Hello Breana, thank you so much for your wonderful blog and the many, many helpful posts. I have learned a great deal from you. I am wondering if you could post an example of the schedule of announcements you discuss in this post please? Thank you, Anna
Of course, Anna! I typically start the week with a "Welcome to Week X!" announcement that recaps what they should have completed/turned in from last week and highlights the tasks they have to do in the coming week. So if that's on a Monday, then on Tuesday I post an announcement with feedback on one (or more) assignments that were due Sunday night. I pull this from the individual feedback students get on the assignments, sharing with the whole group some big-picture/holistic thoughts. Around Thursday I will post an announcement with formative feedback on an in-progress assignment: for example, if students are working on a paper outline and I have 5 students who have submitted by Thursday, then I will provide some "remember, do X and think about Y as you work on this assignment" feedback to help everyone still working on the task. I hope this helps!
Hello Breana, thank you so much for your wonderful blog and the many, many helpful posts. I have learned a great deal from you. I am wondering if you could post an example of the schedule of announcements you discuss in this post please? Thank you, Anna
Of course, Anna! I typically start the week with a "Welcome to Week X!" announcement that recaps what they should have completed/turned in from last week and highlights the tasks they have to do in the coming week. So if that's on a Monday, then on Tuesday I post an announcement with feedback on one (or more) assignments that were due Sunday night. I pull this from the individual feedback students get on the assignments, sharing with the whole group some big-picture/holistic thoughts. Around Thursday I will post an announcement with formative feedback on an in-progress assignment: for example, if students are working on a paper outline and I have 5 students who have submitted by Thursday, then I will provide some "remember, do X and think about Y as you work on this assignment" feedback to help everyone still working on the task. I hope this helps!
Thank you very much Breana, most helpful!