This assignment is about much more than just keyboarding skills, although that is its primary focus. It also lends itself to great learning about time management, organization, and communication skills.
Our students will be filling out a reflection activity in Google Drive. It will ask them to think about how they used their time, and tools (homework planners, etc.) to keep track of their typing time, and write down their assignment frequently.
In Quarter 3, students will be asked to take more of a responsibility in keeping track of their typing time through a Google Document we will set up together. They will be asked to choose one day of the week, and record their time for the last 7 days then.
There are so many ways we can use technology to help us remember these kinds of ongoing assignments. Since my rotating class time is called "Skills" time, let's explore a few!
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Visit: https://www.remind.com/join/mrscadra to sign up or text @mrscadra to 81010
Link: Best Reminder and Task Apps for iPhone:
http://www.imore.com/best-reminder-task-apps-iphone
Link: Best Designed Reminder Apps for Android phones
http://outfresh.com/knowledge-base/5-best-designed-reminder-apps-android/
Other, non-techie ways to stay organized with reminders:
- A large, laminated, easy-to-erase monthly planner
- Sticky notes
- Go through the entire quarter in your homework planner, and write down the same homework on that day of the week (Tuesdays: Update typing time in Google Drive). Writing it down once is usually not enough!
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