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Microsoft Word has been very helpful to me throught my educational career. I use it very often wether it is for an essay, notes, or letters. I have also recently learned how to use MLA in word so I do not have to put references and and cite everything by myself. Most of my teachers have used word to type notes, sylabus, or any information they are going to passout.

I never really though about copy and paste as they explained it in the book. When kids draw on a paper and then cut the shape out and glue it to something, it is just like what someone on a computer does but without the mess of paper and glue.
I think the "Making Links to the Internet" is a very good idea no only so that the teacher may see the sources online and see if it may be a scholarly article but also because it is a very good way to check for plaigarism. If i choose to teach any grade other than elementary I would definetely use the third option of having them electronicly send me their sources in a file.

I have used the mail merge once before at my job, but they way Tatyana showed us really helped. Also making the newsletter will be very helpful to send out information to sutdents parents. I feel both these items will be of great use for me since I hope to be teacher third grade and below, so I will probably be mailing alot of things out instead of counting on the kids to take things home.