Week5: Alternative way of saving my alternative assessment tool

- RubiStar Instructions - checked
- Creating my rubric on RubiStar - checked
- Saving my rubric online - checked
- Downloading an Excel Spreadsheet of my rubric - well...

Some incompatibility error arises every time I try to do this. The document format and extension do not match. I manage to save it on my desktop but it will not upload to Google Drive or the course wiki so I can't share it with anyone...

So I had to think of an alternative way of saving and sharing it. I remembered having read in one of the articles that rubrics can be created as Word  documents, and I even think Courtney has mentioned it somewhere so that's exactly what I did. The good old copy-paste from RubiStar to my word doc and WALLAH. I could upgrade it a little bit and upload it both on the wiki and Google Drive.
Having an alternative is always welcome! :)

Week5: PBL - food for thought

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Week 5 has started to unwind with a plethora of resources on Project Based Learning, WebQuests and Alternative Assessment. All wonderful topics promising another lively week!
I have always been interested in PBL, and have even tried designing some short-term projects, but after reading all the resources on it from the Webskills course site I must admit I am more than intrigued.

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How to incorporate my syllabus into a PBL environment? Would my students be interested in PBL? What topics would they like to explore?
Food for thought, that's for sure!

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Week4: Really motivating :)

Preparing my lesson plan on Motivation for my Business English class, I bumped into this photo...made me smile so I thought it would be nice to share it with you all :)

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