Bobby's Post 1:evaluation and assesment
I am going to be grading each of the student’s essays on the content, not so much on the grammar. I don’t want them to be caught up on making their sentences perfectly, because I am not an English teacher. I want them to be able to pass on their content effectively and concentrate on the reliability of their content. However, if the grammar is really bad I will advise the student to correct it and then resubmit it. I will be giving each student their own personal extensive feedback. I believe that in order for students to learn, they have to know what they are doing wrong. So I want to give them enough feedback for them to take some additional information from the project. The essay portion of this project will be worth a total of 100 points; 75 percent on content, 10 percent on grammar, and 15 percent on reliability of information.
The second part of this project is a presentation. The presentation will be done on PowerPoint or any other means the student wishes to convey his message. The presentation will be worth a total of 65 points. I will be looking for the effectiveness of the presentation, the content being passed on, and the overall presentation. I will be taking notes on each student’s presentation and be formulating a quiz from that. I will use this quiz to see if the students were learning about the different culture their classmates are presenting. It will be a multiple choice quiz with one or two short answer essays. The quiz will be worth 35 points and will be added on to the presentations to form a total of 100.
After the essay, presentation and quiz, i will have my students write a reflection or a reaction paper on the overall project. I really like the idea of hearing about the students feeling on the assignments they are doing. I will use their feedback to create a better assignment for future classes.