Special thanks to James, Eileen and Elizabeth for sharing this valuable information. This community of Alice educators is truly a blessing, I feel very fortunate to be a part of it.<div><br></div><div>Best regards and hope you have a great year (wow, where did marking period 1 go?).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ken<br>North Arlington High School</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Scherff, Elisabeth, Ms., CIV, OSD/DoDEA-Americas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Elisabeth.Scherff@am.dodea.edu" target="_blank">Elisabeth.Scherff@am.dodea.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks for sharing, Ms./Dr. Peluso!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I really like your work. Having students tell you what features they will be using is a great idea.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I’m attaching a sample of what I ask 6<sup>th</sup> graders to do.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">After we’ve done Alice tutorials, and lessons on design (developing stories, creating storyboards), the students create their own story for a project grade. Sometimes we
do peer evaluations as we’re sharing our stories in class.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The attachments are a PowerPoint presentation I give describing the project; a short sheet for the design phase; and the two different rubrics. (If we have time in the term,
we create larger, colorful storyboards we post in the room.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks again for sharing!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Elisabeth Scherff<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> alice-teachers-bounces+elisabeth.scherff=<a href="mailto:am.dodea.edu@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">am.dodea.edu@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:alice-teachers-bounces%2Belisabeth.scherff" target="_blank">alice-teachers-bounces+elisabeth.scherff</a>=<a href="mailto:am.dodea.edu@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">am.dodea.edu@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>EILEEN PELUSO<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 20, 2012 11:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alice educators<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: alice-teacher Rubrics--what do you use for grading Alice projects?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’ve attached a couple of rubrics. The first one is the sort of rubric I use for weekly projects. I’ve also included my notes for that project and the two
handouts that the students receive, so you can see how they fit together. On their weekly assignments, they have a list of features, all of which they are to include in their worlds.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">For their final project, the students get two weeks to work on it before presenting it during finals week. It differs from the weekly projects because they
have a list of features that they can choose from to include. There are actually two rubrics involved. The first one attached (Final Rubric.docx) is an overall rubric that includes some points for their work during the first two weeks, a writing assignment,
their presentation, and they actually get 5 points for completing the other rubric. That rubric is on the last page of the final project description Final Project.docx. They fill it out to give me an idea of which features they’ve chosen to include, so that
I’m sure to spot them and give them appropriate credit.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kenneth McCarthy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alice educators<br>
<b>Subject:</b> alice-teacher Rubrics--what do you use for grading Alice projects?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope everyone is having a wonderful year so far.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am grateful for this community of Alice educators and I'd like to thank Don and Wanda for keeping us up to speed with the latest and the greatest when it comes to building our worlds in Alice.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This question goes out to teachers who are using Alice in the classrooms regularly this year:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What does your grading rubric often look like? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ken<u></u><u></u></p>
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