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My Favorite Time-Saving Valentine: Student Self-Assessment
Given the recent Valentine’s Day holiday, I wanted to share a quick post on a feedback tool that I truly love: Student self-assessment To understand my love of student self-assessment, think about the final draft of a major paper or… Continue reading
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Better, Faster Feedback Part 1: Feedback Literacy Revisited
One of the funny things about writing educational books is that, once published, each book stays a snapshot in time. The same is not true for the author though; the author continues to experiment and evolve, to try new things… Continue reading
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Let’s Talk About How to Give Better, Faster Feedback
I was at the National Council of Teachers of English conference* a couple weeks ago, and as I walked through the showroom I heard the pitch from edu-AI companies, over and over and over again: “Save time by providing instant… Continue reading
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How I Plan to Cut Down on Student AI Misuse This Year
During our first departmental meeting of the year, a teacher offhandedly bemoaned the new paywall for Draftback, a tool for investigating the revision histories of students suspected of using AI. Another teacher responded by bringing up a new tool she… Continue reading
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One Way I Plan to Use AI to Improve My Writing Instruction This Year
I remember sitting down to read a student paper last year and instantly feeling the beginnings of that whispered question that many teachers have come to know so well: Hmm, I wonder if this was written by AI? Sadly, this… Continue reading
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Year 10 of the Re-Write Newsletter Begins and Exciting News!
A few weeks back I was scrolling through photos, and I stumbled upon a photo I’d long forgotten. It was from a class trip late in 2019, and in it my entire advisory class is piled together on a small… Continue reading
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How Expanding the Frame Can Improve Essay (and Most) Instruction
I was glad that so many liked my last post about one way I’m striving to say the quieter parts out loud when it comes to essays, so I thought I would share another lesson from that unit this week.… Continue reading