If you score student work with rubrics, this will be a game changer
Are you as excited as I am that Scoring Rubrics are here?
Not only are they going to help communicate expectations to students and parents/guardians, but they are going to make scoring student work so much easier!
Basic overview
With Scoring Rubrics in Campus Learning you will be able to share the rubric you use with students and parents/guardians when you create the assignment. Continue reading “Campus introduces Scoring Rubrics”
My goal in the Teachers On Campus blog is to make teachers’ lives a little easier and provide helpful information. In order to do that, I want to connect at conferences this year to hear about current concerns and challenges. Continue reading “What conferences are you going to this year?”
Welcome back to a new school year!
I hope your school year is off to a great start – and you were able to come back refreshed, ready and able to find everything you stashed away in June so it wouldn’t get lost over the summer. I’d like to offer a start of the year refresher on how Campus works. I’m including an introduction to Campus Community and a quick list of FAQs since it has been a while. Continue reading “Welcome back!”
A lot has changed in Campus Learning since last spring! To introduce you to some of what’s new, we’ve compiled a Top 10 list:
Teachers often have big plans and big ideas at the beginning of the school year, but there isn’t always money to make those plans a reality. Luckily, there are options available for teachers to help fund those projects in addition to grants and teacher stores. They include one I got to see in action first hand last year, DonorsChoose.org. Continue reading “Finding Money”
With Campus Learning comes a new resource for teachers – Campus Learning Home.
Campus Learning Home is your first stop as a teacher in learning about Infinite Campus and the tools that are included with your Campus Learning license. Campus Learning is growing and expanding quickly, so we wanted a way to get information out to you that is easy to find and use. Continue reading “Introducing Campus Learning Home”
See scores and student work across time
When I was teaching 10th grade English, each year I knew my students would come with a mix of abilities. Some would come to me reading at grade level, some would be reading at a post-high school level, and some would be reading at 8th, 6th or even a 2nd grade level. Reading level was just the start. I would want more specific information about each student before each unit and each new set of standards. It was my job to figure out Continue reading “Getting a better picture of your students”
Your role as a teacher
Growth mindsets are important for students (for more information on growth mindsets for students, see this blog post), but just as important is your understanding of your own mindset as their teacher.
Good intentions can backfire
We know teacher interactions with students are important. You want to have a positive impact on students’ lives – that’s why you’re a teacher. Continue reading “Growth Mindset Part 2”
I am on a mission to gather your insights on the use of scoring rubrics to help our development team as they build a rubric-scoring tool this summer. Your help is needed because I know there are many ways teachers use scoring rubrics. The schools I taught in had guidelines around scoring – but the guidelines were different at the different schools. I want to understand your needs so this becomes a tool you are excited to use! Continue reading “Use rubrics? We need your help!”
Teachers experience new Turnitin functionality with Campus Learning in closed beta program
Teachers at Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester, NY took part in a closed beta program integrating Turnitin with Campus Learning. How did it go?
“In a nutshell, it cut my workload in half,” said Michael la Liberte.
He went on to explain that, prior to the integration, “I would create the assignment in Infinite Campus and then I’d have to create the assignment again in Turnitin.com.” And that wasn’t Continue reading ““It cut my workload in half””