Another week gone and so much
learned and to be shared… let’s take it easy, folks, I know you are all willing to
know how this week went, but, as usual, let me organize my ideas….# 1 Rubrics, Assessment, and Project Based Learning….
Resuming with some things I had worked
with before, and a karma law in life (\ ohmmmm!) I always land
on the territory of fairness… I say this because of the topic “rubric”. To some
of you this term will be just one more word of those we believe we know the
meaning, but, this happens to be one of these fundamental elements in
evaluation: a rubric points the rules of the game! Without a rubric your
students will never know what you were expecting from them. I have discussed
this issue with my colleagues, and yes, we always argue how hard and subjective
the creation of rubrics is, but, for God's sake, how important they are.
In any case, reflecting on the
definition of grading rubrics always helps you return to the essence of what
you are doing, that is, TEACH.
For my
assignment I shared a rubric I have used in my written exams in 2nd
year. Looking forward hearing to the corrections and working on the improvement
of it.
Txs
Courtney!
# 2
I was also
requested to either create a rubric or alternative assessment tool. I went for
the creation of an alternative assessment and I am trying to work on the
implementation of the use of online diaries and the creation of Podcast as a
final class project. The idea would be to record the experience of every
learner towards the development of a Podcast on a topic previously assigned. Comment
on every step of the project and capture how the students evolve in this
process. Again, this is a project of a possible activity involving the new
tools we are learning. I wonder what you would have come up with…# 3 Webquest
As an extra
activity, Courtney suggested trying with Webquests, and even though I was
running short with time, I decided to go for it and create one… Well, must say
I was very happy I tried. I found myself doing serious exegesis
regarding my proposal, and, of course, working hard on the evaluating rubric. Here
is the link, please check it and tell me what you think of it, ok?
How is your research going? # 4
...and as usual, our weekly reflection on our
piece of research. I decided to go for a digital portfolio. I know this will
represent a change in what I have been doing, but, this is the reason of this
program, to build new teaching skills. I promise to develop this idea further
in my next week posting. Must say I have been showing a bad pain on my right
hand and it is making it hard for me to type…
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