New Site

We're making a change to the way that we release work for our classes. The main lessons (the things that we'll do in class each day) will now be found at the site "Optimal Beneficial Moreover Detrimental: Classroom." We're keeping this site, with a slightly different name, in order to release a reading a day for students to practice their reading at home. Each post will contain a link to a reading, along with a list of assignments that can be completed for that reading.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

HOCW. Criterion Essay Portal

Our school just gained access to a new site on the internet that provides instant feedback to students on essays. I am looking forward to trying it out -- young people don't get enough opportunities to get their writing assessed. While this program obviously can't directly grade ideas, the company that makes it (ETS, the same company that designs a great many standardized tests) has come up with some clever indirect ways to score the essays. We are going to try an essay today in order to see how the program works.

Group Daily: The average of all of the essay scores will constitute your group score. The highest group score wins.

Directions:
1. Google Search criterion ets login.
2. Click on the top link.
3. Click "Log In."
4. Type in your username - firstname.lastname and school password.
5. Follow the directions listed.



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