Comments for "Mighty" Mike McGee's Electronic Place of Himself! http://www.mikemcgee.net Typings of a Well-Traveled, Funny, Talking Hobo-Poet Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Sweet Nuggets: The 1997 to 2007 Collection by ThisIs TheFuzician http://www.mikemcgee.net/indie-books/sweet-nuggets-the-1997-to-2007-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-6677 ThisIs TheFuzician Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:30:17 +0000 http://www.mikemcgee.net/?p=2450#comment-6677 Oooooo aaaahhhhhh Oooooo aaaahhhhhh

]]> Comment on Sweet Nuggets: The 1997 to 2007 Collection by Sammy Marks http://www.mikemcgee.net/indie-books/sweet-nuggets-the-1997-to-2007-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 Sammy Marks Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:30:39 +0000 http://www.mikemcgee.net/?p=2450#comment-6676 my goal is to read with you one day. i love your stuff man, my goal is to read with you one day. i love your stuff man,

]]> Comment on I Need Your Help On The Fairest Method For Slam Judging by John Staedler http://www.mikemcgee.net/poetry-slam-2/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/comment-page-1/#comment-6673 John Staedler Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:30:16 +0000 http://www.mikemcgee.net/personal-updates/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/#comment-6673 have the judges draw pictures and have the audience interpret them. We did that at the last sc slam and it was awesome! have the judges draw pictures and have the audience interpret them. We did that at the last sc slam and it was awesome!

]]> Comment on I Need Your Help On The Fairest Method For Slam Judging by Melissa Heagerty http://www.mikemcgee.net/poetry-slam-2/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/comment-page-1/#comment-6672 Melissa Heagerty Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:30:19 +0000 http://www.mikemcgee.net/personal-updates/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/#comment-6672 Give the judges a list of the performing poets. Let them rank the poets using whatever system they'd like to evaluate the poetry. Ask for a top 5 list after each round. Then count the places for each poet. In this case, the lowest score wins. I think most people that judge on a regular basis would agree that it's important to leave room in your scoring to allow for poets late in the round to score both higher and lower than the poets early in the round. This system would make that much simpler. And, you wouldn't have to think at all about those poets that you do not think ought to move on to the next round. As for logistics, you could use a binder, booklet, or clipboard with six pockets: ranks 1 through 5, then 1 pocket for 6+. Give the judges a list of the performing poets. Let them rank the poets using whatever system they’d like to evaluate the poetry. Ask for a top 5 list after each round. Then count the places for each poet. In this case, the lowest score wins. I think most people that judge on a regular basis would agree that it’s important to leave room in your scoring to allow for poets late in the round to score both higher and lower than the poets early in the round. This system would make that much simpler. And, you wouldn’t have to think at all about those poets that you do not think ought to move on to the next round. As for logistics, you could use a binder, booklet, or clipboard with six pockets: ranks 1 through 5, then 1 pocket for 6+.

]]> Comment on I Need Your Help On The Fairest Method For Slam Judging by Richard Prince http://www.mikemcgee.net/poetry-slam-2/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/comment-page-1/#comment-6671 Richard Prince Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:30:49 +0000 http://www.mikemcgee.net/personal-updates/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/#comment-6671 There is no fair way--scoring poems is one of Marc Smith's jokes. There is no fair way–scoring poems is one of Marc Smith’s jokes.

]]> Comment on In Memory of Utah Phillips by In Memory of Utah Phillips | MIKE McGEE TOWN DAILY http://www.mikemcgee.net/personal-updates/in-memory-of-utah-phillips/comment-page-1/#comment-6670 In Memory of Utah Phillips | MIKE McGEE TOWN DAILY Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:01:17 +0000 http://www.mikemcgee.net/?p=57#comment-6670 [...] published at Posted on MikeMcGee.net. You can comment here or there. Share and [...] [...] published at Posted on MikeMcGee.net. You can comment here or there. Share and [...]

]]> Comment on I Need Your Help On The Fairest Method For Slam Judging by rusty_brains http://www.mikemcgee.net/poetry-slam-2/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/comment-page-1/#comment-6668 rusty_brains Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:03:55 +0000 http://www.mikemcgee.net/personal-updates/i-need-your-help-on-the-fairest-method-for-slam-judging/#comment-6668 One tip, not so much on scoring but about slams in general, that seems very obvious to me, but I've seen some slams not really pay attention to it: Make the judges either anonymous or place them in completely different parts of the room! The last slam I went too had a panel of judges all sitting right next to each other. Some poets performed to the audience as they normally would, but the ones that performed to the judges got better scores. Plus, the judges are able to confer with each other, which just isn't right! Of course, you know this already. I was just shocked to see it done. Especially since the winner of that slam was a huge surprise to everyone [including the winner]. Bryce One tip, not so much on scoring but about slams in general, that seems very obvious to me, but I’ve seen some slams not really pay attention to it:

Make the judges either anonymous or place them in completely different parts of the room!

The last slam I went too had a panel of judges all sitting right next to each other. Some poets performed to the audience as they normally would, but the ones that performed to the judges got better scores. Plus, the judges are able to confer with each other, which just isn’t right!

Of course, you know this already. I was just shocked to see it done. Especially since the winner of that slam was a huge surprise to everyone [including the winner].

Bryce

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