The average teacher collects over 11 trees-worth of paper from their students in a single year: by asking students to write essays, by creating handouts and quizzes, through printing syllabi etc.(This is based on a ream of paper requiring 6% of a 'standard' tree and calculating out the numbers of pages generated by an average class etc.).

Annotate for Microsoft Word (free and PRO versions) makes it easy to insert comments into a Word document. The PRO version adds 70+ pre-written comments in crucial writing areas like organization, argument, MLA/APA citation formatting, and grammar. Annotate works with Microsoft Word 2003 (also Office XP), Microsoft Word 2007, and Mac Office 2004 (sorry, no Mac Office 2008 yet!).

The 11trees Writer's Handbook (currently under construction) brings the first online, aesthetically organized basic writing handbook to high school and college students and teachers.

 

With these projects, we hope to help teachers create better feedback for students on their writing, and to help students more clearly understand and reflect on the feedback they receive. And if we can save a few trees in the process, then all the better.