Rubrics for group projects to ensure ALL students are participating
 
   

Common description: The student…

  • Doesn’t like school
  • Lacks social skills (sullen, rude. stays in background in group work)
  • Comes home and stays home
  • Gets engrossed in video games/internet

Common environment (with technology classes)

  • Limited funds, thus group work is a must (4 kids per station or camera)
  • Kids in groups don’t want the "spare tire"
  • All spare tires end up together—no engine

Exploring Solutions

  • Finding motivations for the student
    • Music
    • Humor
    • Art
    • Gaming
  • Assignments that will address those motivations
    • Humor in everything
    • Real-life clients (ads for local stores, etc.)
    • Double-dipping: Projects for other teachers’ classes (e.g. video catalog of lab experiments for science teacher, )
    • Projects for a real-audience (e.g. YouTube)
  • People beyond the school yard
    • mentorship
    • job shadowing
    • client-projects
  • Parental involvement
    • Contracts for support
    • Regular meetings for updates (beyond teacher-conferences)
  • Electronic portfolio
    • web portfolio (myspace, web site, etc.)
    • DVD of work