Thing 21: Student 2.0 Tools

Both project calculators would be helpful tools for a student beginning a research project. I explored the Assignment calculator in more depth since I didn’t have to give my e-mail address. I like that it goes into a lot of detail about what reading the assignment means. It gives ideas for how to look at the assignment and warns of trying to pad the paper with large margins and big font, etc. I think these tools may help some students who are overwhelmed by the whole research process but it wouldn’t do much to encourage procrastinators to start work earlier.

The teacher guide to the Research Project Calculator seems to have a lot of great information. I like the handouts and activities to help students learn to summarize sources and how to evaluate websites. I didn’t really see a lot of handouts that would be useful to have on hand at a public library. But, I will try to remember this site to suggest to students needing to know how to begin taking notes, etc.