Rubric+for+VoiceThread+Discussions

Visual and Oral Presentations:
The class teacher expects you to create a VoiceThread and narrate a story about your notable Hispanic. You will use pictures that identify that person as influential in his/her field and record your voice explaining why you placed that picture in the thread. You can download pictures, video clips and word documents as a central piece of the story. Confer with this rubric for presentation.

**Rating Scale** - Your instructor will assess the quality of your contributions to discussions. Please see the scoring rubric listed below to review the criteria. Please note that your responses to the postings of others are not just "Well done" or "I agree". Just as in a face-to-face class where the teacher expects quality, thoughtful answers, so, too, should your comments online be of the same quality. **Scoring Standards** - You must achieve a rating of at least "3" on each criterion to demonstrate competency in posting responses to unit discussion questions and posting. Below are the standards corresponding the the grading number. 5: Responses exceeded criterion 4: Responses met criterion 3: Responses met criterion at a basic level of skill 2: Responses did not meet criterion 1: Responses were missing, incomplete, or incorrect The following tips for VoiceThreaders are adapted from the collective work of Gallagher, Copeland and Project CRISS: To be an active VoiceThreader, start by carefully working your way through a presentation. While viewing pictures and listening to the comments that have been added by other users, you should: Use the following sentence starters to shape your thoughts and comments while viewing or participating in VoiceThread presentations. Comments based on these kinds of statements make VoiceThreads interactive and engaging.
 * **//THREADED DISCUSSION//** ||
 * **//CRITERIA (The responses)//** |||||||||| **//Point Values//** ||
 * **The Responses** ||||||||||^  ||
 * Adequately answered the discussion question || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Were consistently coherent, cohesive, and clear || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Demonstrated mastery of the subject matter covered by the question || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Generally exhibited correct and appropriate grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and word usage || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Total: /20 ||
 * 1) **//Gather Facts://** Jot down things that are interesting and new to you
 * 2) **//Make Connections://** Relate and compare things you are viewing and hearing to things that you already know.
 * 3) **//Ask Questions://** What about the comments and presentation is confusing to you? What don’t you understand? How will you find the answer? Remember that there will ALWAYS be questions in an active thinker’s mind!
 * 4) **//Give Opinions//**: Make judgments about what you are viewing and hearing. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Like? Dislike? Do you support or oppose anything that you have heard or seen? Why?
 * This reminds me of… Esto me recuerda a … Me hace pensar en…
 * This is similar to… Esto es parecido a…
 * I wonder… Me pregunto por qué…
 * I realized… Me di cuenta que…
 * I noticed… Observé que…
 * Me gustaría saber que…