- How might the RPC and the Teacher Guide help you help students plan and manage research projects?
- Can you think of any uses for library projects—could you use it to help manage a timeline for a project of your own?
Alright, I'll stop with my web 2.0 whining and I'll admit- HOLY COW THESE TOOLS ARE AWESOME!!!
Yeah. The Assignment Calculator blew me away. What a great idea! How come I've never heard of this before!? Can I use it in a project of my own? You betcha! I totally plugged in the dates for a 10 page research paper I have due in another class, and looked at the schedule it gave me. I am someone who works best under deadlines, so semester-long projects can sometimes be difficult and stressful for me. I always worry, "Have I done enough yet? What exactly *should* I be doing at this point?" Well Assignment Calculator told me! I am seriously going to use this for that paper, it will help me a lot. Even though the links are for Minnesota-specific things, the timeline it generated is incredibly helpful to me. Finally, a web 2.0 productivity tool that doesn't just create more STUFF in my life and actually applies itself to my *current* life.
I would like to see this idea extrapolated for use in the workplace. Projects at libraries aren't exactly the same as research papers for students. What about a program manager for public librarians? You describe the type of program it is, when it will be, and a tool like this could tell you what all you need to have completed by when to be ready for the project! The full-time librarians I work with at the public library would love that kind of tool, and it would really help some of them.
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