Monday, March 19, 2007

Project Assessments

Student Project Assessment
What are some options for evaluating student technology projects?
What's a rubric?
Where can I find a rubric generator?

Assessment is an essential component of the learning process.
Explore Assessment: At a Glance from Edutopia. Read Urban Academy: Where Testing Is Anything But Standard to learn about assessment at one school.
You can find lots of great information on the Internet about student assessment. Explore some options at the following links:
Exploring Rubrics for Student Assessment
A rubric is an assessment tool that provides the criteria for evaluating a piece of student work. Specific levels of performance are listed along with a rating system such as need improvement, acceptable, or excellent. Rubrics can be used by both students and teachers. For a silly look at rubrics, check out the AsWeSeeIt Rubric Page. Try the following general rubric links.
Using Rubric Generator
A rubric generator is an online or software-based tool to quickly creating rubrics. In some cases, the outline, structure, or template is provided and the user simply enters the criteria. In other cases, the rubric is automatically created and the user just makes modifications. Read the article called Automating Authentic Assessment With Rubrics: Technology... The Future of Education? to learn about the philosophy of using automated assessment tools. Although this article was writing a while ago, the technology is finally here to support the idea. Try the first two rubric generators below. Then, explore the other options.
Rubrics Information and Examples

Monday, March 5, 2007