The Design Process & a Rubric

During this weeks lectures we discussed the design process and the different essential stages that are within it.  Because this Is such an important stage I decided to go into depth as to different ways it could be explained to my students. I found this website which would be a great teacher resource that could be used to explain the different steps of the design process. I found it to be detailed and explained every step with examples.

                                                  Link to: Steps in The Design Process

During this week’s tutorial we discussed different marking techniques. One of the techniques that stood out to me was Rubrics. I found this to be an important subject in which I wanted to gain a better understanding of.

A Rubric is “A scoring tool that lists criteria for a piece of work.” (Centre) It is a method for teachers to let their students know exactly what they have to do to get the top marks and how detailed they have to be. The reason why we use rubric is:

1.       “They are a powerful tool for both teaching  and assessment

2.       “Rubrics Monitor and improve student performance by making your expectation” (Centre) clear and showing them how to meet expectations.” (Centre)

Rubrics can also reduce significantly the amount of time that I have to spend marking each individual assignment as the students can self and peer asses their work several times before I even see it.

A Rubric is set out in a table in order of importance and ranking when it comes to marking! Being the most important and 5 being the least. A Rubric must have clear language that can be understood by the students as it is a learning tool for them and aspects need to be clearly defined.

It is becoming more convenient for teachers when creating a Rubric as sites such as Rubu Star which are readily available for my use.

    
                                                                Link to: Rubi Star Website

References

Centre, T. a. (n.d.). Creating and using Rubrics for Student Assignments. Retrieved March 6, 2012, from Teaching and learning Centre: http://tlc.ucalgary.ca/resources/library/itbl/rubrics-for-student-assignments/rubrics-for-student-assignments.pdf
Ryan, V. (2012). Design Process. Retrieved March 6, 2012, from Technology Students: http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/despro1.htm