Media Literacy: Blogging Challenge

Audience: Teachers working on professional development through an online course. This will be built inside of the lesson about blog creation.

Description: Teachers will create a blog space on the internet. The blog can be used for a variety of different things but with three goals in mind:

  • Reflect on your teaching practice.
  • Share what you have learned or are going to try and do in your classroom.
  • Have organization.

Design is not critical, but can make a huge difference! Once your blog is going, look at where you fall in the rubric. What can you do differently?

Rubric:

Needs Work

1 pts

Pretty Good

2pts

Great Job

3 pts

Awesome

4pts

Blog Organization 30 pts Should be user friendly and easy to navigate Needs Work

 

Blog is unorganized, hard to follow or navigate, non-working links, lacks visual appeal.

Pretty Good

 

Blog is clear to read and presentable. All links and titles are easy to find. Blog is fairly easy to navigate.

Great Job

 

Blog is easy to understand, clear to read and navigate, aesthetically appealing and relevant, all links and titles are easy to find.

Awesome

 

Blog is easy to understand, easy to navigate, clear to read, aesthetically appealing and relevant, all links are working and the titles are easy to find

Attention to details 30 pts online identity and personal voice Needs Work

 

Personal voice and detail choices do not support online safety

Pretty Good

 

Blog theme provides “voice.” Supports online safety and is respectful of others.

Great Job

 

Display name, blog title, URL, gadgets and set up show teacher “voice.”

Awesome

 

Blog meets all of the entries for a 3 AND has a form where others can safely contact you.

More attention to details 20 pts writing mechanics Needs Work

 

Blog uses incorrect grammar and spelling, consistently making it difficult for others to follow ideas in entry

Pretty Good

 

Blog entries show some evidence of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. Others will have little trouble following your entry

Great Job

 

Blog entries show a good command of the English language and have flair and originality. Few spelling or grammatical errors.

Awesome

 

Blog entries meet all requirements for a 3 AND have no other spelling or grammatical errors

Reflection/Idea Sharing 20 pts blog shows reflection or sharing of ideas Needs Work

 

Blog posts neither reflect nor share.

Pretty Good

 

Blog entries usually share an idea or reflect on teaching that has happened in the classroom.

Great Job

 

Blog entries share original thinking an seek input from others. Reflections are thought provoking and show desire to improve as a teacher.

Awesome

 

Updates are appropriate, blog posts are creative and seek input from others. Ideas are original and reflections are thought provoking.   All blog entries seek to share as well as learn from others.

 

My Creation: haselwoodmath.wordpress.com

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