Week 7 Reflections

This week for class we built two rubrics, one on RubiStar and the other by building our own in Microsoft Word. Clearly, I liked making the one on RubiStar better because when you use RubiStar to make a grading rubric, you can pick categories based on the subject matter that is being graded and then smaller sections within those. They can also be edited so that they fit your project perfectly, but so that you don't have to write the entire thing yourself.
We created two new pages on our Google Sites page. One was titled "Assessment" and the other was titled "Tools for Classroom Use." The assessment page gave a list of sites that teachers could use to create rubrics, something like a RubiStar. There was also another list on this page and that was for differentiated instruction. I feel very strongly about multiple intelligences and differentiated instruction so I really enjoyed finding these sites. I liked reading what other educators were writing and what articles are trying to teach educators who do not feel strongly about this subject. On the other Google Sites page, the "Tools for Classroom Use" page, we were asked to find five puzzles, activities, worksheet builders, etc. that would be helpful for our content area. I liked looking at these sites too because I found some great activities that I would love to implement in my high school math classrooms.
Finally, we made a wordle picture. A wordle picture is when you insert a paragraph, paper, site, or something of that nature and it generates a series of words that are used most. This picture, for our project, was used to describe our philosophy of education. This could also be used in classrooms covering English so that students could see what words they use most in their papers. I liked the wordle that I created and I think I would use this if I needed a picture for a website or something to give to my students at the beginning of the year when I generated one for them to learn about me.
The standards met this week were: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning, Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, and Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity.