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Review Overview

A. Instruction - 8.3

B. Design - 9.3

C. Engagement - 9.2

8.9

WPS Office: A Best App for Office

Summary : A MUST-HAVE app for all students and teachers

Free!

WPS Office is the classic Microsoft Office suite in app form. With WPS Office, users have many of the features included in Microsoft Office, and they are able to quickly create, save, and share .doc, .ppt, .xls, and PDF files. Plus, users can sync WPS Office with their cloud accounts, so they can import documents from Dropbox, Google Drive, and Box among others. To create documents with WPS Office, users must tap the “+” button on the top left of the app’s main menu and choose the type of documents they wish to create. Next, they can modify it by adding text, images, charts, and more. When finished, users can tap the “File” button to access a menu of options for saving the file to their device or a cloud. Users can also tap the “Share” option in this menu, which requires users to first save their document before sharing via email, online, or with another app.

Instructional Ideas

For any written assignment, from a brief journal entry to a lengthy research paper, teachers can have students compose their assignment using this app and then email for grading once they are finished.
Math and science teachers can have students create a spreadsheet for recording quantitative data. Students will be able to represent that data as a figure (e.g., graph and/or chart). Teachers can then have students create a .doc file and import their figure. Finally, students can compose a paragraph that explains their data, as represented by the figure. Students can submit their work by emailing it to their teacher or posting it to a class website.
Teachers can use this app for a writing workshop. To do so, teachers must first assign students a writing assignment. Next, students will complete a first draft of the writing assignment. At this point, students will enable the “track changes” feature and then swap devices with a classmate. (The “track changes” feature is available under the “Review” option in the menu bar, and it require students to tap “Enter Revise Mode.”) Now, the classmate will be able to proofread the paper and make corrections when needed. Once the classmate finished reviewing the paper, he/she is to return the device to the student who composed the writing, and that student can use the track changes to generate another draft.
After students complete an assignment, they can use this app to quickly post it to a class website, save it to their cloud, or email it to their teacher for grading. All of these options are available under the “File” menu using the “Share” option.

A1. Rigor
A2. 21st Century Skills
A3. Conn. to Future Learning
A4. Value of Errors
A5. Feedback to Teacher
A6. Level of Material
A7. Cooperative Learning
A8. Accom. of Individual Diff.

B1. Ability to Save Progress
B2. Platform Integration
B3. Screen Design
B4. Ease of Use
B5. Navigation
B6. Goal Orientation
B7. Information Presentation
B8. Media Integration
B9. Cultural Sensitivity