In a recent class I was teaching I was told I would have access to a projector. I prepared a significant portion of class material using power point as it was a medium I felt comfortable with. However, shortly before the term began my room assignment changed and I no longer had access to a projector for media. Instead of scrapping all of my ppts I printed and handed out the notes pages (3 slides per page with room to write to the side) to students to help them follow along with the lectures and to give them a visual frame of reference. My question is if this practice is robbing them of the experience of picking out and ascertaining relevant and important information. I continued this practice through the first 2 weeks of the term and then (with warning) told my class they were to continue taking notes on their own using the skills we had already learned and that I wasn't going to continue handing them notes. Did I do the right thing? Could I have approached it in a more effective way?