Sunday, May 2, 2010

Assessment Form

I created a form through Google which surveyed my students on their classroom experience throughout this school year. I was initially somewhat confused about how to integrate this assignment into the classroom environment, but feel that I've learned yet another valuable teaching tool. I've both embedded the form within this post, and also provided a link. Utilizing the feature to change the theme of the survey seemed to really spice up the aesthetic properties of the survey.

ISTE NETS Standards covered:

3. A-D

What did I do? Created a form through Google to survey my students on their experience within my classroom.

What did I learn? How to create a form that I could utilize for various reasons both personally and professionally.

How could I apply this? There are numerous ways this could be utilized by teachers to facilitate feedback from both students and fellow staff members.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Rubistar Assessment Rubric

I created a rubric for independent reading for my elementary special needs students through Rubistar. This assignment will definitely help me create more rubrics in the future. I really liked the simple format of the website and the ease of use.

Link to my Rubric

What did I do? Created a rubric to assess independent reading.
What I learned? How to create an on-line rubric that will help guide assessment in my special needs classroom.
How could I use it? I could use this rubric to assess independent reading success within my classroom.

ISTE NETS Standards covered:

I felt this assignment best matched with 2. A-D as it gave me the opportunity to design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences within my classroom.