2024-05-13, 15:58 Grading is done. I’m double checking final grades now and will submit tomorrow. Commencement is tonight. If you’re attending, I wear a ridiculous hat.

If you did not give yourself a self-citizenship grade (see below) I duplicated my grade. The time to give yourself a self-grade is over.

2024-05-10, 09:59 What I’m grading Now

To see what class and what assignment I’m grading right now, see jacknorton.org . I write the assignment and tag it by date when I’m done grading that assignment.

2024-05-07, 14:53 Two Things Left to Do

First, please self-grade yourself in your Assignment file for your half of your Citizenship grade. I will enter your self grade as you write it. I will use your justification to consider my half of that grade.

Second, please consider allowing me to use your work for future scholarship of teaching and learning. Here is a release form that would allow me to use your work for future scholarship, and a full explanation of how your work would be used. You can rescind your permission at any time. It takes less than 3 minutes, and could help me make this course better for future students. Thank you! 🫶🏽

Citizenship—

Class citizenship grades are based on your participation, respectful behavior towards other students, good faith efforts on your assignments, and fostering of a meaningful learning environment at Normandale. Good citizens show up and make their communities better places.

Out of 2.5 points, what grade would you give yourself and why? 2.5 = 100% 2.25 = 90% 2.00 = 80% 1.75 = 70% 1.50 = 60% 1.25 = 50

2024-05-03, 15:56 Feedback on Portfolio’s

The following items are things most students can do to improve their final projects:

  1. Get off the open internet to find quality sources. Wikipedia and Britannica are not high-quality sources, they are just quick checks for basic credibility.
  2. Where to start? Our course Research Guide, put together by Normandale librarians, just for this class.
  3. Keep topics to before 1400 CE, and focused on specific historical people in specific places.
  4. Avoid summary only, which we can call the “8th grade book report where I talk about things I find interesting and summarize facts.” Summarizing facts, quickly is great. and then spend most of your efforts analyzing why your person, place, object, or idea had historical significance to the people of its day, using specific historical evidence. Build a case, like a lawyer, for your argument.
  5. NOTE: If I conclude, both in review and in conversation with you, that you’ve used Gen AI to create your final project, you will fail the course. I have a restorative learning process for addressing inappropriate Gen Ai usage mediation, but it needs time, which we don’t have.
  6. Be confident: you’ve got this! I’ve read your work for a semester: everyone, if you give yourself the time to find five good sources - review and consider them - can produce a fantastic final project. I’m looking forward to reviewing them.

2024-05-02, 15:09 Unanticipated issue and grading

A student issue arose yesterday that has taken up my last 24 hours entirely, and will likely take up another 12. I’ll give feedback on your portfolio appetizers asap. My apologies.