I've had some inquiries about how things are going as far as grades are concerned. As I mentioned at our first meeting I expect graduate level work from graduate students. However, it is up to you to determine what that means to you... up to a point. I have a good nose for game playing and scamming the system and I've detected none of that so far.
I'm of the 'mastery learning' school of evaluation. That means I believe in do-overs if a student misses the mark or leaves some stuff out of an assignment. You may assume you are doing well if you don't get a do-over or fix-it notice from me. On the project #2 comments you received I coded these do-over and fix-it notes in red. If you didn't get a red notice and I asked you a question about your web presence you may choose to take my suggestions or not. If I did request a change please communicate directly with me when you have made the adjustment (see next paragraph).
An important note here is that I'm attempting to train you to use the 'comments' feature in Google Docs, this may have not been clear in my note to you about how to see my comments on you projects. When you are viewing the Google Doc that includes my comments you may comment back by using the 'insert' pull down menu and selecting 'comment' . A comment will be placed a the location of your cursor... it will be dated I will be notified of your comment. This is how a conversation can be conducted via Google Docs. Pretty cool. Let's try it.
As always, read my blog! If you have not entered your email address to the right so you will be notified of new posts, do it now. Leave me a note in blog comments even if it is only: "That's cool" or "What BS", I want to know you are 'in class'.
The bottom line on Course Assessment: Everyone gets an A unless you really screw up. Don't make me go there ;-)
I am one of the many people who inquired about grades....like I admitted, I think it's a "teacher thing." We are so used to assessment and evaluations that we figure it's only fair that this would be used towards us as well. Ok, well, glad that I'm getting an A+ (hey, why settle for an A when there's something greater, right?) I figured out the Goodgle Docs thing and so I posted a few comments. I'm not notified of your new blog posts; how/where am I supposed to add my email address? Please let me know. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSounds good! I only still receive a small portion of the emails that shows you have added a new entry to your blog.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what happens to your notifications. Check your spam folder, mine is sometime erratic in what gets caught and what is let through. If you use more than one mail address be sure the one you use most often is the one you entered in the 'follow by email' box on the right.
ReplyDeleteFailing all that check every couple of days.
I will make the change you suggested with wordle! Thank you for your help :0) Have you posted any articles you want is to read on ISTE lately? Just double checking because I have not seen any assignments about it lately and I want to make sure I am doing what I am suppose to be doing! Thank you sir :0)
ReplyDeleteHilarie, et al:
ReplyDeleteNo specific ISTE assignment at this time... thought I'd give you flexibility to do your own thing on your blog this week. We'll visit the creativity and innovation issue at a later time.