Grades bother me. They always have. I learned quickly the meaningless nature of grades. They were everything to me early in elementary school but junior high exposed their flaws: they were rewards and punishment, they were status symbols, they sometimes represented quality while at other times represented quantity, etc. Most of of all, they had [...]
In an effort to tie my blogging cycle with assessment, I’ve created the following rubric that is open to any and all criticism. Without a doubt, the creation of a strong rubric is something that takes time, thought, and multiple people at least in my humble opinion. Thus, I’m happy to share this rubric with [...]
Great news for avid SMART Technologies fans — they’re launching an Interactive Response System in June known as Senteo. While it looks to have the same qualities that have made IRS so popular, Senteo also offers a direct connection to the SMART Board and Smart Notebook software making the classroom an even more interactive place! [...]
I had the wonderful pleasure of having Nate Unterman, GBN Science Teacher extraordinaire, show me some great things he discovered with Data Link software used with Grade Master known as Data Link. First, Grade Master is a machine used to score scantron sheets. Second, Data Link is the software used to monitor the data when [...]
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