Thursday, March 22, 2018

Students used to tell me: "I will just take the C" ... I was shocked when some of my students decided instead to ask, "Can I redo the essay and submit again?"

I give my students opportunities to rewrite and resubmit

"I'll just take the C" is often the reply

Why spend time rewriting?   That's why I like showing students how to display their work on a digital portfolio.

"Oh, no!  I'm going to show the essay to the world and there are errors in it!  Okay, Mr. Steve, I'll make some changes and resubmit it to you."

That's the value of asking students to display their work for others to see.   Suddenly rewriting becomes a valuable use of their time.


The Free Website Project gives teenagers the steps that High Tech High schools use to prepare students for work.


Please spread the word to teenagers.....  tinYURL.com/FWPstart is the free website and tiNYURL.com/SunDP5 is the free ebook.