I ask all of my students to word process all of their assignments. I have one simple reason- so they can revise their work more easily. In my class students receive a plus (+) for above proficient work, a check mark for proficient work, or comments for less than proficient work. I tell them they can redo any less than proficient or even proficient work to improve it. I will take the higher “grade”. In one of my college class the students have six assignments per session; I rate each and give comments to explain how to improve the work. Most students modify their already word processed work in just a few minutes. Almost everyone gets the higher grade. If anyone does not show improve, then I have a one-on-one with that person. If they had handwritten their work, they would not willingly make changes.
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Word Process all Assignments For Easier Improvements
Published February 2, 2008 Academic , Accountability , Achievement , Assess , Assessment , assessment for learning , Assignment , Formative , Formative assessment , Grade , Grading , word process , wordprocess , work Leave a CommentTags: Assignment, Education, Formative, Formative assessment, Grade, Homework, Improve, Rate, School, word process, wordprocess, work
Simple yet powerful technology
Published January 24, 2008 Camera , Document camera , Smartboard , technology , Video conference , Videoconference , word process , wordprocess 2 CommentsTags: Class, easy, Education, powerful, simple, Teacher, technology, technology integration
I believe that when a technology is simple to use, then teachers will use it. Witness the Smartboard and the Document camera. Simple technologies can be powerful technologies. They do not require thousands of hours of professional development. They do not require long learning curves. Teachers “get it” and can use them. They can involve their students in that technology with minimal prep. I think that often we over look simple technologies like word processing, digital camera, document cameras, and smartboards. Let’s promote technologies that teachers can and will use instead of complex technologies that often require someone else to set things up like videoconferencing. Let’s focus on what teachers have in their classrooms!
Templated Learning Through Word Processing For Student Success
Published December 4, 2007 Accountability , Achievement , assessment for learning , Education , Formative , Formative assessment , Learn , learning , Student , Success , Template , word process , wordprocess Leave a CommentTags: Assessment, Education, Formative, Learn, letter, scaffold, Success, Template, word process
I’ve decided that next semester I will provide my students with a template for their writing of business letters. The template will have the major parts of the specific letter format such as (get attention, increase interest, minimize resistance, action or AIRA) for a persuasion letter. This scaffolding will help the students to include each critical part of a persuasion letter. I’ve found this semester that students tend to skip over a part; I think the scaffolded template will guide them through using all four parts. I’m trying to decide whether they need more specific scaffolding such as a list of possible ways to do each part.
How do you use your word processor to scaffold the learning for your students so that they can be successful in their learning?
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle 
