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QM.1 Microsoft Word: Formatting Tools Step 1

4. Suite Tools

Formatting Tools for Microsoft 365 (Word)

1. Play the  video of Robert Frost reading his poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay."

Nothing Gold Can Stay Narrated by Robert Frost

Direct link (1:20 min.)

2. Open and download the 4.QM1 Formatting Tools for Microsoft 365 Word Online Docs: Step 1 as a Word document. The Poem is included in the document.

3. You may find it helpful to play and pause the 4.QM1 Formatting Tools video as a guide as you complete the steps.

Formatting Tools Video

Direct link (5:18 min.)

OPTIONAL ROBERT FROST CHATBOT ACTIVITY

Check with your teacher about being able to access and use this Robert Frost AI chatbot.

Note about logging-in: The Robert Frost Chatbot from Mizou.com may prompt you to create a log-in after accessing it a few times. If you log in at this point, your conversation will be lost, and you will need to restart.

Robert Frost Chatbot from Mizou.com

  • Work with a partner or small group. Try asking the Robert Frost AI Chatbot about his life, poems, references to leaves, or something else. You can ask several questions.

  • Always verify an AI chatbot's responses by checking at least two other reliable sources. 
  • Discuss with your class what you discovered with this chatbot activity.

Special note: Chatbot information created with Artificial Intelligence is sometimes inaccurate because the information used to program the AI Chatbot might not come from reliable and accurate sources.

MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

1. Empowered Learner
c. Use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.nderstand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies, are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies, are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies

6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication