Everyone then had the next 10 minutes to read from their free choice books. At the end of this time, we checked in on individuals' page progress to calculate reading credit. We will spend more time talking about this next class.
We then returned to finalizing the rubric categories for which everyone wrote descriptions last class. Working in groups of four, everyone was given the written descriptions of one of the categories and then worked with their group to draft a comprehensive definition of this category. As an example of this definition, I introduced a rubric category that we will be using, "safety" and wrote a comprehensive definition (see below).
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Groups produced the following three categories which will be on the rubrics that we use to assess activities. We will use this rubric three times and then re-evaluate it's effectiveness in helping us assess activities. The category descriptions that people came up with were as follows:
Fun
An activity that is successfully fun is one in which the participants seem to be engaged and enjoying themselves. The participants should be interested in the activity.
An activity that is successfully fun is one in which the participants seem to be engaged and enjoying themselves. The participants should be interested in the activity.
Respect
An activity that is successfully respectful is one in which everyone listens, no one judges others, and everyone is trustworthy with other people’s opinions.
An activity that is successfully respectful is one in which everyone listens, no one judges others, and everyone is trustworthy with other people’s opinions.
Pure Quality
An activity that is successfully pure quality is one in which you are judged on the amount of the category you fall in, we’re not looking to see whether you can be it, but how much you have, how much participation you’re putting in, or how respectfully you’re acting in the activity. To make sure you’re being at that level where you’re not disrespecting others.
An activity that is successfully pure quality is one in which you are judged on the amount of the category you fall in, we’re not looking to see whether you can be it, but how much you have, how much participation you’re putting in, or how respectfully you’re acting in the activity. To make sure you’re being at that level where you’re not disrespecting others.
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