[Englecturers] fall teaching schedule out yet?

[Benedict Jones]

Hi, everybody. I was wondering whether the fall schedule had been posted 
to the lecturers' list serv--I'm still on the grad list serv, and people 
there are talking as though they already have their official teaching 
assignments. I haven't received the schedule, and I have checked all of 
my e-mail addresses just in case.

And while I'm here, I thought I'd ask a question about how y'all handle 
peer reviews in 1ABC. I'm revamping my system and could use some 
pointers. For example, do you have a good way of getting students to 
take peer reviews seriously? I had good results last year, but maybe I 
just got lucky. I'd like some better safeguards in place. I've thought 
about having students write journal entries or a reflective essay on the 
revision/peer review process. Has anyone had success with this type of 
exercise?

Also, do you actually grade peer reviews or just give everyone some 
points, regardless of how detailed the PRs are? I hate to give full 
points to students who just make a token effort, but I don't see a good 
way of grading each peer review without giving myself more work at the 
very time when I have papers to grade and want as little extra work as 
possible!

If you have a particularly good peer review system, I would love to hear 
from you on or off the list serv.

Thanks,
Benedict Jones