I've been frustrated for about a year with the work submitted by my students on a weekly assignment. My students are required to find and analyze an editorial pertaining to U.S. Government. The submissions are generally lacking the level of insight and reflection I am seeking. Much of this has to do with students waiting until the last minute to do the assignment, but I think there is more to it.
Maybe blogging the assignment is the way to go. The work would stay up for the year, allowing students to reflect over time on their original analysis, as well as comment on the work of others. Maybe the assignment needs to be relaxed to allow for a greater range of perceived relevance.
I'm quite optimistic that transitioning the assignment to a blog is worth a try.
When I read this I started to laugh. Not because it's a bad blog or anything...it's because I do the same thing, wait until the last minute to do my homework, hint look at me now posting to your blogs when I could of did this doing the week. Maybe transforming the assignment to a blog is a great idea. I had a class were we had to post our thoughts about Leland's "Hip. the History" it was blogs mostly about how boring it was... But you did have to opportunity to read what other wrote about the book. You should try it...let us know how it turns out. ;-)
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