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107 - Transitioning to Alternative Grading Can Take Time to Be Successful: The Importance of Longer Term Metrics
Episode 107
In this episode, Sharona and Boz explore a recent article from EdWeek in which a middle school principal shares the motivations behind a switch to st…
1 year, 1 month ago
106 - Reflecting on a six-week summer course with Dr. Robert Talbert.
Episode 106
In this episode, Dr. Robert Talbert returns to the pod to reflect on how his six-week summer course in discrete math went. Robert talked about this c…
1 year, 2 months ago
105 - Is Alternative Grading at a Tipping Point?
Episode 105
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley explore the ideas from Malcolm Gladwell's iconic book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Differe…
1 year, 2 months ago
104: Ideas and Recommendations for Iterating Through the Course Redesign Cycle
Episode 104
It's Summertime! And how to teachers and instructors often spend their summers? Why, reworking their courses, correct? In this episode, Sharona and B…
1 year, 2 months ago
103 - Themes and Lessons from the 2025 Grading Conference
Episode 103
In this episode, Sharona and Boz recap some of the incredible things that happened at the 2025 Grading Conference. Highlights from the keynote speake…
1 year, 2 months ago
102 - Critical Digital Pedagogy: Thinking Critically About Grading, AI and How We Decide to Do What We Do, An Interview with Dr. Sean Michael Morriss
Episode 102
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley sit down for a conversation with Dr. Sean Michael Morris to talk about Critical Digital Pedagogy. What is it? How…
1 year, 3 months ago
101 - Visionary Leadership: Culture Change through Asking Questions - A 10-Year Journey to Building-Wide Grading Reform
Episode 101
In this episode, Sharona and Boz interview Doug Wilson, principal of Avondale High School in Michigan, about his advice on implementing building-wide…
1 year, 3 months ago
100 - Getting the Band Back Together! The OGs discuss the last decade of Alt Grading and Where We See It Going Next!
Episode 100
We made it to episode 100! Join us as we welcome back to the pod, for the first time altogether, David Clark, Kate Owens, and Robert Talbert! With Sh…
1 year, 3 months ago
99 - Challenging Grading as a System: Labor-Based Grading in Rhetoric and Composition, An Interview with Asao Inoue
Episode 99
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley sit down with Dr. Asao Inoue, the opening keynote speaker of the 2025 Grading Conference, to discuss his use of L…
1 year, 3 months ago
98 - Sessions and Topics and Toolkits - oh my!!! Previewing the 2025 Grading Conference with the Conference Organizing Team.
Episode 98
In this episode, many of the organizers of this year's conference join Sharona and Bosley to preview the upcoming conference and talk about some of t…
1 year, 3 months ago