It was kind of amusing to see how I did on the typing games. I feel that I could have done a lot better on some of the games. Maybe I will even play some of these games to try and get better as a faster and more efficient typer. I wish we applied our keyboarding skills to something more useful rather than just always typing away for drill and practice in middle school. I think that keyboarding would have meant a lot more to me if I were able to apply it to something that I was already working on in the classroom sucha as publishing my work using typing.
I loved the looking at the books that students had published in class on Tuesday. When I have some free time, I would love to try and create the binding for the books. Even I would be more excited and spend more time working on the quality of my writing if I knew that it was going to be published. I thought it was a great idea for the students to literally create their entire book, including the inside creating the inside flaps, in the classroom. I think that the students learn better when they are actually being authors and creating the about the author sleeve as well as a summary of the book. I am a 'pack rat' when it comes to keeping schoolwork and I know that if I were to create a book like Dr. Schmidt's example, that I would still have the book to this day.
I loved the book idea too! I have seen teachers make many books for their students, but not many hardcover books that would last. If you let students create a book like this they would be really proud of their work because it looks like a book you would find in a library or book store. I especially like the idea about writing about the author, it was my favorite part to read in Dr. Schmidt's books.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the students' books. They did take some time, but they were well worth the effort!
ReplyDeleteI also thought that the hardcover books were really cool. It would be really motivating for students to get to actually publish their books and make it look like an actual author did them. I never really had an opportunity to make books in school, and I think that I would really identify myself more as a writer if I would have had that chance.
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