Actually, I am quite a nazi about deadlines.
None of us here just assign "5 pages by next friday" and I would hope no composition teacher does that anymore. Most teachers here assign a draft first, (which some have peer reviewed and some not) then meet with the student 1-on-1 to discuss the draft and the work that still needs to be done on it, and only after all of that the student hands in the 5 pages. So it's a whole process everybody (including the teacher...) has to go through.
By the way, students know when what assignment is due after the first day of classes. Compassion is fine, but I don't want my students to have to rely on the kindness of others.
Some other posts also suggested this. I will look into using wikis, but my feeling right now is that I don't want students to directly EDIT another student's text. Instead, I would prefer a system where students can post their work (possible only the 'finished' work) and then comment on it - not edit it. (Most of this would happen outside the classroom, by the way).
Anyway, this is an interesting idea. Thanks for the comments.
And right you guys are...
Guess I can use this in class as an example of what can happen to a student when he/she gets his/her stuff published and people actually read it...
That't what I am hoping I can do... I assume that the learning curve will not be too hard. When signing up, these students actually know that they will in a 'computer-aided' class. Hence, my guess is that they actually know what they are doing when they are using a computer. A simple blogging system should not be much harded to use for them than a word-processor.
Yes, and I especially don't want them to be confronted with even more advertisement -- and I don't think the university would be happy with using a commerical services either.
They are your regular, run-of-the-mill Dell's (I think 8200), but I am not sure. I don't think we have yet arrived at using Tablet PC - just upgraded the lab from old Power Macs last year...
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Actually, I am quite a nazi about deadlines. None of us here just assign "5 pages by next friday" and I would hope no composition teacher does that anymore. Most teachers here assign a draft first, (which some have peer reviewed and some not) then meet with the student 1-on-1 to discuss the draft and the work that still needs to be done on it, and only after all of that the student hands in the 5 pages. So it's a whole process everybody (including the teacher...) has to go through. By the way, students know when what assignment is due after the first day of classes. Compassion is fine, but I don't want my students to have to rely on the kindness of others.
Some other posts also suggested this. I will look into using wikis, but my feeling right now is that I don't want students to directly EDIT another student's text. Instead, I would prefer a system where students can post their work (possible only the 'finished' work) and then comment on it - not edit it. (Most of this would happen outside the classroom, by the way). Anyway, this is an interesting idea. Thanks for the comments.
And right you guys are... Guess I can use this in class as an example of what can happen to a student when he/she gets his/her stuff published and people actually read it...
That't what I am hoping I can do... I assume that the learning curve will not be too hard. When signing up, these students actually know that they will in a 'computer-aided' class. Hence, my guess is that they actually know what they are doing when they are using a computer. A simple blogging system should not be much harded to use for them than a word-processor.
Yes, and I especially don't want them to be confronted with even more advertisement -- and I don't think the university would be happy with using a commerical services either.
They are your regular, run-of-the-mill Dell's (I think 8200), but I am not sure. I don't think we have yet arrived at using Tablet PC - just upgraded the lab from old Power Macs last year...