Jesse Stommel (Jessifer)
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Jesse Stommel (Jessifer)
@jessifer.bsky.social
Irascibly optimistic. Ungrading. Critical Digital Pedagogy. Professor at U of Denver. Owner of PlayForge. Co-founder of Hybrid Pedagogy. Author of Undoing the Grade and An Urgency of Teachers. One of Hazel’s dads. he/him. https://www.jessestommel.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
According to Meta’s “Hateful Conduct” policy, it is fully acceptable for someone to call me mentally ill, because I’m gay. All transgender people can also be targeted. Because … “discourse.” The gist, I guess, is that if enough people hate us, Meta says it’s okay to publicly express that hatred.
January 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
One of the biggest problems of grades is how they’ve been so thoroughly naturalized, as though they must continue existing because they already exist. This fails to recognize they are a recent technology (only popularized in the last 60 years). And that there is little research to support their use.
January 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Do a quick google search for the words “grub” and “grubber." These are not words any of us should be using to describe students.

The problem with "grade-grubbing" is grades, not "grubbing."
November 10, 2023 at 4:09 PM
My new book is now available for order from local and independent shops, in case ordering from Amazon was giving you pause:

Bookshop bookshop.org/p/books/undo...
Powell's www.powells.com/book/undoing...
Tattered Cover www.tatteredcover.com/book/9798986...
August 24, 2023 at 1:03 AM