tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016185828166815297.post4964479052370148253..comments2023-07-01T07:03:21.616-05:00Comments on Obeying the Call: More than just a grader...Laura C. Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566034195478018369noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016185828166815297.post-19020543809378076062007-09-26T13:29:00.000-05:002007-09-26T13:29:00.000-05:00I share your enthusiasm over my responsibilities a...I share your enthusiasm over my responsibilities as a DI. Like you, I hope to be a positive influence on their work. Also, I see the advantages that the ICON offers as a platform of sharing. However, I have not yet got over my initial discomfort of grading faceless papers. I consider one-on-one interaction a valuable component of the mentoring process. I am also uncomfortable with the way the ICON system of grading tends to encourage a product-based approach to writing. We evaluate a paper (the final product) and not the process. <BR/><BR/>Since you have the work experience of Writing Centers, maybe you could tell me whether or not face-to face interaction makes any substantial difference to our reading and understanding of student papers?Sharbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695006592142915260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016185828166815297.post-87374441627890531672007-09-18T13:09:00.000-05:002007-09-18T13:09:00.000-05:00I found your discussion of grading to be highly up...I found your discussion of grading to be highly uplifting and far more optomistic than my own. I found myself agreeing with you, though. There are lots of way that DIs can affect change inside of a student's writing. I only hope that we as DIs are able to completely cover all the bases that have been laid of for us.<BR/><BR/>I also found it suprising about what you learned inside of your writing center because when I worked at my writing center we had almost the same ideas about grading papers. That really made me start to wonder if there is some general graders essay or handbook that both of our writing centers were following. I do like the idea of addressing "global issues" first. I think this both allows the student to feel good that we as instructors are giving thought to what they are thinking and allowing ourselves the flexibility of addressing larger issues before focusing in on the smaller ones. It remainded me of this commercial in Korea about this couple that tried to pick their wall colors before their house was built. It didn't turn out very well for them.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I've drifted off topic a little, but I'd like to reiterate that I was inspired by your little chat and would like to focus on aspects beyond basic grading.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457305544468556643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016185828166815297.post-15760947705438518172007-09-18T11:34:00.000-05:002007-09-18T11:34:00.000-05:00I like your discussion of "local" vs. "global" iss...I like your discussion of "local" vs. "global" issues. At times I have a bit of difficulty trying to decide which I want to discuss more in students' papers, the global or the local. There are papers that are easy to grade and comment on, and then there are papers that I just sit back and think to myself..."ok, where do I begin?" Thinking in the terms that you present will help me with my comments. <BR/><BR/>I also like that you focus on what the student writes instead of how they write it. As you know from past exercises in class, grammar is important to me, but so is style and content. Finding a balance between the two is important to me.<BR/><BR/>You sound quite optimistic concerning your students and their papers, and I like your attitude toward grading. It's nice to hear that there are some other DIs that are positive in their critiques of students' work, and are hoping for the best when it comes to the students in Eng1301.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com