Reflection week 5

 Before learning the lesson about "project-based learning" and "rubrics", I have no idea about rubrics. Thanks to my group discussion and materials sent by our teacher, I can utilize technology to support my teaching and create rubrics for the lesson. 

All of my teammates agreed to the convenience of Rubistar (http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php)). Thanks to the tool, we could save a huge amount of time when it came to rubrics design. For example, we can choose some items related to the skills we would like to test, and the tool could provide us a detailed rubrics with scoring and criteria. 


However, this tool also has some drawbacks when it comes to "log in" or "sign in". Even though I save the password or write the correct password and account, I can not login anyway. Hence, it's a big deal for users. Besides, there are few functions in the tool. All the rubrics must follow all the requirements of the tool, but the users can not create new criteria. 

Despite the useful benefit of the tool, teachers should be careful when considering the level of students, and contexts of the class, content of the test to create proper criteria.