Many students do not use the same software at home that we use at school, especially those from lower income districts. Now the technology has expanded making it easier for teachers to convert files from Word Perfect, or Works, or whatever program the students are using. There is however another options. Two websites that I discovered give your students the ability to create a one page webpage. Students could type their paper using these webpages and then just simply write down the link on a sheet of paper and bring it into class.
Just Paste It and Axess.im give students the ability to title the webpage and then share it with you. It would then also make it easier for you to share on your own website or blog. Each site allows you to easily upload pictures as well as links. You can also embed Youtube videos via HTML or directly (depending on which one students use). Both are very simple to use and offer most of the Text Formatting you will see in an average Word program. Just Paste It automatically saves your work every 3 minutes, so if the browser crashes, the data will not be lost.
Be careful though. You want to make sure that the students work is not plagarized and that if you post it, other students do not use it without permission, so you might have to createa a password for your webpage and then give people access to it that way. Also know that anything posted to these websites becomes the property of the developers, royalty free.
Just some things to keep in mind, but for simple assignments, this would/could be a solution to your problem.
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