[Technical] Using IRC for student development collaboration

[Con Zymaris]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 11:09:10AM +1000, Donna Benjamin wrote:
> >
> >Sharing ideas with 20 kids on IRC is easy. Sharing ideas with 20 kids in a 
> >lab is hard. Logging and documenting all the good ideas is exciting and 
> >helps the kids understand that they are building something more than a 
> >transient app.
> >
> >Try it and you'll see what I mean. ;-)
> > 
> 
> Hang on - but isn't sharing, cheating?  ;-)

You don't do it during tests or exams. You do it when it's most likely 
that sharing of ideas or code will lead to broader understanding by the 
students.

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