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In my school I'm trying my best to push students away from using Word. If they're making quick notes, I ask them to do it in a text editor. If they're presenting work for review I ask them to write it in markdown. This is only for my CompSci classes, but it's a start. My next mission is to break the stranglehold that PowerPoint has on my students.


"If they're presenting work for review I ask them to write it in markdown."

Perhaps a git repository to track feedback and changes?

Do they need to use diagrams or images at all?


git is something I'm working towards. Ideally I'd like github to be our learning platform.


I thought that might be the direction that you were moving in, and I think that is a really good idea for your particular students to get used to a source code repository and version control quickly.

One thing I have not looked at yet but may do in the future is git-annex [1] and the associated GUI [2]. I'm hoping I can use git-annex to sync folders between laptops just using an external drive.

[1] http://git-annex.branchable.com/ [2] http://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/

That will allow music/video/images to be synced as well as text.




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