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How to Have a Paperless Classroom. SOME PRACTICAL IDEAS from Allison Smith, English. Use E-mail (with Attachments): . For class distribution lists To deal with absent students For reminders (what’s due, what to read,…)
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How to Have a Paperless Classroom SOME PRACTICAL IDEAS from Allison Smith, English
Use E-mail (with Attachments): • For class distribution lists • To deal with absent students • For reminders (what’s due, what to read,…) • For students to contact each other (for revision, editing, group work)
Use MS Power Point: • For lecture material in class • To post lectures on web sites or WebCT • To email missed materials to absent students • To highlight important information • To provide handouts (have students print out before coming to class)
Use WebCT: • Announcements • Syllabus and other Course Documents • Handouts • Video Clips • Assignments • Discussion Board
Use the Discussion Board: • For student discussion with each other • For answers to posted questions (and subsequent discussion) • For shared journals, informal writing, and other class assignments
Use Scanning: • For handouts from supplemental texts • For samples of assignments from previous classes • To send back a graded paper (when the student gives you one in non-digital form)
Use Web Sites: • Create your own (http://www2.latech.edu/~asmith/Engl575/575atoc.html) • Link to others • Have students create their own for assignments
Be digitally based: • State clearly on syllabus • Use computer classrooms when available • Have students use university labs • Have students turn in assignments digitally (on disk, through email attachments, as web sites, through Blackboard attachments, …)
A Special Mention about Digitally-Based Classes: • Less to carry around! • Can utilize plagiarism programs (like http://www.turnitin.com) • Can use over-write software programs (like Word, Word Perfect, …) • Saves paper • Saves time (spent making copies) • Saves money
Use Over-Write Software: • For digital office hour comments • For revision workshops • For editing workshops • For digital tests and assignments • For grading papers
MS Word Over-Writing: • View, Toolbars, Reviewing (for over-write menu) • Insert comments (use New Comment button) • Write comments (choose font, color, size in Show, Options) • Delete (by using Backspace, Delete, or Control X on keyboard) and leave comment • Highlight (use Highlight on formatting menu)
Use Sample Student Paper: • Try inserting a comment in a comment box • Try just typing in a comment • Try deleting something and then adding a comment • Try highlighting
Contact me: • Allison Smith, English Department • adsmith@mtsu.edu • Phone: 904-8266 • Office: PH 328B