PLN Project Grading Rubric

Name:

Below Expectations

0-7 points

Class PLN

Meets Expectations

Exceeds
Expectations
(these are
suggestions; you
might find other
ways to exceed
expectations)
10 points

8-9 points
Joined a Class PLN by the end
of the first class. The PLN
You failed to participate in a
includes at least one person
PLN or you began your
with whom you have not
participation after the second
worked before. The total
class of the semester, or
number of members matches (none)
your Class PLN failed to
the requirement given by your
connect with your insturctor
instructor (varies based on
by the second class of the
number enrolled in class). The
semester.
Class PLN has connected with
the instructor by the second

Personal Reflection

I feel that met the expectation for

the class PLN because i joined a
class PLN by the end of the first
class. I also was in a group with 3
people that I had not worked with
before. The total number of
members matches the
requirement given, and the
instructor was connected by the
second class.
I feel that I have exceeded

You have contributed

expectations because I have
at least 18 times to
contributed over 18 times in ways
You have contributed fewer
your Class PLN in
that enhance learning. I
You have contributed at least
than 12 times to your Class
ways that enhance
contributed ideas and resources
12 times to your Class PLN in
PLN, or you have contributed
your own learning
to help integrating different skills
ways that enhance your own
and strategies that we have
morePLN
than 12 times but
and/or the learning of
Discussion with Class
learning and/or the learning of
learned
in the class. I also feel
fewer than 12 of those
the other members of
the other members of your
that I have been a leader in my
contributions were
your Classs PLN. You
Classs PLN.
class PLN because many
appropriate for the PLN.
have been a clear
members
were coming to me with
leader in your Class
questions
and also re pinning
PLN.
things I had already posted.

You have a limited overview

or no overview at all, or your
overview does not make
Resource - Overview
clear to teachers in your
school the power of PLNs.

You have a clear overview of

what a PLN is that will entice
teachers in your school to join
one.

(none)

I feel that I have met the

expectation because I throughly
explained what a pln is. I also
included videos to make the
description more engaging. I feel
that if I were looking at this
website I would like to learn more
about PLN's.

In addtion to the
requirements for
Meets Expectations,
you have created your
I have included instructions on
You have a limited
own complete set of
You include links to
how to connect with educators in
discussion of how to connect
instructions, probably
instructions of how to connect
PLN's. I have also included a
with others so that teachers
including your own
video that I made for connecting
with others, as a PLN, using at
Resource - Technical
will leave your site not being
videos, for the two
with people in twitter. I have also
least two different
sure what to do next to build
technologies. You
included a video from YouTube
technologies.
their PLNs.
include links to
on how to start a PLN.
instructions of how to
connect with others
using at least five
different technologies.
I feel that I have exceeded the

A teacher coming to your

resource would not have a
Resource - PLNs
clear idea of how to connect
Outside Your
to resoruces outside of your
School
school to become part of
his/her own PLN.

You have created a resource

that will help a variety of
teachers in your school find
PLNs outside your school.

You have created a

expectation for this part of the
resource that will help project. I have included ideas and
EVERY teacher in
descriptions for every member of
your school find PLNs
my staff. I have included
outside your school
resources for PE teachers and all
special area teachers all of the
(including examples
way to administrators. I also
that relate to the full
range of subject areas incorporated links to resources
for special education teachers
and grade levels in
and the STAT teacher in my
your school).
school.

Resource - PLN
Within Your
School

You have created a resource

that will help teachers create a
PLN within your school. This
includes the specific
technologies that are most
Your resource has limited
appropriate within your school
information about connecting
for a PLN, the kinds of people
within your school.
that would be best for different
teachers within your school to
connect with, and the ways that
teachers within your school can
connect.

I feel that I have met and

exceeded the expectation for this
part of the project. I have created
a link on my website that lets
teachers
know about the NTES
In addition to the
requirments in Meets twitter page and also a link to my
blog where I hope to post more
Expectations, you
resources that the teachers can
includes complete
use to expand their personal PLN.
descriptions of at least
I have also listed that the
two examples of withinteachers can use the NTES twitter
school PLNs at your
page to connect with each other I
school or other
have also created a hashtag for
schools that are
NTES so teachers can collaborate
successful.
in the fall. (#TEACHNTES) I am
also creating a NTES pinterest
account where teachers will all
have the log in and can contribute
to the boards.

