While participating in this class, the coursework about rubrics really
stood out to me. I really appreciated both the video, Designing
Rubrics, from Lauren Hobbs and Grant Wiggins’ article On Rubrics and Models Part 2: A Dialogue. These two resources
really struck me with their guidance to create rubrics. I completely understand
the value of rubrics and have seen how they have been beneficial in my
classroom. However, I have often struggled with creating my rubrics. I often
find the language challenging. I want the language to be reflective of the
learning standards, but also easy for my students to understand what is
expected of them. Additionally, I often find the task a little overwhelming. If
I am assessing on more than one standard, then there ends up being a need for
lots of writing of descriptions. These resources really worked to help me to
understand how to be more precise in my language and reflective about what I
really want to assess and how to write that into the rubric.
During this class, I really enjoyed working with Janet on our Genius
Hour Project. I think that we actually worked on this project was a great
learning experience. I think it is easy to see how Genius Hour might work in
your classroom. However, I think it was even more beneficial to work with a
teammate. I think it was beneficial to see how she tackled the project, it was
slightly different than the way I started my research. I think this provided
great perspective about how students might tackled the Genius Hour Project.
Additionally, it was great to have a conversation with her about how she was
thinking of incorporating a Genius Hour Project in her classroom. It was great
to have that conversation and have another perspective. It provided me with more
ideas of how I could include Genius Hour in my class.
I think this class has helped me to grow as a connected educator. I
think that this class has really helped me to connect all the learning I have
done in the other classes. I think that in the other classes we learned about
great resources and topics about technology. I feel in this class I was really
able to pull together lots of the ideas I had learned and apply the assessment
tools that we learned in this class to bring my lessons to the next level. The
focus on assessment really allowed me to take the information about technology
and determine how I can use it to assess my students and improve their learning
experiences. I think that the use of rubrics and the better understanding of
rubrics will help me be a more connected educator for multiple reasons. One
reason is the online rubric resources. I have created rubrics in the past, but
I love this resource and the possibilities to use in my classroom.
Additionally, I think that using rubrics for the different technology projects
I plan to implement will help take the learning to a higher level.
I look forward to taking what I have learned in this class and the other
Foundations of Educational Technology classes and using them in my classroom. I
feel that the tools and resources I have learned about in these courses are
going to help me to differentiate the learning in my classroom. I feel that the
activities that I plan to implement in my classroom next year will both increase
students excitement and engagement and will also let me modify curriculum to
meet my students at their level. From this class, I think it is so important to
use rubrics and spend the time to discuss them with my students. This will
ensure that students understand the expectations of a project and the standards
on which they will be assessed. I think these classes have provided me with
great resources to take into my classroom. I will continue my learning in my classroom
through actually utilizing the resources and modifying my current curriculum
and projects to better meet student needs.
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