(Photo from my example, made at www.padlet.com) I have spent a lot of time this summer searching ideas for nontraditional assessments. I wanted to implement a project that would use digital tools to promote creativity in the classroom. A lot of what we cover in history courses can be described as cause and effect. This visual cause and effect project was something that I created in an effort to express those relationships for the purposes of assessment, but can easily be used as a collaborative and/or brainstorming exercise as well. The hardest part about creating this project was coming up with a procedure and rubric that would create enough order for me to assess learning while also not stifling any creativity… after all, that is what the project was all about. A brief description:
“Unit: French Revolution and Napoleon Topic: Causes of the French Revolution Digital Tools: Padlet, a virtual wall where students/teachers can post anything as if it were a sticky note Why Padlet?
Must include at least 5 pieces of evidence proving causation Such as:
This project was also made with the ISTE Standards for Students in mind: ISTE-S 3 Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. 3a: plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. 3c: curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions. (From the ISTE Standards For Students, www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-students) The full description of the assignment (including content standards, cited list of resources, and a rubric) can be found here.
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Maggie Lamb
6/5/2018 08:42:02 pm
Hi Josh,
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