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We will be publishing the students' writing this year as the junior anthology.

Here is the assignment

We will be preparing the drafts in Google docs so that we can have multiple editors and proofreaders. FAQ - for teachers

Here is the procedure:

On Monday, April 21, in the US Lab, we will begin the first round of revisions to the Community Connections submissions for the anthology. We also have the Library Lab for E period, the period where we have two American Lit classes. Peter Evans, Cathy Donnelly, and Lisa Williams, will be available to help get everything rolling. I will be available A, D, & E periods as well. We will be editing all submissions to the junior anthology using google docs. This will allow both a student's American Literature and Community Connections teacher access to the documents to make editing and proofreading less cumbersome. ** To Begin - ** Open your web browser and go to the Parker Moodle page. Click on the Google Docs link in the left hand column under //Faculty/Staff// //. // If this is the first time you are using Google Docs you will be prompted to create a log in. Your log in name is the same as your Parker email account name, and your initial password is parker. You will then be asked to change your password. You will be able to see all files shared with you from your Docs Home. You can comment on or directly edit a student's work this way. You will be able to see all of your CommConn students and whether or not they have made any changes to their files. You can look at revision history as well. Students will begin class on Monday by logging in to Google Docs and uploading their files. **American Lit Teachers - Please make certain that students know they need an e-copy of the document to work with for class Monday**. Prior to class on Monday, I will download all the files from Moodle and save them in a file in the class shared folder as a back-up for the 40 students who handed files in electronically.Without this they will not be able to work on Monday -Kate Tabor 4/16/08 5:57 PM  **Getting Their Files** Once students have created an account they should choose the Upload function from the main page, browse to find their document, and upload it to google docs. Have them save their file. ** Share Their Files ** In the upper right hand corner of the document there is a blue highlighted Share button. Students should click on this and share their file with the following teachers: // T**heir American Literature teacher and their Community Connections teacher(s). They must enter our whole email address. They should choose from:** // jbarr@fwparker.org ; abigelow@fwparker.org; gchildrey@fwparker.org; tcollins@fwparker.org selliott@fwparker.org akaplan@fwparker.org mmahany@fwparker.org kswidler@fwparker.org ktabor@fwparker.org;  **//and ME - the editor - everyone needs to share their document with the editor//**  ktabor@fwparker.org Now they may make changes to their document. **Format your document** You will notice that there are fewer fonts than you are used to seeing. Have students use three of the available fonts and leave a comment (Under Insert, choose "Comment") at the beginning of the document specifying the fonts they would like. We cannot guarantee a font (some do not print well) but we will try to honor these choices. At the beginning of your document - put this information in this order:This will make final document formatting SO much easier -Kate Tabor 4/16/08 5:58 PM  Please have them not indent the first line of paragraphs. Use block paragraph form. We will add indents in InDesign. Ask them to delete all additional paragraph returns at the end of the narrative. **Saving the document**. Google Docs auto saves. When students have made the changes that are required, they should let you know that you can reread your narrative. They can send you an email to let you know. Under Share, choose "send message to collaborators." In addition, they can share their work with a classmate. They can share files by clicking the blue highlighted Share button and adding additional collaborators to the list. Because they are all on the same server, they only need to add the login name for the student they wish to share with. For example, to share a file with Jerry Junior they would need only to type //jjunior.//
 * Title - for this essay they need a title. Help anyone who is struggling with this.
 * Student's Name
 * Group Name