Google Wave and Literature: The Glitch

Well, things never go as smoothly as you like, so always have a back-up plan. I divided my students originally into three groups:

1. Those using GWave on their assignment
2. Those using GDocs, as a sort of control group (see previous post)
3. Those doing the assignment normally

I also had volunteers from the first two groups commit to writing a certain amount of their assignment every day. In theory, I can keep tabs on how much they write and let them know if they are going off in a dangerous direction; as a plus, I can require the students to write daily without having to look at tons of homework handed in--no trees are killed, and they don't have to worry about handing anything in.

The Glitch: Google hasn't responded to my GWave invite for my students.

Since the assignment is coming up, I've merged group 1 with group 2--all will do GDocs this time around. That's not a problem--when Google gets their act together, we can use GWave for the next assignment. My students are flexible--after all, there's that extra credit incentive, and a bit of novelty introduced into their homework as well. And they seem to be enjoying that.

And that's always a plus. :-)

Happy teaching!