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This months Technology section features a discussion
on how you might set up a newsletter and how you might use that
newsletter. They're a couple of things you might use to create your
newsletter, one of the easiest is just use word, but if you have
front page or publisher those might give you a better format. Although
word does not have a newsletter template readily available, you
can go to the website of Microsoft.com and download the template
. Issue 3 of a P.E. Newsletter Template is now available for downloading
at www.PE4LIFE.ORG/
peteachernewsletter.php. In addition to the template each newsletter
has some background information on the value of physical education
and programs.
If you don't Want to open a template you can just
start from scratch at the top of page you would want to use the
center, a larger font, maybe a bold type, to create the banner that
will go across to your newsletter. Once you have the banner set
up hit enter, return to a smaller type font, and enter volume one,
issue one. Now hit enter once twice and using format set up columns
that start from this space forward. Decide how many columns you'll
want generally two to three columns will work best.
When you enter the headlines for each column use a
bold type and increase the font size by two points to make the headlines
standout. Return to your normal font size and type in your article.
Within your columns and your articles you may want
to include some pictures. With the cost of digital cameras coming
down it would be easy to include pictures of your students performing
skills that you're working on in your current unit. To insert a
picture place the cursor where you want the image go to insert,
picture, from file, then browse to find the picture that you want.
You may change the size of the image by clicking in the image and
going to a corner and dragging the picture to the size you want.
Before including pictures of students in a newsletter check with
your principal about using the images of students in a newsletter,
you may need to ask for a blanket permission to take pictures to
use in the newsletter and then any children for whom you do not
have permissions from, you will not use their picture. When you
insert a picture you'll want to use the picture toolbar and the
text wrap command to decide how text will flow round the picture
itself .
The newsletter might also be a place where students
might write about their experiences in physical education, or their
own fitness programs, or if they're using a sports model the students
might write about how their teams are doing in that sport. Your
columns might refer to activity ideas that the family can do together
in their free time to work on skills, games, or fitness. You could
summarize articles that are available off the web and include the
web address for the article so that parents might find more detail
about the topic.
Once you've worked with words for a while you may
want to use word art to give your fancy headlines a fancier look.
It is important when you're typing and creating your newsletter
to not use too many font sizes, fonts can be more distracting than
helpful. Once you've got a start that's important to decide will
this be monthly, once every grade period, or once a year.
Michael
Dumin
Technology Section Editor
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