James Abstract I offer here a detailed description of one idea and then list a FEW of the other ideas I will present to instructors so as to give an idea of the scope of the presentation. The focus of the first segment is to make a clear distinction between plagiarizing and summarizing and to become familiar with MLA documentation while at the same time learning to send e-mail, make attachments, and open attachments. The technical and academic blend well for an informative and fun class. Following is the lesson plan I will demonstrate.
Students save summary to disk.
Then they attach their summary to an e-mail and send the file to a classmate and to me. This activity also prepares them later to send rough draft attachments of essays to me for suggestions as well as to classmates for peer review. I go to the computer hooked up to an LCD panel and open my mail. At random, I choose a student summary, open it, delete the name of sender, bold the file and make all print font 16. Then I turn on the LCD panel.