Handouts
I like the idea of colored handouts, but is there another way to express the material to catch the students eye. My institution does not supply colored paper or color printing.
You could also use note cards or brochure paper for handouts; they would stand out as well.
You could use some stickers to differentiate your handouts--there are so many to choose from, you could find something appropriate, or just random stickers would work.
We also have limited colored paper so we do a lot of coloring of the paper. This makes the student look and read and disect the information given to them. They always complain but that's only because they say they had their coloring fill in elementary school... I say othersise. We have colored pencils and markers for the students to use. Most of them have bought their own though due to the fact that we color so much. It's repetition and it really does work. Make them color it themselves.
I use handouts in color to draw specific attention to what they need to know or remember. The colors draw the eye to specific areas of the anatomy where we discuss the physiology of the body part and it's functioning as it relates to other organs. I then have them highlight the pathways the between the organs.
You could download some simple file art and add to the page. It's simple and affective.
Hi Athena:
Some ways include having students use colored markers for borders; different border for different topics; colored post-it notes; even ads from news print with a paper clp to a folder could work. The idea to to organize and quickly find imnportant or categorized information.
Regards, Barry
