tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post3217485782645819973..comments2023-10-08T03:40:55.783-04:00Comments on Larry's Opinion Drive-thru: What Motivates Us (and our students)Detroit Sports Dorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507758358144530420noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-11174367494788318532010-06-08T15:41:12.929-04:002010-06-08T15:41:12.929-04:00I was cruising your blog for an article I can anno...I was cruising your blog for an article I can annotate with Diigo for my Rich Media Presentation class and send to the rest of the group for an assignment.<br /><br />First, I love this video. Seems timely in terms of how our pay structure is being redesigned to Pay For Performance and making the grade on the state standardized test (that students have absolutely no stake in -- but that's Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956648460324782062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-67133175662328225802010-06-07T11:18:19.274-04:002010-06-07T11:18:19.274-04:00Thanks, Ann.
Grades have been very much on my min...Thanks, Ann.<br /><br />Grades have been very much on my mind these days, so your remarks are timely.<br /><br />Grading has gone more and more smoothly with each challenge project iteration because I put a very high premium on the groups setting their own goals at the beginning of the project. These have to be measurable ("everyone will speak for five minutes without notes during the Detroit Sports Dorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507758358144530420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-9076945361546459662010-06-07T09:32:14.901-04:002010-06-07T09:32:14.901-04:00I've seen this and another (less entertaining)...I've seen this and another (less entertaining) video by Dan Pink. I agree that the principles can be applied to education!<br /><br />But in our current system, the grade is always the bottom line. I tried to do a project that was open-ended and allowed for creativity, but then felt compelled to prepare a rubric so they would know ahead of time the basis of grading, even though it seemed Ann Luschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284650895010763235noreply@blogger.com