Wrangle It with a Rubric

Wrangle It with a Rubric

The article that is present by Regina D. Royer is mainly about the benefits of using multimedia in education. She mentions that by using multimedia students to create their own meaning and process of understand of the material at hand. The multimedia of today allows students to synthesize core concepts, select appropriate media, research topics, and evaluate resources. Also with the new boost in communication between people multimedia has incorporated social networks to be used.  Going further for people that have not yet considered  using multimedia the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) requires for the use of technology to be used and multimedia fits that requirement that the CCSS has put into place. the article then attempts to give a solution that helps with students getting side tracked or spending to much time on small details rather then the actual content of the material. So they say a teacher should have a rubric on the multimedia that is being used. The explain how many of the tools out there to be used come with guideline and rubric on how to use the program. they even include tutorials that help students learn the programs so that they do not waste time and finding how to do different things. the best thing is that these rubric keep the student on task and allow them to finish with the rubric as a guide. Schools has worked with the CCSS to design a rubirc that works with the multimedia and satisfies the standards for the school.

When I went to high school we had a academy with in the school called telecommunications academy that work along side with our history and English. We had a rubric on the things that we had to do for each class but we incorporated video projects, flash work, photoshop, and other multimedia tools that help us with doing our assignments. I have to admit that I did more to achieve a better grade with this program and while i was learning my history or English I also learned how to work a video  camera and make a move. So as a history teacher I would really push for my future school to have one of these programs.

This connects with research and information fluency because students use the tools of technology to achieve a better understanding of the material that they are studying. They gather info and inquire how to use the info gathered. They also use Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making to do research and manage their projects in a way that will be the most beneficial to them in the assignment

Royer, R. D. (2012, October). Wrangling It With A Rubric. Learning and Leading, 20. Retrieved from http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/201211#pg20