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AlphaSmart is an affordable and portable word processor that offers easy reading, editing, and grading for increased student interaction, motivation, and success. It promotes increased pride, elaboration, fun, keyboarding and editing skills for everyone. With the necessary equipment and student participation, AlphaSmart can revolutionize your writing and editing process.
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AlphaSmart The affordable, portable word processor
What’s in it for me? • easy reading • easy to edit • easy grading • increased student interaction • increased student motivation • quiet time • few late papers
What’s in it for them? • increased pride • more elaboration • fun • increased keyboarding skills • increased editing skills • success for everyone
What you need... • the cart • paper • printer • printer cable • patience
What they need... • participation • no brainstorming or rough draft, no working on the AlphaSmart
First things first • Assign students a number, 1-30 • keep a list on the cart • have students come up a few at a time • have your first class use File 1 and so on
Writing • press on, open file, and go • press the spell check button and correct • turn it off • saves automatically
Editing • edit printed work individually • trade AlphaSmarts with another student and edit • print and edit
Printing • Use the cable in the cart • plug it into the back of the printer and into PC • or point it at the laser printer • press print
Hints • if low battery is seen, just plug in one of the AC adapters • place heading and title on left • hit Enter key to move to next line after heading, title, and paragraph • after the first student prints, they have to teach the next student • charge the top AlphaSmarts one day, the bottom the next
Ideas and Support • http://www.alphasmart.com • http://www.esd113.wednet.edu/tip/resources/alpha98.htm • http://www.iteachnet.com/seth_sept.html • use the lessons provided