[schooltool-dev] *Now* we're (tj)Talkin! - another way SchoolTool can help tranform education...

[Jeffrey Elkner]

My hypothesis is that students want to learn and our job as educators is to create a nurturing, supportive environment which allows that natural to desire to grow.  I am much less concerned with preventing potential abuse than I am with encouraging student initiative.

Filip already envisions a weighted system where the person who posed the question and the teacher have more weight, so there could certainly be tweaks to the system to limit abuse. A transparent system will take care of most of your concerns in the first place.

Finally, it is only an option.  If a teacher doesn't want to use it, they don't have to.  I certainly will in my classroom, and I predict to very good effect.

jeff 

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:36:26 -0400, Jason Straw <jason.straw at gmail.com> wrote:
>I see issues with this.  If you give them points automatically, then
>there are going to be problems where students just rate everything just
>to get points.  Also, how do you prevent personal issues from being
>linked to ratings etc.
>
>It's a good idea, but it needs to be fleshed out to figure out how to
>use it without abuse.
>
>Jason