Tena Crews

Antonio, Sounds like you have a plan that works! Keep it up. We can learn from your example!

carol, Great. It is amazing what we learn as we move through the "life of teaching online." Take care.

Tom, As we continue to learn from each other, the comments are what counts! ;-).

carol, Interesting. Do you have words associated with the numbers? For example, is a 4 "Exemplary" and a 1 "Poor" or something like that? It helps me use words associated with the numbers and I think it helps students too. I typically use something like "Exceeds Expectations" - "Meets Expectations" - "Needs Improvement" and "Does Not Meet Expectations." Some instructors use terms like "Excellent, Needs Improvement and Poor" or "Demonstrates Mastery, Somewhat Mastery, Lacks Mastery." You have to work with the words that you need and ones that make sense for you and your students. Hope this is helpful.

carol, We've all been there. We have all worked at that last moment trying to "whip something up." Again, we learn from this. As we learn from others, we get better at what we do. Thanks!

carol, Glad this course made you think. ;-) We all learn from our mistakes as we have created the rubrics and used them and then get feedback from students. We have to revise everything we do to make it better. Keep it up! Thanks for your input.

Tom, Yes, assessment is not something we do "to" our students, but "with" our students to help them improve. Good input.

Tom, Good point. If we use technology just for the sake of using it and don't use it properly, the learning may even diminish instead of improve. Thanks again.

Tom, Right on. The quantitative/qualitative mix gives you "good data." Then, it's important to do something with that data. Thanks for your input. Nice job.

Joan, So many of the new e-books are coming out with highlighting and notetaking capabilities. That has helped me a lot. Thanks!