Digital Tools Rating Rubric

Name of the App: Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Anchor)

3 = Ideal 2 = Acceptable 1 = Unacceptable

Age Appropriateness All targeted skills are Targeted skills are Targeted skills are not
age appropriate. mostly age age appropriate.
All ages can create a appropriate.
podcast.
Cost It’s free or offers a There’s a small There’s a big monthly
free version without monthly or annual or annual fee.
ads or in-app fee.
purchases.
Yes, it’s free.
Motivation All students will be Most students will be Students will not be
engaged and will engaged and will engaged nor want to
want to revisit the want to revisit the revisit the site.
site. site.
Yes, they’ll enjoy the
social media aspect.
Compatibility It works across all It works across most It is not compatible
platforms (electronic platforms (electronic with many platforms
devices and devices and (electronic devices
browsers). browsers). and browsers).
Yes, and it even
works on I-Pods.
Feedback It offers meaningful It offers meaningful It does not offer
feedback to both feedback to students meaningful feedback
students and or teachers. to students or
teachers. teachers.
No, it’s not a teaching
tool.
Connected to It’s aligned to the It’s aligned to the It’s not aligned to the
Standards State’s and National State’s or National State’s or National
standards, and it’s standards, and it’s standards, nor is it
updated regularly. updated regularly. updated regularly.
No, it’s not aligned to
standards.
Differentiation It’s individualized to It’s individualized to It’s not individualized
all learners. most learners. to the learners.
The final podcasts
will all be unique.
Effectiveness The app improves The app improves The app doesn’t
 deficits in all deficits in most improve deficits in
learners. learners. the learners.
Listening
comprehension is
increased.
Instructional Features It combines a range It combines a range It does not combine a
of instruction from of instruction from range of instruction.
memorization to HOT memorization to HOT
skills with games. skills.
There are no games.
User Friendly It’s easy to use, offers It’s easy to use and It’s not easy to use,
online support, and offers online support nor does it offer
has tutorial videos. or tutorial videos. online support or
It offers online tutorial videos.
support groups along
with tutorial videos
and it’s easy to use.
Diversity The images and The images and The images and
stories appeal to all stories appeal to stories don’t appeal
students of different most kids of different to kids with different
ethnic backgrounds. ethnic backgrounds. ethnic backgrounds.
The images were
diverse.
Saves Data Students can exit Students can exit a Students can’t exit a
without losing work section after every 5 section until all work
completed in that problems completed is completed within
section. within it. it.
You must save the
individual parts of
the podcast as you
create them.
Collaborative Students have the Only teachers can Students don’t have
option to build enable collaboration the option to work in
collaborative groups between students. groups and share
and share ideas. ideas.
Students can build
podcasts together.
Rewards The app creates The app creates a The app doesn’t
certificates of certificate of mastery create a certificate of
mastery for for mastery of the mastery.
completed skills. course. No, it does not.
What are the grows and glows of the app? This app was very user-friendly and created an
aesthetically and visually pleasing product. You will have to supply an email and your age to
access Spotify though. This app earned a score of 2.4 which puts it between the ideal and
acceptable rating. Therefore, I would recommend this app.

Works Cited

Lubniewski, K. L., McArthur, C. L., & Harriott, W. (2018). Evaluating instructional apps using the
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Ohio Center of Autism and Low Incidence. Educational App Evaluation Rubric.
https://www.ocali.org/up_doc/ho_3_pp-rubric3.pdf?1557548866

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