tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post1829229853109503836..comments2024-02-22T08:09:25.667-05:00Comments on Baker's B.Y.O.D.-- Bring Your Own Device, Dog, & Deconstruction of Literature: I have a confession...Kate Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17916823276653301714noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-84557287453398289682013-09-03T13:29:09.432-04:002013-09-03T13:29:09.432-04:00I would highly recommend Grammarly.com. It has bec...I would highly recommend Grammarly.com. It has become my go to when using students writing in the classroom. Students can see their most common mistakes at a glance and keep revising until they are ready to turn in something that is free from common errors. I can focus on content and style. Student accounts are inexpensive. Our entire high school was quote $1500. Kerry Palumbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406455728823643569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-70785073850311159122012-12-07T16:44:48.760-05:002012-12-07T16:44:48.760-05:00@ Tcsamripa, Patryce, & Reyna- Thanks for read...@ Tcsamripa, Patryce, & Reyna- Thanks for reading! <br /><br />If any of you have ideas on how to make it paperless or use technology in other ways to enhance the process, I'd love to hear! Just because educators have always been the only one to grade papers, doesn't mean that it should always be that way. We need technology to help us be efficient & effective, as well as have students feel more vested in the process.Kate Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17916823276653301714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-84612034703234376402012-12-06T08:59:32.166-05:002012-12-06T08:59:32.166-05:00Awesome post... Thanks for sharing. I'm in my ...Awesome post... Thanks for sharing. I'm in my second year teaching 6th graders overseas and am constantly struggling with grading/assessing writing for all of the above reasons (plus they're ALL second language learners). I can't wait to try a different approach:) Keep up the great work!Reynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319278283506422061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-56348056851890821962012-11-19T08:56:28.879-05:002012-11-19T08:56:28.879-05:00Great post! I am a ed tech specialist at an alter...Great post! I am a ed tech specialist at an alternative school, and always looking for fresh ideas to use with our nontraditional students. I will be working with our HS SS teacher next semester on a major research paper that his students will be doing. I love your tips on how to scaffold the approach with students, and this will prompt me to extend my time with the class so I can introduce the peer editing concept in small chunks prior to students writing their papers. Exciting stuff - thanks so much!Patryce Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10255260021472504159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-88848234395748133922012-09-28T22:45:17.983-04:002012-09-28T22:45:17.983-04:00you're my lifesaver! I'm a high school Eng...you're my lifesaver! I'm a high school English teacher at a school for the deaf and just this weekend am about to embark on critiquing 13 college essays written by my seniors. For me the peer evaluating is hit or miss. Most of the time, my students spend so much time looking for grammar errors, they never bother to provide feedback on content other than the "this looks good". The only time their evaluations are any good is when assignments are authentic like when we wrote children's books that would be taken to the elementary school, or our Senior Journalism project where the class designs their own magazine from the ground up. It's hard to get students to internalize a literary analysis paper or even research papers with self-selected topics. This year I notice their blog writing is better than any printed/docs work they turn in. They need to care about the topics and care what others think about their writing. I like your rubrics and your ideas for smoothing out the process. Hoping I can put some of these ideas to good use!tcsamaripahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817491389531898687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-18203914382023495552012-08-04T09:56:11.345-04:002012-08-04T09:56:11.345-04:00Hi Robert, I just added the evaluation of the eval...Hi Robert, I just added the evaluation of the evaluator this past year. I was having issues with students padding their grades for those who "Agree" on their scores. Now, their scoring is much more valid and authentic. and at times, i find they are harder on each other than I would have been on them! Go figure!<br /><br />Thanks!Kate Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17916823276653301714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-37126744896309805902012-07-31T23:44:59.328-04:002012-07-31T23:44:59.328-04:00I love this idea! i teach 5 English classes (4 se...I love this idea! i teach 5 English classes (4 sections of English 12 with 150 kids). Students do a 6 page research paper, and I'm sure you can imagine the feeling of staring down 900 pages of student writing. <br /><br />I've used a similar process, having each students' papers peer evaluated by 2 classmates using the rubric they were provided at the start of the writing assignment. Each student averages the grades they received and then Agree / Disagree with the average, providing a rationale if they disagree. Then I give the "Agrees" a brief look over when grading and focus mainly on evaluating the "Disagrees" more intently. I'd say it cuts grading time by 1/3.<br /><br />However, that method is only as effective as the evaluator's knowledge of the English writing content. Your method here has all the checkpoints that really hammer down the accountability and requires students to think and reflect more thoroughly on the whole process.<br /><br />Great job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165331828097310760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-30449901620020580952012-07-27T17:57:45.275-04:002012-07-27T17:57:45.275-04:00Thank you for sharing your great ideas. I have not...Thank you for sharing your great ideas. I have not had much success with peer evaluation. I don't know if it's because my students want to be "too nice" to one another, or if they really do not know the content well enough individually to assess a peer's work. Perhaps I quit letting kids try too easily. Your ideas here give me renewed hope that I can get peer evaluation to work. I know it will save me time, and it will most certainly give students more buy in to the feedback process.<br /><br />I do have a lot of success evaluating my kids' writing via Google reader and having them publish on their blogs. A pad of sticky notes and my iPad = huge time saver. I'd love to share more ideas. DM me on Twitter if you'd like.AMYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181360437040955311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-41313212734400528602012-07-27T12:14:00.383-04:002012-07-27T12:14:00.383-04:00@Teri & Katie, it is good to know that all Eng...@Teri & Katie, it is good to know that all English teachers struggle with this! When teachers had fewer students, it was certainly more manageable, but in today's climate, we need to diversify our tactics. I'm glad you find my techniques useful! Please let me know how they work in your class and any tweaks you make to the process.Kate Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17916823276653301714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-41562875730780584172012-07-26T17:33:52.912-04:002012-07-26T17:33:52.912-04:00Thank you for this! I am a middle school teacher ...Thank you for this! I am a middle school teacher in a high-performing school district. I teach 3 English classes (as many as 90 students) and 2 History classes. I have struggled with grading and how to do a thorough job that doesn't require me to work 80 hour weeks. <br /><br />Your ideas are right on the mark for me and very useful. Not only do I love how you've detailed peer editing processes, but I agree with your OSU rubrics--these are methods that I can use! I SO appreciate it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939995851703941124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806561678107131005.post-29441078158925384732012-07-26T17:04:39.677-04:002012-07-26T17:04:39.677-04:00Wow - I can totally relate! I teach high school E...Wow - I can totally relate! I teach high school English, and sometimes I feel like my job necessitates having no life. My hat's off to you for doing this while having your own kids! Thanks for this great post. I've come up with some techniques for myself (I give type-written bullet-point feedback on first drafts of major literary essays, and the mandatory second drafts must have the changed parts colour-coded to show evidence of having worked on the aspects I identified). I find this goes faster because I can type faster than I can hand-write which allows me to give more detailed commentary/instructions. Also, I find that I say more of what I'm actually thinking this way because I don't have to connect it to the rubric; I can genuinely assess the student's needs and comment on those without having to justify a grade. Also - it gives me a chance to say things like "I appreciate that you are trying trying to use specific quotations in your writing! But, I'm not sure the ones you've chosen are the best. Try..." <br /><br />Peer evaluation is one that I haven't had much success with, probably because I haven't had any accountability built in. I really like the methods you've outlined here. This is something I'll have to try! Thanks for this awesome post (which I found because someone tweeted about it! :)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02694651561810684334noreply@blogger.com