Summer School PM Blog Post 4

For the blog today, I'd like you to imagine you are explaining this class to a stranger who knows nothing about me, the content, or the purpose of the class. In 5-8 sentences what would you say to explain them this class, it's purpose, what you learn about, what the teacher is like etc.
  
"This class is so much more than World History! Mrs. Byars makes the class inclusive and fun for everyone. You use a lot of technology. However, do not be intimidated because she will teach you how to use it. Along with technology, we learn the importance of it, and how this skill can be valued by jobs. We learn many things such as communication and how it is key, to ideas that formed into revolutions! Not only are her lectures fun, but the class will prepare you to be a citizen of the World!" Paul

"This class contains very fun energy. We learn about history and how to apply it to our lives in the future. Right now we are learning about different revolutions. My favorite revolution that I learned about was the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican Revolution consisted of "The Big Four". These four war lords were the most powerful people in Mexico. Eventually they all turned on each other and fought each other." Isaac 

"This class is very fun and i wish i had this class during my actual school year.You learn how technology is going to help you in your future career.We have also learned about different philosophers and their ideas.Also we have been learning about different revolutions that happened over time and why they happened.I really hope history is like this next school year." Mateo 

"The purpose of this class is to help those who didnt get the grade they wanted during school. we learn, the first day, about the computer and its tools and how they are used. then we do a little activity where you get to know your classmate after that we start getting into actual history. we started to learn about the french and american revolution. the teacher is amazing. she is very out-going. she has a lot of energy which is good for a teacher. she keeps everyone awake and she isn't boring." Laramie  


Now I'd like you to explain how grades work in this class, you can also include your opinion about grading in this class. How does it work, what do you like about it, what do you not like about it? 

"How the grading works is you get a reflection and you rate yourself on a scale of 0-4. The reflection has an objective and what you need to put is why you think you are at the grade you gave yourself. You also need to provide evidence of work that relates to the objective. It is a good grading style because instead of running off of many individual assignments for points, it uses one assignment to asses your overall knowledge. I find everything about it amazing." Ryan

"The grades in our class is very unusual (to me at least, I'm used to a percentage scale). We are objective-based so we are graded on how well we understand the topic. We go from 0-1-2-3-4 and it depends on how well we get and do the assignment." Michael 

"Grades in this class goes by how well you understood what you learned, if you can't explain what you learned you will not get a good grade in the class. I like that because it actually forces me to learn something. Something I don't like about it is that I can't rush my work since the grading system works like that."  Julian 

"Grades in this class is pretty much self evaluations and if the teacher agrees with the grade you give your self then that's the grade you get but if she doesn't she will tell you why she thinks that you deserve a different grade and that's the grade you get. She also lets you go back and revise your assignments to get a better grade."  Mateo