in my previous line of work but only to access and send mails. I never really explored other functions available in this application but feel since the ICT module I have become far more confidence in the email application.