Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Student Survey for Grading Policy

The SHS Assessment team is seeking your input about doing the standards based grading, aka evidence-based grading. Please be honest in answering this survey: http://goo.gl/AjruYI

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Thai Commercial inspires us to make the world a better place

Here is a Thai commercial called Unsung Hero that reminds us to be mindful that our actions can make the world a better place, a happier place.


Prince Ea raps about being sociologically mindful in this critical video called Why I Think this World Should End :


Be sure to watch until the end to see the mindfulness of the post.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Blogging self-assessment

The first post was due yesterday.  Today we went over how the posts will be graded.  We used the following self assessment.  Note that the italics are the proficiency standards that we expect (3 meets standards). 
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Sociology  (concepts and terms)  
__  I completed the assignment
__  I explained at least some of the concepts, terms or ideas of the class.
__  I fully explained the concepts, terms, or ideas from class and I used the terminology from the class.
__  I gave a unique example or application that was my own and not an example from class. 
__  This example/application was used correctly. 
4 Exceeds standards           
3 Meets standards
2 Shows some proficiency               
1 Doesn’t demonstrate any proficiency

Literacy (sources such as readings, videoes, charts, websites)
__  I completed the assignment.
__  I referred to a source from class.
__  I referred properly to a source from class
__  I explained the source’s connection to sociology in the student’s own words.
__  I referred properly to multiple sources from class
__  I explained the connection of an outside source that I found on my own.
4 Exceeds standards           
3 Meets standards
2 Shows some proficiency               
1 Doesn’t demonstrate any proficiency

Academic Expectations                                         
__  I completed the assignment.
__  I completed it on time.
__  I had no misspellings.
__  My grammar was correct.
__  I commented on two other student posts.
__  The comments were meaningful.
__  My writing was clear and understandable.
4 Exceeds standards           
3 Meets standards
2 Shows some proficiency               
1 Doesn’t demonstrate any proficiency