The Google project #1 is going fairly well so far. The big problem is we do not have the ability to download some of the programs that are being written about. I believe that problem will be addressed early next week. Winnie has the ability to at least give us access to those on the teacher station. I do not think we can get them on the student computers without a huge hassle, unfortunately.
The other problem is communicating what I think the assignment should be while remaining open enough that students can determine how to do it on their own. This is an ongoing struggle of mine. I don't want to prescribe just one way of doing the assignment, but if I do not give parameters, students often underachieve because they don't have a clear understanding of my expectations. I may write an additional assignment sheet or update the one I already have on Google Documents.
One thing that really disappointed me was the number of students who did not appear to have their homework done before coming to class on Wednesday and Thursday. That was the lightest homework assignment they'll have all semester and they didn't have it complete?!? Not good. The future assignments will make it pretty clear who is doing what because they have to be posted for everyone to see and will have a date-stamp on them, so hopefully the students who did not do all of the assignment before coming to class will have learned from that mistake and won't slack on the work in the future.
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