WEEK 5- My thoughts on Alternative Assessment, PBL, Webquests, Rubrics
What I realized this week is that during the years I have been teaching and trying to evolve professionally I have tried several things which I haven't formally been taught. Now, thankfully through this great course I'm attending, I am guided on how to employ and implement web tools into my teaching.
Rubistar was a discovery for me as well. I haven't created rubrics before and I think that it will help my students realize more specifically what I expect from them.
Webquests was something I had only heard of but now I think I am starting to have a clearer idea about it. Once I try it out, I'm positive that my students would love it and benefit from it.
As far as PBL is concerned, I'm quite familiar with it and really enthusiastic whenever I use it in my classes, which is quite often.
When it comes to Alternative Assessment, I came across some practical ideas while studying the suggested articles. Here is a nice link: http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/tannen01.html
I am definitely going to insert K-W-L charts (what I know/what I want to know/what I've learned) strategy to enable me to gain an awareness of students' background knowledge and interests and assess the content material learned.
Maria
What I realized this week is that during the years I have been teaching and trying to evolve professionally I have tried several things which I haven't formally been taught. Now, thankfully through this great course I'm attending, I am guided on how to employ and implement web tools into my teaching.
Rubistar was a discovery for me as well. I haven't created rubrics before and I think that it will help my students realize more specifically what I expect from them.
Webquests was something I had only heard of but now I think I am starting to have a clearer idea about it. Once I try it out, I'm positive that my students would love it and benefit from it.
As far as PBL is concerned, I'm quite familiar with it and really enthusiastic whenever I use it in my classes, which is quite often.
When it comes to Alternative Assessment, I came across some practical ideas while studying the suggested articles. Here is a nice link: http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/tannen01.html
I am definitely going to insert K-W-L charts (what I know/what I want to know/what I've learned) strategy to enable me to gain an awareness of students' background knowledge and interests and assess the content material learned.
Maria
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