TedCurran.net » jaiku http://www.tedcurran.net Education Technology, Free Apps & Lifehacks for Teachers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:42:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Give students feedback in 140 characters– save time! http://www.tedcurran.net/2009/04/give-students-feedback-in-140-characters-save-time/ http://www.tedcurran.net/2009/04/give-students-feedback-in-140-characters-save-time/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:33:45 +0000 Ted Curran http://teacherhax.wordpress.com/?p=45 I often procrastinate in giving students feedback because I end up writing each student a whole novel on their paper. This makes the task of finishing feedback so daunting that I often blow it off completely. I am trying out … Continue reading →

]]> I often procrastinate in giving students feedback because I end up writing each student a whole novel on their paper. This makes the task of finishing feedback so daunting that I often blow it off completely. I am trying out a new method of giving students feedback– microblogging. I love the 140 character limit imposed by Twitter and its ilk because it forces me to say a lot in a little space. So I got a Jaiku account that I know nobody will ever read, made it private, and started writing tweets to each of my students. More than anything, they are notes to facilitate an in-class consultation between the student and I. They say just enough so students know what they did well and what parts of their piece they need to work on. Now before you go wondering– NO I don’t have the kids join Jaiku or send them links to my posts. I am thinking of just printing the tweets, cutting them up, and giving them to kids. They really are just a way that I can limit myself to writing a reasonable amount of feedback for each student in one sitting.

]]> http://www.tedcurran.net/2009/04/give-students-feedback-in-140-characters-save-time/feed/ 0 Student Blogging= Easy Grading, Authentic Feedback and Review http://www.tedcurran.net/2008/09/student-blogging-easy-grading-authentic-feedback-and-review/ http://www.tedcurran.net/2008/09/student-blogging-easy-grading-authentic-feedback-and-review/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:13 +0000 Ted Curran http://teacherhax.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/student-blogging-easy-grading-authentic-feedback-and-review/ This semester, I had all of the students in my digital design class start a blog on either Blogger or Tumblr (.com) where they would be posting all of their work for my class. I then had them send me … Continue reading →

]]> This semester, I had all of the students in my digital design class start a blog on either Blogger or Tumblr (.com) where they would be posting all of their work for my class. I then had them send me the web address in an email so I could subscribe to it with a blog reader like Netvibes (or Google Reader, if you prefer). This allows me to look at a page full of student work like this:
From this screen, I can view any post on any student’s blog, and I can leave comments & grades on their work. I have already divided this screen by student class meeting, so I’m looking at only students in “C Block “right now. I can also make this screen public, so the students in my classes can view each other’s work and comment on it.

When I click into one student’s blog feed, it looks like this:

I can look at all of her posts in the Netvibes interface, and then I can click over to her blog if I want to leave her comments.

This week, we will be getting familiar with the grading rubric used to grade students’ work, and they will be applying it to one another’s work. They will be using this interface to give each other comments (constructive, I hope!) Wish me luck!

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