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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