Tuesday, August 12, 2008

evaluating our blog posts: grading a conversation

Evaluating students work on blogposts and on websites: a new and evolving concept for teachers.
I like that the instructor had us read this because it is exactly what he is doing in the ed tech class.
So, it is a conversation, not an essay. It includes opinions and also reflections of readings and other posts.
Awareness of audience, and Diction are some grading principles. I never thought about the fact that I have not had many real conversations with my professors or teachers. I think the best conversations were about books or things that I had read, but really the teacher just facilitated converation between students. This really is one of the few times that I have felt free in speaking about what I think and also what I have experienced and read.
It is a good tool to have these readings if you were a teacher who needed to figure out how to evaluate and grade students blogs and online doings. Fun to read: get in to the mind of Dennis when he is readin these blogs.

No comments: