No More Pen and Paper

Well, after three weeks of school, my students have begun to experiment with the idea of web logging as a form of assessment and have produced some work which appears on this site in draft form. I am hoping that this form of assessment will be popular among the students and that they will want to be actively involved in their own learning through this project. We still have a few slow starters but it seems to be proving popular among those who have experimented with this type of technology, and a few of my students have.

The students have made their own web blogs, but they are still relying on me to motivate them to write. I have tried to encourage the students to be creative in the design of the layout of their pages and be sensitive to the reader. I want them to feel a sense of freedom and confidence as they write while at the same time conform to the conventions of style and presentation.