World History
- Become An Ap Grader
I have been grading different AP exams for well over a decade and have found it one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life. Yes it does get hard the fourth and fifth day of grading the same exam over and over (well some subjects...
- Become An Ap Grader
Right now I am in Salt Lake City grading AP exams. I have been grading for years and really enjoy it. I started and continue to come because it does help you teach your students how to better master the free response questions on an AP exam....
- Scripts For Google Drive
Unlike apps that are added to something like Google Drive, scripts just help Google Drive further an application it already has. For example, WeVideo is an app that one can use to collaboratively make videos in Google Drive. But we have already...
- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...
- Getting More Out Of An Essay
One of the most frustrating exercises I have had as a teacher has been to get my non AP students to write essays. First off, I have to hear the line, "This isn't an English class." Secondly so many students simply do not write their essays,...
World History
Using Google Drive to Grade Assignments & Collaborate with Colleagues
Today two of the teachers in my department printed out essays that were turned in digitally and sheepishly said to me that they just could not grade them online. About five or six years ago I was with them, but I am not one to give in easily. I committed to a year of online grading. My first foray was with my summer school students at George Mason University where I had a number of research papers to grade. I still remember the first batch coming in and thinking I did not like grading them online and almost feeling as if I couldn't get ahold of their thesis digitally. But I hung in there and of course now I find grading paper (as little as I do) inefficient as I can write so much more and more thoughtfully when I am typing.
So if you are game to have your students turn in work digitally then above is a video of how to have the kids turn it in and how you can grade. In addition to your students you can always use it collaborate with your colleagues. My department does all of our collaboration together and save oodles of time by doing it on Google Drive.
So if you are game to have your students turn in work digitally then above is a video of how to have the kids turn it in and how you can grade. In addition to your students you can always use it collaborate with your colleagues. My department does all of our collaboration together and save oodles of time by doing it on Google Drive.
- Become An Ap Grader
I have been grading different AP exams for well over a decade and have found it one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life. Yes it does get hard the fourth and fifth day of grading the same exam over and over (well some subjects...
- Become An Ap Grader
Right now I am in Salt Lake City grading AP exams. I have been grading for years and really enjoy it. I started and continue to come because it does help you teach your students how to better master the free response questions on an AP exam....
- Scripts For Google Drive
Unlike apps that are added to something like Google Drive, scripts just help Google Drive further an application it already has. For example, WeVideo is an app that one can use to collaboratively make videos in Google Drive. But we have already...
- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...
- Getting More Out Of An Essay
One of the most frustrating exercises I have had as a teacher has been to get my non AP students to write essays. First off, I have to hear the line, "This isn't an English class." Secondly so many students simply do not write their essays,...