Week Seven

This week we learned how to make rubrics both online and in Microsoft Word. I found it much easier to make the rubric using the online tool. They make it very simple for you to create the rubric you want to use. Making the rubric in Word allowed you to be a little more specific with your requirements however took much longer to create. We also created a picture using our belief statements and wordle. I had never heard of this program before but I thought it was really cool and interesting! Another thing we did was search the Internet for different teaching tools. These websites would be very helpful in a future classroom if you are looking to make a topic a little more interesting for the students to learn. One of the websites I found let you make your own video game which I thought would catch students attention very easily. These assignments followed the following teaching standards: 2) design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments and 3) model digital age work and learning. The rubrics are easy ways to make digital assessments and the various teaching games found online are simple tools using technology that will get students involved.