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One of the curious things about teaching to me is that the school and other instructors encourage me to be rigid, deadlines are deadlines, but I keep wearing my manager hat and have more allowances in my classes.
I'll accept late work, as long as you communicated. I get that some things didn't make sense to you yet because you don't have all the context, and we can talk it out before you submit.
This apparently is weakness, I think it is human.
Linked is an article detailing one proffers experience modifying their approach to deal with LLMs and AI use by students on submitting homework. https://salas.com/2025/01/13/how-ai-is-changing-my/#ai #teaching #grading #LLM
A little reflection on the work I've done to improve a web app I use for tracking student growth this year.
https://blog.ohheybrian.com/2024/12/improvements-to-outcomemaps-this-year/
blog.ohheybrian.comImprovements to OutcomeMaps This YearIn the end, it's all just words on a page.
A student just referred to a song from 2004 as "semi-modern pop culture" in their final exam.
They're young. I'm old.
Something I've never seen before: one of my students italicized book titles in their handwritten final exam. They did a good job at it too. #Grading
It's final grading time. Send pics of cute furry critters please (for the students of course)!
Hope this brings a smile to everyone else out there grading or taking finals. End of semester home stretch! #grading #finals #neuroscience 
This week's record for latest assignment is currently 111 days. We'll see if that stands or is beaten by another student in another class.
Some more ruminations on grading as we barrel toward the end of the semester next week.
blog.ohheybrian.comStill Trying to Determine Proficiency in Standards Based GradingIn the end, it's all just words on a page.
I don’t see why I should have to grade all these assignments, just because I’m the one who created them, assigned them, distributed them, and insisted that students complete them. 
so unfair!
oh how I love this time on Friday afternoons when the emails stop coming in... #writing #grading #thinking #coding #academicChatter
When I was a Classics major, I had a professor with absolutely no concept of how grading worked. Every week, he'd give us a quiz. The first week, there were ten questions, and I got eight right. So my mark was 80%. The next week, there were nine questions. I got all nine correct. My mark was 90%. Another time, there were eleven questions. I got ten right, so my mark was 100%.
I spoke to him many times explaining that his grading was messed up, but he never understood.
Math does not come easily to me, but here I was trying to teach him basic arithmetic. It didn't work. Everyone had to challenge their marks every week. #math #numeracy #grading
What we're reading: Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently, by By Youki Terada, and Stephen Merrill at Edutopia
Teachers, has the frequency and way you grade changed across your career? What do you find works best today?
https://www.edutopia.org/article/why-teachers-should-grade-less-frequently
#Grading #Pedagogy #Education #Teachers #Teaching @education @edutooters
EdutopiaWhy Teachers Should Grade Less FrequentlyExcessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning.
“Bad exams, great class: an unusual case study in excellent teaching” — inspirational post by Ben Orlin on setting expectations and relaxing our focus on grading.
> Teaching well requires articulating what you want students to learn, and then creating tasks and experiences to help them do that.
> Harder than it sounds!
Math with Bad Drawings · Bad exams, great class: an unusual case study in excellent teachingA surprising course review.
So far, so good. The first week of classes and my ungrading rollout went well. I think (emphasis on think) that learners will appreciate the feedback and honesty in the grading. #mtbos #grading #ungrading https://mrwaddell.net/blog/2024-08-28-students-reaction-to-ungrading/
mrwaddell.netSuccess is the journey - Students reaction to ungradingsuprisingly positive reactions
"The goal of this paradigm shift is to rethink what learning can be, how it’s measured, who measures it and, crucially, when one is finished." #ungrading #grading #education https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/31/Good-Riddance-Easy-A/
The Tyee · Good Riddance, I Say, to the Easy A | The Tyee
Continued thread
The most obvious benefit is how it can support the development of personalized #learning or provide teachers with #data for informed decision making, e.g. which students need help or support.
AI can also save time for teachers, for example with #grading or administrative tasks. However, Kristina argues that the goal is not to replace teachers, but to free time for them to spend more on interaction with #students
There is an interesting ukrant opinion on #grading this week https://ukrant.nl/grading-is-superficial-and-dehumanizing-its-time-to-rethink-it/?lang=en
While I agree with it, I still don't see what will be a good solution and, moreover, I see a lot of disagreement on this point. What do you think?
We discussed this also a few months ago in Degrees of Freedom https://soundcloud.com/degrees_of_freedom/s3e06-ungrading
This gives a bit more context also to some of our doubts and hopes
UKrant.nl · Grading is superficial and dehumanizing: it’s time to rethink itIf one is very quiet for a moment, a soft murmur may be heard: teacher and student voices complaining about grades and grading. And why not? The traditional grading system is showing its cracks, and they’re not pretty. Let’s talk about the so-called objectivity of grades, and ghosts, and the Easter Bunny. As a teacher, I grapple with grading. Like trying to measure the ocean with a teaspoon, the grading criteria are most of the time superficial, dissecting work into meaningless fragments while ignoring the bigger picture. I’d much rather spend my time talking with students, fostering their learning while I learn along with them. And then there are the […]
#Politicians show up for #PinkDot despite #Conservative #scorecard #grading their support for #traditional '#familyvalues' (Religion), say it's #important to #engage with different #HumanRights groups
This is the second Pink Dot since #Section377A, a #ColonialEra #law #criminalising #gay #sex, was #repealed in November 2022.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Singapore #Representation #Culture #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pink-dot-sg-lgbtq-community-hong-lim-park-politicians-4445501
CNAPoliticians show up for Pink Dot despite scorecard grading their 'family values', say it's important to engage different groupsSINGAPORE: Despite the emergence of a scorecard grading politicians based on their traditional stances on family values, several politicians attended this year's Pink Dot rally, with two Members of Parliament (MP) from the People's Action Party saying that it is important to speak to all communities in Singapore.