New way of marking.

I have not been a regular poster :(. I am sort of nervous about exposing myself but I mean, who the heck is interested in my life? Not many people I am sure.

I found a new technique to mark my student papers. Audio files. I go through the essay and underline and circle areas that need comments and then I take my mp3 player and record my commentary. While I am recording, I number the areas in a noticeable coloured ink. I started doing this because I wanted to give more feedback to my students and reinforce what I have been saying all semester. I will send out the audio files before the class and give back the papers in class. I have a feeling that this will be more beneficial for my students.

Here are some links to check out. I will be looking into this more deeply.

http://www.academiccommons.org/ctfl/vignette/digitized-audio-commentary

http://www.users.muohio.edu/sommerjd/

This woman, Susan Sipple seems to have a lot of experience with this method.

What else is going on? Very busy. I didn't even do my Masters' presentation. We have been doing the presentations over a three week period. I will be doing it on Monday. I am beginning to really dislike Mondays.

Well, I have to get a move on. I have three more papers to correct.

Later
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