We don’t necessarily have to write something upon notification,
however using Day One regularly would help us form a conditioned response to
reflect about the day and what had happened that worth keeping a record.
Students normally need this kind of training to form a habit of writing. Many
students have a passive learning style in the classroom I used to observe,
which is listening to lectures from the teacher only, they lack time for
self-reflection. Keeping journalling and scribing in class helps them to
express their thoughts and ideas through writing.
Using Day One will help a
student to form a habit of collecting. We could create different tags to keep a
specific category of items. Such as school notes(different subjects), food
recipe, reflection to books, and reflection to films, etc. This can be
instantly recorded through mobile version of Day One, and it can sync on any
other devices online, such as computer, tablet, webpage. If student has
some good ideas, it's most effective when jot down immediately to keep the idea
fresh and solid, after a while, people forget easily. So Day One mobile version
can also helps to catch moment of inspiration. Collect and arrange different
ideas and thoughts.
In the
classroom, students can scribe the lecture, and share it with others through
mail, messages, twitter, facebook or linkin etc. As time goes by, this would
become a valuable student legacy. Student's relationship to the knowledge has
become the real owner of knowledge rather than passive receiver.
Day
One is cloud based, it can store information for as long as you want, the cost
is $39.99. It could be used for as long as you want. Day
One also could geotags your entries with your current location and makes a note
of the current weather, you can tag your current activity status (such as
walking, running, flying, etc.), and you can export all your entries as plain
text or PDF or HTML. Moreover, you can also tag your entries for
better organisation, and you can star certain entries to mark them as
being extra special or important. On the iPhone, Day One logs your current
activity status, and the Mac version has a terrific map view.
Some other added benefits
of keep DayOne journaling is that it's good for one's psychological well
being and physiological functioning. Some researchers, for example, have
shown that people who journal reports having significantly less distress, feel
less depressed, and have an overall better mood. Therefore, I would highly
recommend my students to use this journaling APP to practice writing, if
necessary I would also give a lesson to teach them how to use it.
Concerning the integration
of Day One into classroom, it would take a lot of planning and organising,
however the long term effect is very rewarding and worthwhile. The danger of
this APP is that students might have some difficulty to express themselves deeply
through this new software, however, with practice and teacher's encouragement,
they will gradually get the happiness of journaling with this
convenient way. They could basically write wherever they go, it takes
off the burden of carrying a diary book or pen that increases the weight of
student's bags.
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