WEEK 5

This week we read about alternative assessment, rubrics and project based learning. Alternative assessment and rubrics are not new to me, since they are both part of the way we assess students in the institution I work with. I assess my students through oral presentations, interviews, portfolios, role plays, games, etc and I design rubrics to assess every single task. What was new to me was the use of an on line tool to create rubrics. Working with Rubistar made things really easy and I have to admit that even though I am a fan of rubrics because they make the assessment process more clear, creating a rubric for every task I assess is extremely hard and exhausting. But now that I learned about Rubistar I am sure things will flow more naturally. As for PBL and WebQuests, I am definitely going to try them at school. Of course, I have to adapt the idea to my needs and my students, but I am pretty sure it will work.