It’s been a quiet week around the Wonks household. Classes in Middletown have been recessed, as this has been our spring break. However, on Monday, we will face la deluge as once again, nearly one thousand students will flood into hallowed halls of H…

I’m thinking I might like to teach a similar course. (It would be so much fun!) I wonder how you’re going to assess your students work?

Just thinking out loud here:
How about asking the students how they think they should be assessed? What sort of required work should they have to do? What sort of periodic formative assessment would be fair and legitimate? Build the rubric together maybe.

As I imagine myself teaching such a course, after listening to your podcast, I’ve got some more ideas. In your podcast you mentioned two things:

(1) You began by reviewing some of the technology apps out there. i.e. RSS and Bloglines.

(2) Many students today are more technologically knowledgeable than their teachers.

Ok, so one part of the assessment might be to have each student research a technology (is this grammar correct?) and then present/teach the class how to use/integrate it into their blogs. i.e. podcasting, videoblogging, flickr, wikis, blog template design/editing, etc.

One last thought. Anne Davis wrote an article about an ESL teacher whose class is blogging about bullying. Anne suggested other teachers pick an issue and do the same. How would that be for one of your class assignments?

I’d love to hear what you think about all this.

All the best Bud!
Darren