We finished up our first KidBiz3000 article before the Thanksgiving holiday. For the most part, it was a success. A few students had to take parent notes home for incomplete work, but successful overall.The quality of their e-mail replies and "thought question" responses were not what I was expecting. Quality response writing has been a struggle, though, since the beginning of the year, so it's a work-in-progress.
However, most students would frequently check their mailbox and reply back if I asked them to. If their reply didn't answer my question or if I felt they could do better, I would ask them to clarify and write back, and the students did willingly and excitedly. It was like having a personal discussion with each of my students, and I think for them, they felt like they mattered just as much as the next student.
I'll be assigning our last KidBiz3000 article for the semester next week, Monday, and the students will have to have it completed by the 19th, our last day of school. I'm hoping that improvements will be made the second time around.
However, most students would frequently check their mailbox and reply back if I asked them to. If their reply didn't answer my question or if I felt they could do better, I would ask them to clarify and write back, and the students did willingly and excitedly. It was like having a personal discussion with each of my students, and I think for them, they felt like they mattered just as much as the next student.
I'll be assigning our last KidBiz3000 article for the semester next week, Monday, and the students will have to have it completed by the 19th, our last day of school. I'm hoping that improvements will be made the second time around.
