Upper Moutere School

Blogging Rubric

Prestructural   Unistructural   Multistructural   Relational   Extended Abstract            

Quality of Writing

£ Posts  give  no  new  information  about  your  learning    

£ Idea  has  no  elaboration  

£ Gives  some  new  information  about  your  learning  

£ Posts  have  one  idea  related  to  the  topic  

£ Ideas  have  no  elaboration  

£ Posts  have  many  ideas  related  to  the  topic  

£ Some  ideas  have  basic  elaboration      

£ Some  new  information  about  the  your  learning  OR  is  reflective    

£ Informational  post:  your  create  new  ideas  OR  make  new  meaning  

£ Posts  have  one  elaborated  idea  OR  many  ideas  that  have  some  elaboration    

£ Very  informative  or  deeply  reflective  

£ Informational  post:  synthesizes  learning  and  construct  new  meaning    

£ Ideas  are  complex  and  elaborate  

Voice

£ Uses  a  small  range  of  simple,  everyday  words  and  phrases  from  personal  vocabulary      

£ Uses  a  wider  range  of  simple,  everyday  words  and  phrases  from  personal  vocabulary      

£ May  use  adjectives,  adverbs  and/or  precise  verbs  to  add  interest  and  detail      

£ May  use  idioms,  metaphors,  similes  and  other  figures  of  speech  to  entertain  the  reader      

£ Deliberate  and  sustained  use  of  precise  vocabulary  (descriptive,  expressive,  academic,  technical  and/or  abstract)  for  effect    

 

Multimedia and Posts

£ No  multimedia  £ Write  posts  simply  about  

“what  you  already  know”  

£ Includes  text  and  an  image  in  posts  

£ Write  posts  simply  about  “what  you  already  know”  

£ Includes  facts  in  posts    

£ End  posts  with  questions  to  encourage  comments  

£ Plan  posts  and  save  drafts  to  edit  before  publishing  

£ Use  one  simple  hyperlinks  £ Include  text  and  an  image  

and/or  embedded  Web  2.0  tool/multimedia  in  post  

£ Includes  some  research  or  facts  in  posts  

   

£ Web  2.0  /  multimedia  tool  shares  your  learning  OR  extends  your  ideas  

£ Use  one  or  two  hyperlinks  to  add  to  the  readers’  understanding    

£ Multiple  pieces  of  multimedia  used  in  one  post  

£ Multimedia  shares  your  learning,  adds  depth  to  the  message,  and  extends  your  ideas  –  posts  are  original  and  creative  

£ Include  a  range  of  different  images  (own  and  Creative  Commons),  multimedia  and  web  2.0  tools  to  enhance  posts.  

Consistency £ Do  not  update  your  blog   £ Updates  blog  when  

reminded  £ Updates  blog  occasionally  £ Moderate  comments    

£ Updates  blog  on  a  regular  basis    

£ Moderate/replies  to  comments  within  a  few  days  of  receiving  them  

£ Updates  blog  often,  even  when  not  required  

£ Moderate/replies  to  comments  as  they  arise  

 Emma  Watts  &  Upper  Moutere  Staff  2013  Blogging  Rubric  based  on:  Silvia  Rosenthal  Tolisano  –  Langwitches  –  Globally  Connected  Learning  &  Andrew  Churches  Blooms  Taxonomy  Commenting  Rubric  &  Kim  Cofino’s  &  Uni  of  Wisconsin’s  Blogging  Rubric  &  Kathleen  Morris    http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au      

Upper Moutere School

Blogging Rubric

Prestructural   Unistructural   Multistructural   Relational   Extended Abstract            

Presentation (Blog Design)

£ Uses  the  basic  blog  theme  from  setting  up  blog  

£ Choose  a  basic  theme  that  is  easy  to  navigate  

£ Includes  labels  for  students  OR  learning  areas  

£ Include  an  about  page  

£ Include  a  search  box  and  links  

£ Use  fonts  and  dark  coloured  text  that  is  easy  to  read  

£ Include  a  number  of  pages  with  static  information  e.g.  guidelines,  websites,  parent  information  

£ Include  some  third  part  widgets  (e.g.  ClustrMaps)  

£ Include  an  email  subscription  

£ Use  a  theme  that  is  clear,  well  designed  and  easy  to  customize  

£ Revise  pages  regularly  to  ensure  info  is  up-­‐to-­‐date  

£ Customize  your  theme  with  images  and  backgrounds,  layout  etc.  ensuring  blog  is  still  easy  to  navigate  and  read  

£ Limit  “fun”  widgets  to  not  take  a  way  from  posts  and  speed  up  loading  time  

 

Digital Citizenship

£ Uses  copyrighted  images   £ Use  own  images  and  copyrighted  images  

£ Keep  YAPPY  information  safe  (your  full  name,  address,  phone  number)  

£ Beginning  to  Creative  Commons  materials  

£ Developing  netiquette:  respecting  the  viewpoints  of  all  readers  and  commenters  

£ Understands  and  is  beginning  to  use  netiquette:  respect  the  viewpoints  of  all  readers  and  commenters  

£ Often  uses  Creative  Commons  materials  and  beginning  to  use  correct  attributions.  

£ Consistently  uses  netiquette  

£ Consistently  use  Creative  Commons  materials  with  correct  attributions.  

£ Cite  all  sources  of  information  

Community

£ No  labels  (tags)  on  post   £ Label  (tag)  some  posts   £ Label  (tag)  most  posts   £ Label  (tag)  all  posts    £ Contains  links  to  other  

blogs,  websites  or  PDFs  to  help  the  reader’s  understanding  

£ Contains  links  to  other  blogs,  websites  or  PDFs  to  help  the  reader’s  understanding  

£ Links  are  relevant  £ All  posts  are  labeled  

Comments

£ Read  some  comments   £ Read  all  comments   £ Read  all  comments  and  reply  to  comments  with  questions  

£ Begin  to  use  the  letter  format  for  quality  commenting  

£ Read  and  reply  to  all  comments  

£ Compliment  the  writer  £ Ask  questions  £ Consistently  follow  the  

letter  format  for  quality  commenting  

£ Reply  to  all  comments  and  regularly  ask  commenters  thoughtful  questions  to  generate  further  discussion  

£ Add  new  ideas  and  include  links  to  sources  

Collaboration

£ Read  your  own  blog  and  other  class  blogs  within  our  school  

£ Read  your  own  blog,  other  class  blogs  from  your  school,  and  blogs  from  around  the  world  

£ Regularly  read  and  occasionally  comment  on  a  number  of  blogs  from  your  school  and  around  the  world    

£ Regularly  read  and  comment  on  a  number  of  blogs  from  your  school  and  around  the  world  

£ Organise  other  blogs  in  a  blogroll  on  your  blog  

£ Work  together  with  other  educational  bloggers  on  global  collaborative  projects