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As a course participant of " University of Oregon-AEI's Building Teaching Skills Through The Interactive Web - Fall 2014" program, I take great pleasure in creating and updating this blog. In the Webskills Homepage, my reflections on what I learned each week and how I intend to implement my learning in my work as a teacher will be the main area of focus. In the India: My Homeland Page, I would like to share with you some anecdotes from my life, stories regarding my students, the schooling system in my country and a few snippets about India. Thank you for visiting. Please, do leave your valuable comments.

Friday, November 07, 2014

Rendezvous with Rubrics - Week 5, Post 2

This was the first time I created a rubric. I know, however, I am hooked!

I will definitely be using this great tool. Rubrics makes the life of a teacher easier. Once created, keeping in mind the needs of the topic in question, assessment becomes easy. Sharing the rubric with the students before the actual assessment would allow the students to prepare themselves according to the criteria given in the rubric. This helps the students perform better, I believe.

I made my rubric using Rubistar. That part was easy. I made the rubric for an oral presentation by the students related to the topic given as homework “Having a Conversation”. I made a Google docs copy of my rubric with the details of the class and students. The difficult part was loading the prepared rubric into the class wiki. I had to figure out the process to do it properly. It took me some time, but finally I did it. Yeah!

Technology solution for my class issue:


Here, I was at a loss. I have already learned about so many new tools. I wanted to apply all of them. However, as my students would be completely overwhelmed by all the technology inputs, I started thinking about what would be the best possible technology solution to my primary class issue.

Courtney’s suggestions showed me the right way. My students work well in groups and, I feel, Project Based Learning with WebQuest would be the best solution for my class issue.


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