1. AlphaSmart The affordable, portable word processor

2. What’s in it for me? • easy reading • easy to edit • easy grading • increased student interaction • increased student motivation • quiet time • few late papers

3. What’s in it for them? • increased pride • more elaboration • fun • increased keyboarding skills • increased editing skills • success for everyone

4. What you need... • the cart • paper • printer • printer cable • patience

5. What they need... • participation • no brainstorming or rough draft, no working on the AlphaSmart

6. 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

7. Writing • press on, open file, and go • press the spell check button and correct • turn it off • saves automatically

8. Editing • edit printed work individually • trade AlphaSmarts with another student and edit • print and edit

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. That’s it!