Wednesday, January 14, 2015

InkJoy's Bright Ink Brings Joy to This English Teacher

I received free InkJoy pens from Smiley 360 in exchange for my opinions. As an English teacher I go through a lot of pens. I try to avoid red ink, as studies have shown that red ink is bad for a student's confidence. Instead, I try to add comments in a variety of colors, depending upon the suggestion I'm making. For example, grammar errors are made in purple and structure errors/suggestions are made in green. This helps students to see their most common errors and helps them to immediately identify the type of error they made. I normally do not use InkJoy products; however, after this free sample, I am sold on the smooth writing style and the bright colors. The package I received in my Smiley Kit had clips that transport my pens nicely in my bag. I purchased several other packages at Walmart to stay prepared for semester tests. I was busy grading semester tests this last week, when one of my colleagues suggested using different colors throughout the process to see if different colors made the process less monotonous. For those who are unfamiliar with the grading process for an English teacher, things can get boring and painstakingly monotonous very quickly. I tried varying the color of ink I used with great success. I love the brightness of InkJoy pens and I will be buying them again in the future. My colleagues also said the pens write very smooth for how affordable they are. Furthermore, this week, I shared my love for InkJoy with some of my students today. They needed colored ink to do an activity in class to teach them about annotating text. The students love that I had a box full of colored ink to share. They said the pens write smoothly and the colors were awesome. Annotating text becomes more fun with colored ink. InkJoy pens surpassed my expectations. The price is VERY affordable and the pens are very high quality!

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