Working on the student's resource page of the group Wiki...

I have been responsible for adding the relevant resources to the student's resource page and have included a safety video, (that is in the form of a rap that is fun and informative), a video that demonstrates how chemical reactions happen around us all of the time, a word search that I created from a word search generator, a spot the safety hazard worksheet, a screencast video explaining how to complete a Lab Report, a Lab Report template, Blog guidelines and a Marking Rubric.

Screen capture of the "Explosive Learning" word search that I created.

All of these resources will assist the students in completing their science investigation by helping them gain a deeper understanding of chemical reactions, become aware of the safety procedures that need to be followed when conducting their experiments and provide them with the knowledge of how to interpret their results.

Working as an Education Assistant at Tranby College has given me an insight into what students find engaging and this definitely helped me choose the resources that I have added to the student's resource page.

I decided to call the Marking Rubric the Marking Key so that it will be easier for the students to understand what it refers to. I found chapter ten of the unit text book, "Meaningful Learning with Technology," a valuable resource for creating the Marking Key because it clearly defines rubrics and their significance in helping assess meaningful learning outcomes as well as providing guidelines on how to create an effective rubric for assessing students work (Howland et al., 2012). I also thought that it was important to add a teacher comment box at the end of each criteria so that positive feedback could be given to the students to help them become critical thinkers and make improvements in their future work.

I am feeling excited at how the group Wiki is looking and this week my group will meet and discuss any improvements that we feel could be made to further enhance our Wiki site.


Reference:

Howland, J. L., Jonassen, D., & Marra, R. M . 2012. Meaningful Learning with Technology. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.