Students may not have access to IT at home so allowing them time during class to work on projects that require the use of IT is very helpful and encouraging to the graduate students.

The assignment was to prepare a flyer, a cover letter, and a sign-up sheeet to promote their Chair Massage Practice. It gave them a sense of accomplishment and a deadline to get it done within a short amount of time by using examoles forund on the internet. 

Students were able to see and experience first hand the information to do the assignment together. Collaborative skills combined with IT skills gave the disadvantaged students struggling to get started a sense of being a part of a sharing or group assignment but at the same time could work independantly. Some of the students were able to share their skills and knowledge. It also gave me time to organize other things for the classroom syllabus.