I am interested in hearing alternate approaches to assessing projects other than using rubrics. I want to begin moving away from rubric use, as I have experienced students tend to work to satisfy the rubric rather than focus on the process of learning (isn't a rubric just another way of answering the student question "What do I need to do to get an A on the project?").
While a rubric can be constructed so as to avoid prescriptive language, and consequently prescriptive projects, they then become less effective in assessing the project overall. Further, I am hoping to encourage a more "learning for it's own sake" environment, rather than learning to get a grade as described by the rubric.
Is anyone using pure narratives/personal reflections as the sole project assessment tool? If so, what are students asked to write? Personal reflections on what was learned through the project? Summary of project goal achievement? What are you looking for in the narratives as evidence of true learning?
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Veterans' Stories: The Veterans History Project - Primary Source Set - For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 0 views
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veterans stories
American Historical Association Blog: Slavery in America - Online Resources - 16 views
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A valuable collection of online resources focusing on slavery in America.
Project Assessment Alternatives - Classroom 2.0 - 1 views
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Inside Ning forum
Teaching American History in Maryland - Documents for the Classroom - Maryland State Archives - 5 views
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Runaway advertisements and Notices of Committal are some of the most rewarding sources for ascertaining the movement, motivation, and destination of enslaved persons have have taken flight. This is a collection of runaway ads placed by slave owners or their representatives in newspapers.
Looking Into holidays Past Through Primary Sources - For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 6 views
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"Help students analyze primary sources they see, hear or read using holiday themed resources from The Library of Congress. "
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - 7 views
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A powerful collection of data and documentation on the trans-atlantic slave trade.
World Digital Library Home - 14 views
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A tremendous collection of primary source documents from around the world and throughout history.
DigitalBookIndex: THE 1930s: Federal Writers' Project (20TH c U.S. HISTORY) (e-Book, eTexts, On Line Books, eDocuments) - 1 views
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The state guides developed by authors from the Federal Writers' Project - a WPA group that came to be during the depression - are fascinating snapshots of the country as it was in the early part of the 20th century. They contain quite a lot of history and local stories and can be a wonderful way to compare the regions with how they currently are.
OurStory.com - Capture your stories, save them permanently. - 4 views
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Create interactive timelines collaboratively. I could see using this for documenting causation, how one event leads to another. You can add a timeline to any blog or Web page.
NYPL Digital Gallery | Home - 1 views
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NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
VoiceThread - Group conversations around images, documents, and videos - 2 views
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New York Public Library document resources are now available from WITHIN VoiceThread. Could be an interesting way to integrate primary sources with VoiceThread collaborations.
ARC Guide for Educators and Students - 0 views
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ARC Guide for Educators and Students The guide introduces educators and students to the National Archives' Archival Research Catalog (ARC). Searching in ARC to learn more about National Archives' historical documents could enrich a classroom activity, a homework assignment, or a research project. - Methodology I might follow with 8th graders who may serve as research experts to younger kids.
PrimarySources - 1 views
Found Poetry - Primary Source Set - For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 0 views
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OH and you know what I thought of-- Wordles with key words-- when you look under "Advanced" in Wordle they show how you can emphasize (make bigger) certain words based on their value to you.
Mark Twain's Mississippi: Project Overview - 0 views
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primary source material on Mark Twain
Howe Oklahoma Students lead virtual field trip at Fort Smith, Arkansas » Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 0 views
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Maybe Jan Zanetis of the KC3 ("Kids Creating Community Content") Project would serve as an expert for us. I'm going to write to her. http://kc3.cilc.org
Reggio Emilia approach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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A learning philosophy that I think goes hand in hand with any project styled learning situation. a constructivist approach to early education. "Reggio Emilia's approach does challenge some conceptions of teacher competence and developmentally appropriate practice. For example, teachers in Reggio Emilia assert the importance of being confused as a contributor to learning; thus a major teaching strategy is purposely to allow mistakes to happen, or to begin a project with no clear sense of where it might end."
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Big RE fan..Your comment makes me think: Any examples of teachers working with kids on themes similar to the ones we're talking about? I'll snoop around a little.