This week for my Fundementals of Technology for Educators course, I created a rubric to be used for assessment of the digital storytelling project that can be found in my past blog posts. To create my rubric, I chose to use the Rubistar webpage (http://www.rubistar.4teachers.org/). I have used this page a few times before to create rubrics for other courses during my bachelor's program in Elementary Education at UCF, and find it to be an incredibly easy to use service. First of all, it is a very quick and easy process to sign up for an account with this site, and (more importantly!) it is free. Once you create an account, you can choose to either create a rubric using one of the many different templates they have available (created by other teachers) or you can create your own. I chose to create my own without using a template, and the process took about five minutes tops. I think that this webpage is wonderful, and I definately plan on getting a lot of use out of it when I begin teaching.
I think that rubrics are a great way for students to know exactly what is expected from them out of a project. By showing students specific requirements that must be met to receive a certain grade, students are more likely to be able to address all of the necessary components more completely. I have always found it to be easier to complete a project when I have a rubric to look at and compare my work to. Rubrics are also a great way to hold our students more accountable. For example, if we give each of our students a rubric for a project, they can not use the excuse of "you never told us we had to do that" or "I forgot that we had to do that". Another great thing about the use of rubrics is that they can be created to suit any grade level of students, from Kindergarden all the way through college!
To see the rubric I created, please click this link: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1983050
Megan,
ReplyDeleteI think that you did a great job creating your rubric. I agree with your statement, "By showing students specific requirements that must be met to receive a certain grade, students are more likely to be able to address all of the necessary components more completely". This is so true because I feel that with most projects it is important for students to have a understanding of what exactly is expected of them.
I also see that you used "Rubistar" to create your rubric. This was one of the websites that I considered using to create my rubric but I ended up using Irubric. Even though I used Irubric for this project, after reading your blog it makes me want to try using Rubistar in the future.
Your rubric looks awesome! Looking at yours, makes me wish I had used rubistar instead of irubric. Mine took more than 5 minutes to complete. Your rubric is easy to follow and easy to understand. Great job!
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