Some have requested that tasks should not be assigned on computers as :
1. Students may wonder to other websites and forget all about the task
2. Students may not be able to focus whilst doing their task
3. Students are able to come up with many excuses why they were not able to finish the task (e.g.A student was not able to do her work as her laptop was crashed)
However, there are rebutts .. Any solutions ? Opinions ?
Do comment !
Thank You.
Sure... I too get distracted by social networking sites whenever I use the computer to do my work. But I have learnt to manage my time properly(sort of) and prioritise what is more important. We are responsible for our own learning.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think that assigning work on computers are different from the norm and besides, some students may be more willing to do their work digitally rather than writing out all the looooong answers on paper with a pen.
Doing the work on computer will also help the students with bad handwriting a lot, in my opinion. Typing out the answers digitally may be a great help to the teachers when they mark their work. No, bad handwriting is NOT "your own font".
In my opinion, homework should still be assigned online as it saves the environment,and so, less trees will be cut down to be used for paper for worksheets. On the not focused part, I think students can exercise self-control and know how to prioritise.If they don't,they will have to face the music themselves in the long run as they did not complete the assigned work and will be scolded.So yeah, I think homework should still be assigned on laptops.
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