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Assign a Day

(Laura) Assign a day is a calendar tool that teachers and students both can use. A teacher will create a calendar for each of his or her classes, where students can see when assignments are due and what the assignments are for that particular class. If a student is absent from class, he or she can look at the calendar for that class and see what was missed and when that assignment is due.These calendars are only for school, activities, and classes, these are not personal calendars.

(Bryan) Assign a day is a Calendar application, this calendar is used by the teacher, as well as, the students. The teacher puts up the days assignments on the calendar and the students are able to view them. If the students miss class or just miss what the assignments is, they will be able to look it up on the calendar; therefore the excuses of “I didn’t know what the homework was”, will be void. If the teacher has a wiki set up for this class he/she can link this calendar to it, this will make it even easier for the students to access it. RubiStar (Christopher) RubiStar is a great tool that will help teachers create quick and easy rubrics. They have multiple rubrics for multiple subjects. In each subject there are different subcategories. For example, in the art section, there is a rubric you can create for paining. This will help students understand what is expected from them and also, the teacher will have something that they can use to back their grade choices for a particular grade. This works well for ESL students as well because it has a button that you click that will translate the rubric into Spanish. I still have to play with it some more to fully understand all the tings that RubiStar can do.

(Robert)

Rubistar is a very interesting and simple way to create organized and professional looking rubrics very quickly. There are several rubric templates that can be used to make a rubric for just about any subject or if you need something more specific you can create your own template. The rubric templates have easy drop down menus for titles and they also have what is expected for each grade in each category. It only took me a few minutes to make a rubric and then it gave the option to print it or publish it to the internet.

PBL Checklist

(Ryan)Project Based Learning Checklists:

1. Used for written/oral reports, multimedia projects, and science projects 2. The use of these checklists keeps students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation. 3. Go to the website to create your own. They are very easy to make. (spencer) 4.basically simple rubrics for projects. 5. provides everything needed in many subjects and projects 6. is very useful for students and teachers

Web Poster Wizard From Gwen:

Web Poster Wizard seems to be an easy-to-use tool to enable teacher to create and post assignments online. One can post a class page, a poster, a worksheet, or any type of assignment. The "logistics" of creating a specific web page for a specific class and/or assignment seem clear and easy to accomplish. Students can complete their assignments by building their own web pages. The online tools allow teachers and students to add images, text, and weblinks to their pages.

JEN This would be a great way to incorporate interactive online lessons and put them in a place that is easy for students to find and access, since you can just print out the access code with the assignment. If a student was absent, this would make it very easy for them to find and just print out the assignments they missed. I would also use this is as a place to post video links where I would have easy access to them during the lesson, and students could then have those resources available to them in the future. This could be used as a supplement or in place of a Wiki page as well, so that parents could have access to your lessons. Students could create a class page with information about what we are doing in class, or it could be used as a way to display students' projects, etc. Creating a web page is not always easy, so I like the idea of having a tool that will easily create one for you!

Eric

This looks like a very helpful idea for creating and organizing an online class, or just for posting information about class to the website. I think that something like this would be beneficial for students as well as their parents, as they can check the website to see what their students are doing. I also like the idea of students using the website to post their own ideas or projects. This can help keep projects in a safe place and viewable for everyone. Overall, I think this is neat tool that is simplified and explained enough that an inexperienced person could easily use it. Technology is really growing and I can see classes organized using such a program.