I haven't used the pen tablet technology, but my gut reaction is to resist the temptation to continue the habit of written marginal notes. Now if the tablet technology will convert your scrawl into readable typed text . . . . I might revise my opinion. :-)
My reasons are driven mainly by my own bad handwriting and my fast typing. So I have my biases. If you plan to use track changes, you can comment at length in the comments. Space in the margin is no longer a problem. (I'm thinking of comments that go up the side of the page and around to the reverse side!) The process of providing feedback to students through track changes has led me to rely more on comments and resist using track changes for copy editing (unless I am working with a student on a thesis or a jointly-authored manuscript). For comments about issues of grammar or awkward language, I highlight problem passages and insert a comment about how it needs to be fixed. Maybe fix one sentence in track changes as a model. But it is too easy for a student to simply hit "accept all changes" -- then we've done the editing work and the student has done and learned nothing. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Paul Bernhardt <pcbernha...@frostburg.edu>wrote: > This semester I am doing my first grading of papers submitted > electronically. What I'm doing is what occurred to me to be sensible, using > the comments feature of Word to make notes and attaching a grade rubric > table to the end of the paper that I fill with the points earned. > > However, I can imagine a more natural approach based on use of a pen-tablet > user interface. It might be quicker, yet accomplish the same thing. What > experience and knowledge do any of you have with such devices and/or > methods? (I'm thinking in terms of my technology request for next year, of > course.) > > Thanks in anticipation of great ideas forthcoming. > > Paul Bernhardt > Dept of Psychology > Frostburg State University > pcbernhardt _at_ frostburg _dot_ edu > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: csta...@uwf.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=2697 > or send a blank email to > leave-2697-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2699 or send a blank email to leave-2699-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
