Assessment

During our last meeting at new teacher training we had a discussion about giving "0's." I think there is a time and a place for a zero but they are far and few between. If a student has been given every opportunity to gain their points and they just refuse to do the work then their grade should reflect that. If a student cheats on a test then it may have something to do with my teaching. Maybe I didn't teach the material well enough and I should reflect back and see how I can evolve my strategies. Instead of giving that student a zero I could give them another similar test that is worth 50% of the original test. That way there is still a consequence for cheating but the student still has a chance to pass the class.

Assessment is something that could take an entire career to perfect, so I'm trying lots of strategies to see which ones work for me.

Love and Logic? Video Streaming

I have made an effort to meet every students as they come into the classroom. It seems to work pretty well. There are times that I have students to talk to etc that prohibit me from meeting every student. I have not used the video streaming because I do not have a T.V or projection unit in the Gym or the Shop lab. I am trying to work something out to get some sort of unit in the Gym to show short videos of games the student's aren't familiar with. Sometimes if they can see it in action they get a better understanding for the content.