3 Quick- Subjectives, grading stinks, and modeling with Kelly O’Shea

Fairly often I find things online that I think are either terribly interesting, awesome, or thought-provoking, but don’t have either the time or the will or write anything in depth about how or why they’re interesting, awesome, or thought-provoking. I’d still like to share these items, so I’ve decided to make the 3 Quick a [...]

SBG Express: Details

The basic idea of standards-based grading is simple: Grade students on their understanding of specific learning goals. It’s the details of that implementation that are devilish. In honor of the “publish, then filter” idea, writing this post is my way of working through (and hopefully solidifying) those details.

What standards?

I’ve started making a list [...]

When the hugeness hits me

I’m a pretty laid back dude. I don’t get too worked up about major life changes. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the hugeness of the changes, it’s just that I’m okay with change, and look forward to the new opportunities that result. I’m currently in the middle of some pretty huge life changes (i.e. [...]