Citing Sources and Organizing Thoughts

February 7, 2020 Author: Read time: 1 min

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Lauren Kiefer shares how she’s using Packback to emphasize important essay-writing skills

Not only has Lauren Kiefer found students to engage in discussions more on Packback than her school’s LMS discussion forum, but she’s also found Packback helpful in teaching her students important skills for writing papers, such as citing sources and organizing thoughts.

INSTITUTION

SUNY Plattsburgh

DEPARTMENT

English

COURSE

Utopias in Literature

SIZE

25-31 Students

“I’ve found that using Moodle; I haven’t really been able to get [students] engaged in meaningful discussion. Packback has really solved that particular problem for me. And I’m trying to make it so the Packback posts help teach them things that I want them to do in their papers as well. Like emphasizing sources is a big plus and sort of making them practice organization that’s logical. So I’m excited to use it in the spring.”