Monday, April 13, 2009

Thing 21- Assignment Calculators--Better name--help for procrastinators

For me, these tools would not be helpful because I am not a procrastinator. When I was working on my masters degree, I did my own planning on the calendar for due dates of class assignments. These calculators ask the same questions or similar ones to something my graduate degree (which centered on being a media specialist)stressed--The Big 6--Research Strategy. These seem to have skipped a step, but essentially it is the same--a research thought process that leads to a final product. These calculators seem to me like a gimmick to get procrastinators to get the job done. I hope it helps, but I present the research process to students and let the students do it at their own pace at their own schedule. This works best in a school where most students also work full or part time and have families. (This was a short assignment.)

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