Thursday, September 20, 2007

Chat with the Students

As the students were diligently working on their assigned presentations, the room was filled with the sound of keyboards clacking away. All students were intent on their own screens. Suddenly I get a popup on my screen, "Mason says: Mr Booth, this link is not responding." I reply, "Close all windows and restart your browser." Soon, I notice Mason is back at work.

The other night I was working on some home work when I get this popup, "Nick says: Mr Booth, is that you?" I reply, "Yes, it's me." "Nick says: I may be late to class tomorrow, I have a dentist appointment." I say, "That's fine, you will need to make up the chapter final."

In reality, Nick could have taken the chapter final anywhere on the internet. I prefer to proctor chapter finals but I have allowed students to take them from home. What a day we're livin' in.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

There seems to be a great deal of energy going on in your classroom...I like it!!