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 | | From: | Javier de La Rosa | | Subject: | Re: Software for Electronic Lesson Planning? -- Going peperless | | Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:41:21 -0500 |
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 | I use software As Much As Possible. Let's face it, we all churn through
too much paper. I find that by doing things on the computer, I'm
actually more organized, because I know where everything is. I've lost
file folders before, but I never lose my computer.
I now give all my classes multiplication fact drills online. There's a
good site ( http://www.thatquiz.com ) which does all the grading for me.
It's non-commercial (ad-free) and has saved me a ton of time and saved
a lot of trees too.
Javier
MS wrote:
> I'm just starting to think about making a change in my lesson planning as of
> the next school year--doing it digitally, and saving paper. Also, I figure,
> that should make it easy to look up what I have taught particular classes on
> a certain day.
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> What software have people found useful for doing this (PC, also Pocket PC)?
> It could be dedicated lesson plan software, or just other software that you
> found useful for doing that. I'd like to be able to easily call up records
> of what I've done before--for instance, all the lessons I have taught a
> particular class, or look up a particular day, etc.Would a regular database
> product, such as Lotus "Approach", or the one that comes with Microsoft
> Office (sorry, I forget the name) be useful for that? (I haven't used a
> database product before, other than PIMs such as "Outlook", so am not really
> familiar with them.)
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> Any tips on how to do this would be appreciated. Thank you.
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| | From: | Julnar | | Subject: | Re: Software for Electronic Lesson Planning? -- Going peperless | | Date: | Sun, 28 Nov 2004 06:23:50 -0600 |
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| On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:41:21 -0500, Javier de La Rosa
wrote:
>I use software As Much As Possible. Let's face it, we all churn through
> too much paper. I find that by doing things on the computer, I'm
>actually more organized, because I know where everything is. I've lost
>file folders before, but I never lose my computer.
Not to comment on the man's website-- I'm not here to plug others'
sites. But I just want to add that handheld computers are the best
tool for "paperless planning". You do not necessarily need to buy any
special software for that purpose, either.
I've used a Palm for 5 years, and in that time, it has served as my
lesson plan book among other things.
JZ
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| | From: | Guess who | | Subject: | Re: Software for Electronic Lesson Planning? -- Going peperless | | Date: | Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:05:19 -0500 |
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| On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:41:21 -0500, Javier de La Rosa
wrote:
>I use software As Much As Possible. Let's face it, we all churn through
> too much paper. I find that by doing things on the computer, I'm
>actually more organized, because I know where everything is. I've lost
>file folders before, but I never lose my computer.
>
>I now give all my classes multiplication fact drills online. There's a
>good site ( http://www.thatquiz.com ) which does all the grading for me.
> It's non-commercial (ad-free) and has saved me a ton of time and saved
>a lot of trees too.
Don't look for software to do your grading. Do look for software to
offer alternative, or more exercise, and perhaps deeper, or broader
explanation and example; software to enhance, not replace. Individual
marking, as tedious as it may be, will allow you closer contact with
the students ...and their problems. I've tutored recently those with
great difficulty, and also those who are in the 90s. Even the latter
have their individual problems ...they might get the "right answer",
and even the method might be unqeustioned. However, they do also miss
out on some of the fine-tutning ...ways of looking at things that may
not be intuitively obvious.
Multiplication fact drills are readily prepared on a spreadsheet that
will give unlimited quantities, using random numbers. This is so also
for exercises in other aspects of arithmetic, or algebra. If teachers
at all levels would learn to cooperate, there is a wealth of talent
available throughout. Students in high school computer science
courses could, or should readily do such material. Their teachers
should be even more capable.
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| | From: | Manda | | Subject: | Re: Software for Electronic Lesson Planning? -- Going paperless | | Date: | 30 Nov 2004 08:40:51 -0800 |
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| Guess who wrote in message news:...
> On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:41:21 -0500, Javier de La Rosa
> wrote:
>
> >I use software As Much As Possible. Let's face it, we all churn through
> > too much paper. I find that by doing things on the computer, I'm
> >actually more organized, because I know where everything is. I've lost
> >file folders before, but I never lose my computer.
> >
> >I now give all my classes multiplication fact drills online. There's a
> >good site ( http://www.thatquiz.com ) which does all the grading for me.
> > It's non-commercial (ad-free) and has saved me a ton of time and saved
> >a lot of trees too.
>
> Don't look for software to do your grading. Do look for software to
> offer alternative, or more exercise, and perhaps deeper, or broader
> explanation and example; software to enhance, not replace. Individual
> marking, as tedious as it may be, will allow you closer contact with
> the students ...and their problems. I've tutored recently those with
> great difficulty, and also those who are in the 90s. Even the latter
> have their individual problems ...they might get the "right answer",
> and even the method might be unqeustioned. However, they do also miss
> out on some of the fine-tutning ...ways of looking at things that may
> not be intuitively obvious.
>
> Multiplication fact drills are readily prepared on a spreadsheet that
> will give unlimited quantities, using random numbers. This is so also
> for exercises in other aspects of arithmetic, or algebra. If teachers
> at all levels would learn to cooperate, there is a wealth of talent
> available throughout. Students in high school computer science
> courses could, or should readily do such material. Their teachers
> should be even more capable.
Actually, I have used it with my own class, and thatquiz.com is
perfect for multiplication fact drills. This is an example where it
does not hurt one bit to have a computer grade the test. We're not
talking about a complex equations where you want to see every step of
the student's work. Since the web site gives you a complete grade
report (with all the wrong answers) for every student, it saves you
time more than anything else. I don't think a spreadsheet is going to
be the same. OK, it can grade the quiz for you, but will it compile
the results of 60 different students in 3 different classes?
Manda
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