As a teacher, they have many responsibilities that go beyond
just the hours from 8:00am-4:00pm.
Teachers need to make lesson plans for each of the coming days, they
need to think about projects and assignments to give out, they need to grade
tests and homework, etc. One of the most
mundane and time consuming tasks that teachers need to go through is grading
homework and papers. With all of the
tasks that teachers need to do it would seem that they should all have
assistant that can complete all of the mindless work for them. However since this is not the case,
technology can really help to bring efficiency to teachers along with helping
them to complete these mindless tasks.
So that teachers can all focus and put their energy into things that are
important.
Webassign is one of these technologies that can greatly
assist the teacher with homework.
Through an online program students can do their homework’s online, which
can be immediately be graded and recorded for both the students and the
teachers. Along with having this
technology save time for the teachers, Webassign can also help students to do
their homework by showing videos that can help them to solve their
problems. Of course technology like this
costs money, but is a great benefit to both teachers and students. It is mostly available with math and science
subjects, but there should be other kinds of technology that could give online
homework just like Websassign.
Teachers have such a large amount of work that they need to
do that demands a lot of creativity.
Mindless activities such as grading papers should be something that
teachers would not have to deal with. As
education develops, all schools should have their homework be something that is
graded and worked out online. This
would be something greatly beneficial to all students and teachers.
Raymond,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great topic. Teachers spend countless hours grading and technologies which aid in that process are hugely beneficial. The only danger of using software or machines to grade is that often students get scores back right away but often times no indication of what questions they got wrong or why they got it wrong. Having something like Webassign which assists students seems like a great way to lighten the teachers load, while still aiding the student in his or her attempts to learn and grow.
Great job!
- Peter
Thank you for sharing this software! I have never heard of it before; it is essential to learn about all the different softwares available that can simplify our lives a bit as teachers. The only criticism that I have is that I wish you would have gone into further detail about this software. For example:
ReplyDeleteDoes the teacher create his or her desired assessment and then post it online?If this is the case, how does the program know how to offer assistance? Does this program only work with multiple choice questions? If so, can't students just "google" the answers? What if you want your students to respond to a short answer question or to write an essay? Would this software be useful? If is reliable? Can the software truly check for comprehension?
I know I am asking for a lot, but these are just some questions that I have, as someone who has never heard of the software.
Raymond,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. Teacher have so little time in the classroom with the students as it is. Going over homework during this time can be very costly to their education. We need to put more on the shoulders of the students with all of the content that we need to teach them. I love web assign and I believe it is extremely effective in helping reinforce the lessons. Great Post!