Since I last reflected on my 10th graders - WE DID IT!!
Instead of waiting for them to enter Nicenet, I took them to the computer room and we all went in, saw what I already prepared for them and experienced some of the links. They were excited about it and asked to continue working this way. It was also interesting to see the look of surprise on their home-room teacher when I told her what I plann to do. She had no idea language in school can be taught with computers.
I also tried to take my 8th graders and work with them. It didn't go well. I think that I need to plan it better and put some strict boundaries as to what they have to achieve in each lesson. Everything must be graded and very straitforward.
After giving it a lot of thought, I think that a Web Quest might be better suited for them. As a fairly heterogenous English student's class with a lot of behavioral problems, I believe that they need to be divided and given a chance to work in small groups. Although I didn't create one yet, I already explained to them that they will have a special project they will need to do, instead of a test. I did not go into details about what it would entail nor what it will be like but I started by explaining the method of assessment. I also told them they would be active participants in writing some of the rubrics. In addition to it all, I want to encourage them to work by telling them they were chosen as a model class to experiment this method and that we will present their work in class and show it to their parents.
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