Thursday, April 9, 2009

Re: Students sending electronic assignments

a great idea that I always suggest to students.
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Norman

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From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Tony Tanael
Sent: Wed 4/8/2009 3:52 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Students sending electronic assignments

Perhaps the burden of proof should be on students to demonstrate that =
they
*have* submitted work rather than for the teacher to prove that they
*haven't*. As a graduate school student I would email myself an =
electronic
copy of all completed assignments (whether submitted to my professor in
paper form or electronically) so that if it were lost somehow, I could
potentially demonstrate to my professor that the work was completed and
on-time (with the time stamp). Fortunately, I never had to do this, but =
when
a single paper can count for 50% of my class grade, and knowing who =
"wins"
when it comes down to my word (as the student) versus that of the =
professor,
this gave me peace of mind. Maybe I'm overly cautious or even paranoid, =
but
I like to think it's just me managing my digital life. This wouldn't be =
a
bad lesson for our students to have. I also like that it's an =
educational
solution (teaching students to "protect" themselves) rather than a =
technical
one (teacher checking logs).

-Tony

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Tony Tanael
Director of Technology
Maret School
3000 Cathedral Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
202-939-2468
ttanael@maret.org
www.maret.org

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Bob Irving <irvingb@e-lcds.org> wrote:

> Moodle has a feature whereby a teacher can check all student logins: =
time,
> pages visited, etc. It's under Reports in the Administration block.
>
> It's a wonderful thing to have in situations like this!
>
> Bob Irving
> Middle School Technology Coordinator
> Lancaster Country Day School
> Lancaster, PA
>
> >>> "Phizacklea, Jeanne" <JPhizack@FRIENDSBALT.ORG> 4/8/2009 8:38 AM =
>>>
> Good morning.
>
> Do any of your schools have written policies about electronic =
submission
> of assignments? Meaning, what happens when a student says they submit
> something via email (or Moodle, etc) and there is no record of it or =
it
> is never received? We are not a 1:1 school, but are making use of
> Moodle for assignment submission heavily this year. I am just =
looking
> for any language that might be in your student handbooks about this
> issue.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Jeanne
>
> ********************************************
>
> Jeanne Phizacklea
>
> Director of Library & Information Services
>
> Friends School of Baltimore
> www.friendsbalt.org <http://www.friendsbalt.org (
> http://www.friendsbalt.org/ )>
>
>

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