Activity Reflection #7
For this weeks activity reflection we had to create a rubric to grade our class on their digital storytelling project. In my Wikispace I had made an evaluation section on the curriculum page explaining what they were going be evaluated on. To make it clear, I designed a rubric using http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm I found it to be the easiest one to use.
After reading through this week’s module and through all the links, I liked http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/rubrics.htm#versus the best. Especially the article on holistic and analytical rubrics, analytical rubrics bases levels of performance on each criterion from poor, good, excellent organization and also historical accuracy. With holistic rubrics you don’t separate or list the levels of performance on each criterion, instead it assigns the level of performance based on assessing the performance across multiple criteria as a whole. It was hard for me to choose which one of these styles of rubric to pick. I decided on the analytical because it is the most used for larger assignments where multiple criteria must be graded separately.
Once I picked my rubric style, I went through the book and looked at some examples. I liked one example rubric on p408, although the layout is different then the one I chose, I liked how it was sectioned. For example they had it split by development process, content, design and integration of technology, and last their presentation skills. (Gunter, 2010, p408) I found this assignment to be the easiest we have had in a few weeks. J Which made me happy and less stressed; the hardest part was deciding how I wanted to grade the student’s performance. Once I completed my rubric I went ahead and added it to my WikiSpace and attached it to my digital storytelling project.
Here are the links!
Reference:
Jon Mueller. Professor of Psychology, North Central College, Naperville , IL
Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom, 6th Ed., Shelly, Cashman, Gunter, and Gunter. Course Technology - Thompson Publishing (2010)
I did not read that article, and I'm not immediately clear on holistic rubrics. Perhaps I do need to read it! I also created an analytic rubric which seems to be what was asked of us by our professor. I, too used the example rubric from our textbook and the idea of splitting the rubric into categories. I found it made it easier to decide on all the components I wanted students to have in their projects.
ReplyDeleteDarla82 said I found it to be the easiest one to use.
ReplyDeleteI also used iRubric and found it very easy. I also liked how easy it was to embed into the blog. I looked at the examples in the book as well. I was happy that there were so many options to look at while making mine. I hope you have enjoyed your week and good luck with the final assignments :-)
Unlike most other classmates I have come across while leaving comments this week, I did not use iRubric, I simply created mine in Microsoft Excel. The reason I mention this is because of your statement, "I found this assignment to be the easiest we have had in a few weeks." I agree with that statement, but felt a bit of dismay at the proposition of learning another software program. I went with what I know to keep the idea of "happy and less stressed" on track. After reviewing everyones blog postings, I do think the rubrics created on iRubric look nice and very professional.
ReplyDeleteWithin in your rubric, I like the last section, "Learning Experience Paper." It is sort of like the reflections we do on our various projects for this course. As a middle school teacher, it would be interesting to have my students do a reflection paper as part of project to see what they are thinking. It may help me improve my grading and planning strategies. I am glad I stopped by to read your rubric. Good Luck!