Evaluating student work on-line

I agree that teachers need to be aware of the various types of feedback that are appropriate at different times. In Chapter 9 there are the two types "formative feedback" and then "summative feedback". The rubric I have included below (see link below)would be used in a read/write course where students need to write a response to a reading. First of all, I would like to provide comments on their blogs early on to help them apply more critical thinking and learn how to write concise summaries. This work would be done and my evaluation would be more "formative". Possibly I would use an audacity file or a comment in their blog that will guide them toward our goals.

The rubric I created on Rubistar would be the "summative feedback" for a final posting. Possibly this would be used after two or three other posts have been made. I think students need a warm up, coaching, and then a copy of the rubric so they can evaluate themselves before my eval. I would also like to include peer evaluation using questions. Students sometimes focus too much on how it is written than what is written.

I looked at Edina High School's rubrics and I got some good ideas on how to have a final summative eval of all blogs. The criteria included:
-posted on time
-all of the posts were submitted
-Used correct grammar and mechanics most of the time
-Responses were thoughtful
-Commented on at least two times for each post
-Applies specific examples to support points (I added this)

I would have this rubric that is linked below as a final "summative" response to an important mid semester assignment.

I have attached a sample of a rubric I would use in a Reading/Writing Blog Post. Click here on link.

Using Videoant

My students give presentations that we record and it would be great to comment on their videos this way. I will definately use this if it is still free and available.
Click here.
I guess it is too big to embed. I will have to ask how to do this in class.

Power Point Presentation

I used skyrocket to create this presentation on Styles and Strategies. When a slide says video you need to click to get to the link. I couldn't figure out how to embed You Tube video into the slide so you need to go to the link. Just click on "video" and it brings you to the You Tube video. Music was hard for me too.


At The End you can listen to a BBC English Presentation on "How to Extend a Conversation".
I could ask students to take notes and have an added listening activity at the end of a slide show or somehow I could add pictures that would help the listener.

This is a great way to engage students.

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Van Gogh and The Color of Night

BBC English

Do you want to keep a conversation going? Go to the BBC podcast on "how to keep a conversation going. Select this extending a conversation. You can also find other interesting activities at BBC's web page so just follow this lesson.

Podcast Interivew

This is Ivan Da Silva. I interviewed him today on why he would like to have an advanced pronunciation and speaking course at MCTC. Go to the interview.



If you can't listen to the above interview click here to download the audio.

I think I would use podcasts in my listening and speaking course. It would be a good way for students to listen and take notes. I probably would interview one of the classmates too! I wouldn't expect studednts to do their own because quite honestly I think the technology has too many glitches and requirements that as Alyssa said it would take away from the language learning. I like the idea of using technology but I know from the past that my students have alot of difficulty with it. Many of my students are refugees and don't have a lot of money. This might be something I could have them do in the lab with a technician. That is something to think about. I will use podcasts and I like the idea of using the BBC English Language lessons. I just discovered that.