Angel Used As An Educational Tool (perspective from student)
Last Thursday I was absent from English class and I had gone up to the teacher on Tuesday and asked what the homework was because I knew I was going to miss the next class. She said that we had this “mask” project due on Tuesday (that Monday was Columbus day) and we had 3 chapters to read over the long weekend. I thought that was a little unfair, but I dealt with it and did the homework. Next thing I know its Tuesday and I have all my English homework done (including the project) and I am hearing these rumors that the project was delayed to be due on Thursday. I was frustrated at the lack of communication between the teacher and the students at that point, considering the teacher had a student go around to try and tell as many people in this class. As that day goes on, English class comes around and I go up and ask the teacher if the rumors i was hearing were true. In fact she said “yes, in fact they are. I posted them on Angel.” Now don’t get me wrong there is nothing wrong with finishing an assignment early, but that’s not the point I’m getting at here. What I’m trying to say is, if you are absent and you asked what the homework is, you expect it to stay that way for when you get back and if the teacher isn’t posting to Angel consistently as it is in this case, how are you supposed to know when assignments are due. This might be partially my fault for not checking Angel everyday, but the teacher should have said in the beginning of the year to check Angel everyday for updates and that even if you are absent you should check in case due dates are changed. It isn’t correct to expect students to do this without being told to because at this point this is our second year of having Angel and the first year teachers are actually using it as a resource for students. This a problem I have been running into a lot because I know that teachers are still trying to learn Angel as well as students, so I think it is better to take this as a learning experience and tell the teacher about the problem and try to solve it together.
