jessifer.bsky.social
Irascibly optimistic. Ungrading. Critical Digital Pedagogy. Professor at U of Denver. Owner of PlayForge. Co-founder of Hybrid Pedagogy. Author of Undoing the Grade and An Urgency of Teachers. One of Hazel’s dads. he/him. https://www.jessestommel.com
👤 Joined on 13 agosto 2023
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@jessifer.bsky.socialEvery day there's a new reason to despair that his approval rating is above, say, 3 percent.
Show Post"As educators we have helped build (or are complicit in) a system that creates a great deal of pressure around grades. We shouldn't blame (or worse, belittle) students for the failures of that system" by accusing *them* of "grade grubbing." - Jesse Stommel (@jessifer.bsky.social)
Show Post@jessifer.bsky.social am converting my First Year Writing Program slowly but surely to Ungrading!
Show PostSee you there (in Zoom), @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social! Also really looking forward to keynotes from @sarahesilverman.bsky.social, @btripp.bsky.social, and @jessifer.bsky.social. #GradingCon26
Show Post"And when I started teaching, I saw how no one in education is ever good enough—not students, not teachers, not staff, not administrators, not instructional designers—and everyone is told they must be better, that they must compete against each other and, more horribly, against themselves."
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