Category Archives: Grad School

My Grading Policy 2.0

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

After having my first draft torn apart so viciously that I no longer felt comfortable having my name associated with it in the first place, I present to you draft #2 of my grading plan.  While I am sure it … Continue reading →

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Stepping Back to Think

Posted on December 9, 2010 by

[After writing this post it sounds sort of depressing.  I want to preface it by saying that I am having the time of my life teaching.  It is an incredible amount of work, but I wouldn't trade it for the … Continue reading →

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What I Want From This Class

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

In class today we were given a prompt to write about: “What do you want from this class?” Rewind… Let me describe the class first.  From the syllabus: We strive for responsible descriptions of what is really going on in real … Continue reading →

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Essay

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

I don’t feel good about this… My first essay got me a 73% and I was happy with it.  I’m not happy with this essay, so whats that worth (though I know my view of quality differs in many places from the … Continue reading →

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Write-Around

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

Today in class we were tasked with a write-around exploring the idea of critical literacy.  The goal is to write notes to group members and continuously respond to group member’s notes.  The topic for this write around was as fallows: What is … Continue reading →

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