I was just thinking about the “Run the dishwasher twice” advice this early morning. I take it to also mean “It’s okay to run the dishwasher twice” when you just don’t have the energy to unload the 1/2 pile of…
Author: Traci Gardner
Ethical Scenario: “The Cake is a Lie”
Sometimes when you area very tired, you ask ChatGPT to do silly things. Like maybe you’ll say this to it: Write an ethical scenario for college students to discuss. Focus on the statement “The cake is a lie.” And then…
A Policy for the Groups I Want
The dreaded hour has come: Folks in my Tech Writing course have reported group members who they cannot contact or who are not responding and other group members who are not contributing to the projects. Now I have to figure…
Working Bibliography on Higher Ed Syllabi
Al Harahap asked about research on what people (ok, really students) look for in syllabi today on Facebook. Here’s an “as-is” export of all the sources I have in my Zotero bibliography.
The Challenge of Ethics Discussions
For the third week of Technical Writing, our template focuses on ethical considerations, asking students to respond to two online discussions. One of the discussions asks students to find the code of ethics for their field and then discuss what…
Visual Outline of Group Work for the Fall
Today is the last day of the second week of classes. I got my groups set up yesterday, using the Group Preferences Form that I developed a few years ago. I ended up aiming for five people per group, but…
Wrapping Things Up
After writing yesterday’s post, I read up on group assessment, reviewed some materials on contract grading, and revisited some information on ungrading. I’ve been collecting references in Zotero for years now, so it was relatively easy to pull up the…
Temporary Signs of Progress
On Friday, I ordered Ellen Carillo’s The Hidden Inequities in Labor-Based Contract Grading (2021). It arrived today, and I read it quickly. It’s a short but very useful book. I was especially pleased to have some of the questions that…
A Tentative Effort Expectations Contract Chart
I’ve spent the day reading (and rereading) on contract grading, including all of these resources: Inoue, Asao B. (2019). Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Compassionate Writing Classroom. The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/labor/…
Weighing Student Work
I’m definitely doing too much thinking about contracts and how to set up the expectations fairly. So much so that I’ve realized that I’m stuck on the very essence of grading. I’m no where near ungrading. I’ve lost all track…