Saturday, March 3, 2012

I tried to post my voki to this blog, but that would not work either. ARG!!!!!!!!! Technology just do what I want when I want it! I even played with my settings to allow anyone to post. No such luck still...

Here is my URL for my voki, http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=5545329&height=267&width=200




After creating a rubric online, I also created a voki at voki.com. This is an avatar that can be placed into another website to speak information to the viewer. I choose the free version from the matrix. However, there is an educational version available, but that costs money monthly. I used the computer voice so the class can hear that version since you already know what my voice sounds like.
         At this point I was not successful at getting my voki into my rubric website. I have emailed asking for help, so hopefully by the time we meet again I can have the two merged onto the same page since that was the point of the second tool. There is also a way to get the typed words seen with your avatar but since I could not get it on the page I was not able to set that part up either.
         On the Voki education website there are some great examples of how to use it in the classroom and it meets a lot of the tech standards. I like that the talking cannot be over a minute on the free version and 90 seconds on the paid version. Hopefully we can see it altogether by next Saturday.







 The TASC standards met are 2c be 4g 3g
The OEST standards that this could help meet are 1a 1b 1c and 2a 2b 2d 

Since we created quizzes in class I decided to create a rubric on the rubistar.4teachers.com. I already use a rule sheet for creating posters in class when we have a read a decodable. The rubric gives me chance to be more concise in what I would like the kids to create. The matrix helped me choose this tool because it was free and a tech level of basic.
         Right now the students like being able to check off what they have done from the rule sheet and Rubistar has a print option. However, with time I think I could get them to use the one rubric I create, projected on the screen. This would help with Going Green and using less paper. A step beyond that would be to have them create posters online at Gloster.com and then the rules would be paperless as well as the poster they present. The poster online would also support more Oregon Tech Standards. 






    Making A Poster : Natural Resources Poster


CATEGORY
4
3
2
1
Title
Title is large, spelled correctly and is colorful.
Title is large and spelled correctly.
Title is large with incorrect spelling.
Small Title spelled incorrect.
Graphics - Relevance
4 colored pictures of natural resources.
4 uncolored pictures of natural resources.
3 colored/uncolored pictures of natural resources.
2 or less colored/uncolored pictures of natural resources.
Descriptive Sentences
One detailed sentence about each of the 4 natural resources.
One detailed sentence about 3 of the 4 natural resources.
One simple sentence about each of the 4 natural resources.
Less than 4 simple sentences about the natural resources.



Here is a link to the rubric I created
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?&screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2164323&

The TASC standards met are 2c 3b 3d 3f 4a 4g 5o 5s
The OEST standards that this could help meet are 1a 1b (Create/Express Self)