Week 5

Discussion

This week I read materials about assessment, rubrics, and project-based learning.
Learning about rubrics was such an eye opening experience. I had never used rubrics to evaluate students performance before. However, I learned that it will do good for both teachers and students.
Also, I really enjoyed reading the article by Susan. Sometimes I have my students work on some project in groups. They really enjoy it. Learning by doing something they are interested, students are more motivated to work on the project.
Now my challenge will be how I can connect PBL with technology.

Creating rubric

The task of creating rubric itself was not that hard. Because the Rubric star has a lot of templates if you want to use. I wish I knew about this earlier, so that I could have shown my students how they would be evaluated, which could have helped them improve their performance and helped me evaluate students.

Extra assignment 

This week I created my first WebQuest. It was so demanding that I spent a long time on making one. Although it was hard, I was so happy that I gave it a try because now that I know how to make one, I can use it in my class in the near future. Since it is a student centered tasks, I am sure that students will be really motivated and enjoy doing the tasks, using the Internet.
I know it takes time and energy for teachers, but it is worth using.


I cannot believe that week 5 is almost over. I am gradually getting the picture of my final plan in my head, and week by week, through the tasks, parts of the plan are getting ready.
I feel so happy about it and I really appreciate the encouragement/thoughtful words my colleagues gave me.