Ungrading and Spelling My Name.
A blurb of thoughts from yesterday: Want to know what’s really annoying? When you ask a question and it doesn’t get answered. And then when that is coupled with a response where your name is spelled incorrectly... oh goodness. +++ So, I’ve been watching the #ungrading hashtag because there’s a table discussion occurring at the #OpenEd19 conference, and I specifically asked about whether anyone had tried it at a two-year community & technical college. I didn't exactly get any help. But I should know better than to assume social media will solve my problems. And perhaps they're thinking, "You should've attended the conference, lady" but I foresee that the same toss-away attitude would've happened in person, too. Because I'm a newbie to all this. Here's the thing: I have no problem giving myself more work to enable student learning, but what happens if the same issues I've had with discipline/behaviors follow me into t...