Checking out each other

Ed’s first day of class sounds like mine, only better executed. He actually takes a picture of the kids! In my opening session, I do have them look around at the physical appearance of the classroom, something they have been doing for the previous ten minutes anyway. Then I show them an image of the…

On assessment…

I’ve always wondered about the best way to find out what our students know. How do I know what I know they know they know? Over the course of this blog I hope we’ll talk a lot about assessment. But as I’m putting up my syllabus I’ve decided on a strategy to make sure they…

Greetings

–(I honestly meant to get this posted before Ed posted his second installment, and now I see I am too late. The lesson: never try to be as productive as Ed–it’s too tall a task.)– I’d like to thank Ed for setting up such a useful site, on how we teach the survey. Because I…