Zooming in even farther on the Venn diagram, I can say with some certainty that there are a lot of mathematician-alt grader-boardgame geeks, but it's not complete overlap. :)
As someone married to a board game enthusiast, I love the metaphor here! The messaging is SO important, truly . . . being enthusiastic and welcoming without evangelizing is the goal. Thank you so much for this piece, David!
Thanks, Ashleigh! While I'm glad the metaphor made sense. :) I was thinking about this one day and realized just how strong the parallels are with alternative grading. We're all so enthusiastic and convinced that we're right, that it's easy to forget everything we know about how to work with human beings.
David - you are officially my patron saint who is looking out for my best interest. I'm reading this a day before delivering a "short facilitated session" during our college's retreat tomorrow, a last-minute offer from the dean and one I could not refuse ;)
In all seriousness, this is a very important article where you show that you have thought deeply about this topic and that you care about where the alt-grading community goes as it grows. You do it so skillfully, that I may end up trying one of the games you linked to, or at least now I know where to look. Thank you.
An important follow-up question to this post : are alt graders boardgame geeks ? I think we are onto something. ;)
Zooming in even farther on the Venn diagram, I can say with some certainty that there are a lot of mathematician-alt grader-boardgame geeks, but it's not complete overlap. :)
Not all of them are! I've tried but I just can't get into them. I'm more of a music nerd.
As someone married to a board game enthusiast, I love the metaphor here! The messaging is SO important, truly . . . being enthusiastic and welcoming without evangelizing is the goal. Thank you so much for this piece, David!
Thanks, Ashleigh! While I'm glad the metaphor made sense. :) I was thinking about this one day and realized just how strong the parallels are with alternative grading. We're all so enthusiastic and convinced that we're right, that it's easy to forget everything we know about how to work with human beings.
David - you are officially my patron saint who is looking out for my best interest. I'm reading this a day before delivering a "short facilitated session" during our college's retreat tomorrow, a last-minute offer from the dean and one I could not refuse ;)
In all seriousness, this is a very important article where you show that you have thought deeply about this topic and that you care about where the alt-grading community goes as it grows. You do it so skillfully, that I may end up trying one of the games you linked to, or at least now I know where to look. Thank you.
Thank you, Hubert! This one has been knocking around my head for a while.