RUBRIC FOR WEBSITE REVIEW: TEACHING SITUATION
ASSIGNMENTDescribe a specific teaching situation you think you might find yourself in. Spend some time searching for a really excellent website that would help you in that situation. Keep notes on your search strategy along the way. You need to turn in three things in a single WORD document that will be assessed using the Rubric below.
Proficient | Developing | Marginal | Not Acceptable | |
Description of Teaching Situation for Site Selected | Clearly described teaching situation; site selected was a good fit | Clearly described teaching situation; site selected not a very good fit | Teaching situation vague; site selected a poor fit | Failed to describe teaching situation |
Quality of Site Selected | Selected a site of exceptional quality; clearly spent time choosing. | Selected a site of adequate or even good quality, but clearly could have spent more time looking. | Site selected was passable but many better sites were easily found. | Site was really of very poor quality, inadequate to the task. |
Search Strategy | Description of strategy was clear, logical, and demonstrated mastery. | Strategy lacking somewhat in logic or persistence. | Strategy too briefly described or demonstrated limited logic or persistence | Strategy either not described or doesn’t result in website chosen. |
Description of Site Publisher/Sponsor/ Author | Complete & accurate description | Incomplete description | Description somewhat inaccurate; gave only name | Failed to describe |
Description of Contents of Website | Complete & accurate description | Incomplete description; missed some key elements | Description somewhat inaccurate; missed many key elements | Failed to describe accurately |
Description of the Values/Uses of Website for Teaching Audience | Complete & accurate description | Somewhat inaccurate or incomplete | Seriously inaccurate or incomplete in some way | Description was way off, misrepresented values/uses |
Convinced of Websites Values & Charms; or Enthusiasm of the Reviewer ... | I was convinced, even excited at the prospect of visiting the site! | I was pretty convinced of the values & uses of the site | Review was lacking in enthusiasm | I dozed off in the middle of the review |