The RubiStar site for rubric creation is an awesome resource, and I will continue to use it once I am teaching. The template can accommodate any subject, the site is really user-friendly, and it was very easy to create and customize my first rubric.
The ISTE Standards I satisfied in my rubric creation were standard 1c, "Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative process," and standard 2d, "Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching."
The idea of having a rubric is very different... "Back-in-the-day," we didn't have rubrics. In fact, this is a new vocabulary word for me! But I love having a rubric to follow, and I usually do well in classes that provide them! It tells the teacher's expectations straight off, and it leaves the student to decide what grade he/she will work for. It puts the responsibility of grades on the student, where it should be, and takes that responsibility off of the teacher. The teacher still has to teach, but the student has to complete what is assigned. I think this is a really valuable tool for communicating with parents, too. It is very cut and dry, and it is a tangible way of showing what a kid is/is not doing.
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