I plan to introduce these great tools to my grandchildren in middle and high school. I think it would be a fantastic tool if it helped them to stop procrastinating and actually finish projects before the last minute. Timely reminders to students while working on a science fair project or other assignment would be wonderful. The calculators give a generalized guideline for when you need to finish something for a project or essay.
The Assignment Calculator offered individual suggestions if the subjet matter was listed on the drop down menu.
The Research Calculator was more general information but giving you a timeline which would, if you followed it, allow you to finish your project on time.
The Teacher guide to the Research Calculator had a lot of good handouts which might enable students to get a better understanding of how to prepare a paper and some seemed to make it a little easier to organize your information.
Libraries could make these sites available through their websites. On a Myspace for teens students could access these sites easily.
Maybe I will try the Assignment Calculator when I start Spring Cleaning to see if it will keep me motivated and on track.I will probably need a lot of gentle reminders for that project before I finish.
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