Your PLN

Web Page

You include links to at

least 20 other
professionals, not
Your resource includes a
including people in our
complete description of a PLN class. These links
that you have developed over follow the guidelines in
Your personal PLN inlcudes the course of the semester with the Meets
I have met the requirement for
fewer than 10 links or fewer at least 10 links to other
Expectations column.
this section. I have listed 10
than two different
professionals with whom you
You include links to at
professionals that I follow and
connect with on my own. I am still
technologies or includes
connect using at least two
least 10 other
growing my PLN. I have used
links to fairly static
different technologies. This is professionals, not
many
different technologies to
resources, rather than
not part of the resources that including people in our
connect
with educators.
people and/or communities. you are recommending; this is class, using at least
a separate list of the blogs,
four different
twitter users, etc. with whom
technologies. These
you actaully connect.
links follow the
guidelines in the
Meets Expectations
column.
You have created this project
in the form of a Web page
(even if you would hand it out
to students on paper) that
includes correct HTML tags
You have created this
(although it is not required that
I feel that I have met the
project in the form of a Web you use HTML to create the
expectations because I have
page, but you have many
page). All pages are created in
created this project in the form of
errors on your page. Or you the form of a Web page
(none)
a webpage. I have also made sure
have pages in your site that (except possibly a couple of
that my links work and are
should be Web pages but
pages where a Web page
correct.
are not.
doesn't make as much sense
as a Word or other type of file).
Hint: don't leave something as
a Word document out of
laziness, but don't force
something to be a Web page

Live Session
Preparation and
Design

Live Session
Hosting

Live Session
Archive and
Reflection

Grammar,
Spelling, and
Usage

You have: created written

guidelines for your chat
moderators including plans to
deal with inappropriate
Your preparation and design participants; created written
is missing some of the
guidelines for session
elements listed in the "Meets participants on a static
Expectations" column.
reference page; arranged a
day and time and checked for
conflicts; advertised and
promoted your live session
starting
about
in
As
a host,
youone
haveweek
managed
the live session by keeping the
Your hosting is missing
conversatin moving, asking
some of the elements listed and answering questions that
in the "Meets Expectations" promote critical thinking,
column.
managaing conversations,
sharing resources, and
connecting
participants
You have analyzed
your live
session by tracking the amount
of participation (such as
You have not successfully
number of tweets and
archived your presentation in retweets) to evalute interaction
a publicly-accessible way
and discover who are the most
and/or you have not
significant participants
effectively reflected on your (influencers), and you have
live session.
demonstrated your
understanding of what you
have learned by honestly and
completely
answering
the and
The number of grammar,
Correct
grammar,
spelling,
spelling, and usage errors
usage is used throughout the
exceeds a few
blog

I feel that I have exceeded the

expectation
for this part of the
This could include
project.
I
have
exceeded becasue
such things as an
I have all aspects of meeting the
extensive advertising
expectations along with posting
plan that connects
the flyer to my pinterest account,
influencers from your
my twitter pages (personal and
school, school district,
professional) and also on my
or region to the live
personal instagram page. I also
session.
sent the flyer out to all of the staff
through email.

(none)

I believe that I have met the

expectations because we used
tweet deck to schedule tweets to
keep the conversation moving in
a timely manner. We also
participated in the discussion and
were active members.

This include such

things as a detailed
plan for improving the
next live session.

I feel that I have sucessfully

archived our twitter chat and had
a very detailed reflection
including ideas to improve for
next time.

(none)

Extraordinary
Quality (bonus
points added to
grade; final
grade will not
exceed 100%)

Comments:

The project is
extremely well done in
ways that don't fit into
the other categories.
This will be used
rarely but allows the
instructor to assign a
higher grade for work
that is of very high
quality.

Total Points Earned:

Grade:

0
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