grmr.me makes essay grading easy for English teachers
Most English teachers agree: The worst part of the job is grading students’ essays. And when I say “grading,” I use that term interchangeably...
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Half the academic battle is understanding the assignment
Our school gives out five $1,000 scholarships for graduating seniors based on their “continuing search for knowledge.” This morning, I’ve bee...
Responding to student work with screencasts
I just finished up an experiment. With the first drafts of my students’ essays, instead of writing comments in Google Docs, I recorded screencasts to off...
Now I know why I’ve never written a book
Like many people, I like the idea of writing rather than actually writing. I’m finishing up a 15-page research paper for one of my Library Science classe...
E-mail as a ‘secret weapon’ to teach writing?
The introduction of a recent article in The Atlantic caught my eye. James Somers describes a machine that uses e-mail to help students with their writing. Afte...