My Week in Colorado
So this week I'm in Colorado to grade the free response questions on the AP World History exam. It's been a bit like DragonCon for world history teachers...only no costumes. Over 600 world history teachers and college professors descended upon colorado state university to read essays. For a week. And the name badges aren't nearly as cool.
Colorado is so pretty! I'm definitely more of a mountain person than a beach person. I just like to look at the mountains. I'll post pictures once I get home and find my card reader...
Despite it sounding nerdy, it's been a really neat week. On Monday they trained us to grade the essays properly and since then I've probably scored a couple hundred essays. I've met a lot of people that I've only seen online before and I've learned a lot about how to teach and grade essays. The only downside is that since I'm scoring the question about the Olympics, I NEVER want to hear about them again. Don't think I'll be paying much attention to the Olympics this summer...
I've got two days left here and then I'll be home :) Yay!!
Colorado is so pretty! I'm definitely more of a mountain person than a beach person. I just like to look at the mountains. I'll post pictures once I get home and find my card reader...
Despite it sounding nerdy, it's been a really neat week. On Monday they trained us to grade the essays properly and since then I've probably scored a couple hundred essays. I've met a lot of people that I've only seen online before and I've learned a lot about how to teach and grade essays. The only downside is that since I'm scoring the question about the Olympics, I NEVER want to hear about them again. Don't think I'll be paying much attention to the Olympics this summer...
I've got two days left here and then I'll be home :) Yay!!