Comments on: Blog Project Facelift

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:17:18 +0000

Thanks! All of the students are working on their table on the class wiki. They can see each others' tables as well as the example I provided them with. You can view what they've done so far by clicking on each student's name here. We've only been doing this for two weeks now and their final project isn't due until March 2nd. So, they will slowly complete it.

By: Kate Klingensmith

Kate Klingensmith — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:22:23 +0000

Stacy – this is outstanding! At last, someone has made and shared a very concrete and applicable example of technology integration. Lots of people talk about doing these things, but it looks like you have figured out a good plan.

The rubric is great – I assume that you’re going to be giving students examples – it might not even hurt to have them review each others’ “how will I…” ideas.

We’ll all be interested to hear the outcomes of this. Bravo!

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:06:31 +0000

I looked at your book study rubric. I’m going to bring up the uncomfortable topic of grading and ask you how you determine what students end up receiving for each category and how that translates into a grade.

Placement into each category is somewhat subjective. For example, in your communication category advanced is “show strong evidence”, proficient is “show some evidence”, and developing is “showing little evidence”. Do you look at the strength of that student’s communication compared with other students or do you look at improvement over time? What is strong vs. some vs. little evidence to you?

Do you just add up the points earned and divide by points possible to get the final grade?

By: nashworld

nashworld — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:50:21 +0000

Ohhhh…. I like this, Stacy. What I like most is not so much the idea, but the detail of your model. That is what I see so few teachers doing. A detailed model like that usually goes a very long way with students.

It is also usually really good PD for colleagues as well.

There was a very brief conversation on Ryan Bretag’s blog a ways back on blogging rubrics. These are all generic… and mine as well was used for a “book study” project in my marine bio class.
However, I got some good ideas and tip in looking at these: http://www.ryanbretag.com/blog/?p=462

This is a super model of what content-embedded blogging looks like. As always, thanks for sharing. I will be sure others see this too.

Sean

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:39:59 +0000

It took me about 5 hours to make both tables. This method of grading requires a lot of time to set up. But, I’m hopeful it will be fruitful.

I handed out the table today and some of the students immediately liked it, but some of the others think it will be too hard. But, those students relaxed quite a bit when I told them we would use class time every seven days to work on it (we’re on a seven day rotation) and that I would help them.

As far as Tara Richardson’s view, head over to her blog (I linked to in the post) and look at some of her posts about grading. I’ll definitely blog about how it works out in my classes!

By: mrjorgensen

mrjorgensen — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:34:25 +0000

I have been trying to figure out how to assess students using technology to learn science. I’d be interested in learning more about Tara Richardson’s take on it. I think it is a good idea (the table) and am curious as to how it works out.

Jeremy
http://whyedify.blogspot.com/