Scenario 2 Answer Key Suggestions

“Website”

In preparing to evaluate the solutions each team has developed, you may wish to create a grading rubric containing all of the criteria that you will look for in their solutions. You may wish to share this rubric with your students as they prepare to solve this problem.

To assist you in developing your own grading scheme, the following items are suggested as key points to look for in each team’s scenario solution.

Preparation Stage:

  1. A list of the team members (up to four).
  2. Agreement on common appearance or theme and type of website to create (e.g., simple, no-nonsense website or an innovative site that stands out on the school and district site).
  3. Notes from meeting with colleagues where they brainstormed what the website home page should include and what each classroom page should include.
  4. Completed website evaluation rubrics from exploration of websites from other schools that include links to grade level or departmental sites similar to the one being planned. The rubric should include how the website they visited conforms to their own district’s guidelines for websites.
  5. Summary of points the team liked in their website explorations and other special features that the team wants to incorporate in their website.
  6. A list of the features to be included on the grade level or departmental home page as well as the features that classroom pages should include.
  7. Creation of a diagram or mind map showing how all pages of the site are linked.
  8. Timeline for each phase of the work that shows completion of the written packet and oral presentation within two months.

Presentation Stage:

  1. Presentation of the team’s website that includes:
  2. the school name and contact information.
  3. an introduction of the team of teachers who created the site.
  4. the academic purpose of the website.
  5. assurances that the site will not include individual student pictures or names.
  6. information to the community.
  7. support for participation by the community.
  8. useful information to students and their parents.
  1. The website has a consistent theme on the home page that is carried through to each individual classroom page or if this website will have unique and diverse pages joined together and then connected to a single home page.
  2. Information that indicates if this website will have common elements that appear on all classroom pages or if every page will be entirely unique.
  3. Information that indicates how this website:
  4. will help students academically.
  5. will help keep parents involved in the activities of the school and classroom.
  6. has the capability and the plans to post notices to parents about upcoming events, current homework, and important dates.
  7. will provide students who are absent from class with a way to keep up with what they have missed
  8. plans to highlight every student’s achievement.
  9. has provisions to make it possible for parents to interact with each of the grade level or department teachers via the web through email.
  10. A statement explaining how the website meets each of the district standards.
  11. Evidence that this grade level or department website is meaningful and useful.
  12. Evidence that the website is attractive to view and provides for easy interaction.
  13. *Functional operation of the website in doing what has been claimed for it.
  14. *Demonstration of the website to the class.
  15. Quality of oral presentation to the class.

* These two criteria (#8 & #9) apply only if the requirement is made to actually create a working website instead of just preparing the plans and diagram of a potential website.