My students didn't show any interest whatsoever in my blog idea. I was really surprised about this because I naturally assumed that they would consider something like that to be a fun way to spend computer lab time.
Of course a certain amount of their apathy was probably due to the fact that I didn't give them an in-lab assignment last friday. I gave them a weekend assignment and suggested that they might complete in in class time but that, once they dropped off essay III, they were free to go. Now they are harboring hopes that they can do that every friday.
I should admit here that I am actually tempted to do so. In lab assignments have a certain air of busy work about them and my students are already doing more writing than any other 103 class that I know of. On the other hand, if I make them do a little writing in the lab every friday, it's likely to bring their writing skills up just that much more. So I think I will keep doing it.
I suppose the trick will be to come up with assignments that don't feel like busy work. So it goes.
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