Monthly Archives: October 2011

Professors’ preoccupations – grading

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Gina Barreca over at Brainstorm listed six ways to make grading easier, and immediately I was hooked. Like any kind of workers, profs love to talk about better ways to do the key tasks of the field. I had so … Continue reading →

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Thus I refute Zeno (sort of)

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Pat Bowne

As of 7:35 am, everything is graded and all grades posted to moodle! At 8:10 am, I’ll give the next quiz… TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Zeno’s Gradebook

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Pat Bowne

In the space of one week, all four classes had exams… I’d say this was bad planning if it was the result of any planning at all. The first day after exams, I graded for 3 hours and got a … Continue reading →