PLN 3

Today I read an article called "Give Me An S-L-A-C-K-E-R, What Does That Spell? " on Mrs. Syars' blog where she talked about how she had taken a class for credits and now the importance of telling students what's expected and required up front and how sometimes just doing the minimum is all we want to do. She had to do a certain assignment for her class where she was to receive at least a B-. She had said that of course she had done as little as possible to make the B- while her instructor had tried to persuade them to do a little extra to bump their grades to an A. This reminds of some of us teens. We always want to do the least amount of work, sometimes regardless of their grade. Others, who we might like to call over-achievers, like to be the ones to go above and beyond what is expected. She also mentions that she now focuses on telling her students what is expected in projects and assignments. I think this is really helpful because it allows us to see the whole outline of the grading process and exactly what the teacher wants to see.