CED 531, Class Four

Last week's class was not as relevant for my personal teaching situation as others; although it was still valuable information. Creating an assessment rubric for multimedia was an enjoyable experience. When four like-minded people get together and try to develop a rubric, it's amazing how fast we can develop an assessment or a technology-based project. I can't imagine being able to do the same with many of my colleagues. The rubric we developed was definitely designed for slightly older students. With my students, we would need to use pictures for the criteria. We would also need to spend significant time training them how to use a rubric. My students' tend to have an elevated self-confidence. Teaching them to be reflective and honest has proved to be a difficult task!
I have to admit that podcasting is one area of technology that I am not very knowledgeable about. In my classroom, it would probably be best used as a parent education tool. It's often challenging to get my students to stay on the same topic for more than a minute. With their many speech and language challenges, it would likely to difficult to get an intelligible piece recorded. Perhaps it would be a strategy for some of my higher functioning students. I've yet to be convinced.