Pros and cons of having the Final Review online.

[Mari Saunes]

Since finals are coming up for most of you guys, and (hopefully) not for me, Mr. Anderson has, as you all hopefully have noticed, asked us everyday if we have any questions about the English portion of it.

Usually people don't really ask questions at all other then the everyday question "will we be able to write the paper before we take the final?" And as we sit there quietly without any questions I can't help but wonder if the reason for the lack of questions is because the review "sheet" is online. I mean, I can in all honesty say that I haven't looked over it once, I rarely ever go on the Ning except for when it's time to write my blog or do my Ning comments. Anyone else do the same thing?

And so what I really wanna know is if I'm the only one that thinks it's kind of a bad idea to only have it online?

I personally think that handing a copy out to everyone and make us go over it in class at least once would make everyone more focused on the final and actually start thinking about it, which would automatically create a couple of questions. Yes, it would lack the hyperlinks, but since it also is online that would force us to go on the Ning and look it up, so more Ning activity right there, or?

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[Lauren Chemello]

Ok so I do agree with you. It would be nice for teachers to hand a sheet out to go over it in class. I would prefer it but at the same time, college profs won't baby us. We will have to get things online all the time so we might as well get used to it.

[Mike hoffman]

lol same here as well i don't come on except for homework. i agree with you i need a hard copy so that i can study during classes that I'm not doing anything.

[Nick Klein]

I think that it is good to have the review online because there are links to the different sections to help you if you wanted more review on that specific section. I also like it because it is all in one place. More organization.

[Tyler Watkins]

I think handing it out would be a much better thing to study from. It's hard to go online and study off a computer, not to mention you can't write anything down on an online paper. You need something more tangible to work with. I also agree with her that if you needed a refresher on the stories you could go on ning and then look them up. With finals just around the corner though, I think we should be passed out a copy and go over it in class. It would be the best way to get the most people good grades on finals.

[Stephanie Dubinski]

I think handing out a copy of the review would be a good idea but then again its the end of the year and we would probably end up losing it anyway. If you really want a printed copy you could always print it off of the ning yourself.