How do we not give zeros? Voicethread response.

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5 responses to “How do we not give zeros? Voicethread response.”

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   June 4, 2009

   David Fordee

   Wow, tried my hand at the video voice thread. Never done that before and it came out pretty staticy. I’ll probably try with my headphone and mic set sometime this next week. We finish school this weekend.

   Love this technology though. There are times when I want to know who the person is on the blog. What does their voice sound like? What do they look like? How passionate are they about what they are discussing? All the answers to those questions are hard to gather through just reading text. So I love the voice thread and video stuff. Just starting to play around with it myself.

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   April 26, 2009

   Michael Doyle

   pssstt….

   I need to get back to this, but I must confess:

   I do not have a webcam.
   I do not have a cell phone.
   I do not have a computer microphone.

   I am thoroughly addicted to words pretending to be letters.

   Keeping the window open is all we can do sometimes. and it can be hard when all kinds of debris is blowing past.

   But we must keep them open.

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      April 27, 2009

      Tracy

      Yes, keeping the window open seems to be the consensus, but we can’t just stare out the open window. What then?

      ps…you don’t need the bells and whistles. If you notice 2 of the three of us typed their answers into the presentation :)

      pps … so nice to hear from you Michael! Look – it’s finally sunny out!

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   April 12, 2009

   Magistra M

   I think this is a very important and interesting topic. And one that depends in many cases on the situation. Sometimes the work is all about getting the project done. I try to evaluate the process and not just the final product so that students who have a habit of just not finishing (but follow many steps along the way) and not permanently ruined by that final grade. The students have no choice but to complete the tasks along the way. At the same time, when I have more than 80 students in 5 different classes, sometimes their isn’t enough time to devote to guiding every student through every lesson. It is a sad reality of life that sometimes there just isn’t enough time to do all that we would like to do. I am not satisfied that giving a 50 or 60 is the best answer – if a student has not done the work given a number of opportunities, then credit has not been earned. But I think keeping that window open so that students can come back and try again is important.

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      April 13, 2009

      Tracy

      I agree – I love this –> “But I think keeping that window open so that students can come back and try again is important.”

      There are certain things (most) throughout the year that I tell my students I mark in pencil. If they can demonstrate that they are putting more time/effort in trying to understand and complete their work then I have no problem changing marks.

      Back to MissTeacha’s original question – But what about those kids who don’t put any effort at all, who don’t seem to care?

      Both you and Douglas (see his comment to the original post on giving zeros here) hint that the secret lies far away from grades. My philosophy is that the grades will come only after a lot of work building relationships with the ‘I don’t care’ students. This kind of thinking requires a change in school culture (and parent culture, political culture…) around competition and grading procedures.
      Thoughts?

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