In my school we have a certain amount of credits per term for the printers - a B&W page "costs" a credit and a coloured one 2 credits. We print a worksheet and then leave it at the copyroom for more copies because it �s much cheaper for the school. But there is no limit for B&W copies, you may take as many as you need. The coloured copies must be taken with moderation though. Whether coloured or B&W, students don �t have to pay anything for the copies.

Teachers like me, who like to give their students coloured handouts on a regular basis, must print them at home. I do that when I have few classes. For example, this year I have a reduced timetable because I �m taking part in a project (Regional Curriculum for foreign languages) and as I only have 3 classes I often print my worksheets at home (I always choose the economic fast option). When I have more classes (6), my students have B&W copies and I give them coloured ones once or twice a month. Whatever the case, I always make my worksheets using colours. If I want to take B&W copies, I print one in greyscale. If it has a background I remove it before printing. If it has coloured boxes, I select them all at the same time and remove the colours. It �s really easy and fast. As for the clip art, I usually keep them because they are there intentionally, for a purpose.

 

Wish you all a nice Sunday!

Hugs,

mena

me too... b/w....from the school printer or photocopier...

 

But if i want to give my students pictionary �s well... I use my own printer....especially for the younger students... otherwise for the older students it will either be b/w or i will use the interactive board....

 

that �s life i suppose...when teachers wanna do do more... then it come out of our paycheck... well for me...anyway..

 

be well

In my school - You cannot judge a country �s system of Education with just one example I guess! - B&W ws are OK : We can print - well, send them to the copyroom - as many ws as we like , esp. for Special needs, as there are not course books for these kids! You can also print a few coloured ws at school, but as our classes have around 30 students , we usually print coloured posters only. I work in a State school, and asking the families for money is illegal : No one would / could do that here - fortunately. So, when I get a colourful ws from here , I usually turn it into grey scale, & photocopy it for my kids. If I intend to use the OHP, or make a classroom poster, I always use my own printer & print a colourful ws...

I do not really mind colourful ws : I always delete colourful backgrounds & do some changes, but , even if it takes me some time to do it, it would be much more time-consuming if I had to create everything!

As far as I am concerned, I do not need ws with pics for my 15-16 year-old students, but the younger ones, esp my Special Needs! - do love YOUR wonderful coloured papers!

Sooooooo, deleting some pics or turning a ws into grey scale has never been a problem with me, but a great help!!

Have a nice day!

Sylvie

 

In my school there is a b&w photocopying machine which we can use, of course, not every day and not tons of stuff. I sometimes print colour wss for my sts at home as a special surprise (at my own expense), but since we have a projector at school, I often use ppts and wss in colour simply for sts to view and do the tasks orally or in their notebooks.