Feedback for Digital Writing

My final project is focusing on a wiki for deaf education teachers and deaf/hard of hearing students to learn about these different applications and systems. It is difficult to predict how the site will be used, so I decided to discuss my changed concept of assessing digital writing.

I like to include a variety of assessments. I am not a fan of static rubrics--I strongly believe they need to be flexible and well developed. I cannnot change what people think about rubics, so I want to improve my rubics to act as models. Adding hyper text elements into the assignment structure and the rubric is a new challenge. I usually just had the tech tool as an add on rather than something that contributed to the way the work was done. A major change I would make in this area is considering the purpose of selecting THAT tech tool and how the studnet utilized it to the best of its functionality.

Rubrics for digital writing are something that should be their own structure. I don't think it is wise to retro fit an old rubric to a digital writing rubric. Until teachers (including myself) view digital writing as so much more than a digital version of 'regular' writing, we are doomed to static rubrics that do not offer meaningful feedback.

Throughout this course I have been made aware of more 'tech tools' that can help my students collaborate with each other, and there is no reason those collaborative tools can't be made into feedback tools as well. I would work with them to develop feedback skills through explicit instruction and modeling. This time away from what I 'should be teaching' is an investment in all that I will be teaching!