Comments on: Should I Give This To My Students? http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/11/should-i-give-this-to-my-students/ Challenge The Status Quo Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Todd http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/11/should-i-give-this-to-my-students/comment-page-1/#comment-5649 Todd Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:18:17 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/11/should-i-give-this-to-my-students/#comment-5649 Ben: I wonder if that chaos of commenting is a good idea. My kids are responsible and have good ideas of my expectations, but I worry about just letting them all run without guidance. Then again, maybe I need to give them exactly that kind of freedom. Laurie: Something that I wrote is too wordy? Isn't that always the case? I tried to keep the word count down, but I think I need to have all that explanation. I'll look into chopping even more. I don't think I'll offer examples at first, but I'll pull from their comments to use as examples as soon as I can. Ben:
I wonder if that chaos of commenting is a good idea. My kids are responsible and have good ideas of my expectations, but I worry about just letting them all run without guidance. Then again, maybe I need to give them exactly that kind of freedom.

Laurie:
Something that I wrote is too wordy? Isn’t that always the case? I tried to keep the word count down, but I think I need to have all that explanation. I’ll look into chopping even more. I don’t think I’ll offer examples at first, but I’ll pull from their comments to use as examples as soon as I can.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/11/should-i-give-this-to-my-students/comment-page-1/#comment-5640 Laurie Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:36:37 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/11/should-i-give-this-to-my-students/#comment-5640 I like the idea of Commenting Guidlines as well, especially the three areas. I think that the instructions are a little wordy. Will you offer some examples or give them time to practice so that they can get a concrete idea of how it will work? I like the idea of Commenting Guidlines as well, especially the three areas. I think that the instructions are a little wordy. Will you offer some examples or give them time to practice so that they can get a concrete idea of how it will work?

]]> By: Ben http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/11/should-i-give-this-to-my-students/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 Ben Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:09:03 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/11/should-i-give-this-to-my-students/#comment-5633 Turning them loose might be an option; to see where they stand on commenting without guidance. You'd probably have plenty of examples to point out of constructive comments, as well as poor comments (or whatever you decide to call the short, unhelpful comments). I like the way that there's plenty of choice built into this system. I failed at that last year while blogging with my kids, and if I could go back and do it over I would set up the commenting guidelines to be more like what you have written. Content, Style, Dialogue make for good choices. Turning them loose might be an option; to see where they stand on commenting without guidance. You’d probably have plenty of examples to point out of constructive comments, as well as poor comments (or whatever you decide to call the short, unhelpful comments).

I like the way that there’s plenty of choice built into this system. I failed at that last year while blogging with my kids, and if I could go back and do it over I would set up the commenting guidelines to be more like what you have written. Content, Style, Dialogue make for good choices.

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