Creating Learner Samples - Planning Ahead

Reflecting on My Learner Sample

  5 minutes*

In this activity, you use the Portfolio Rubric to self-assess the learner sample you have created for your Project Portfolio.

In preparation for the Pair and Share in the next module, use the Portfolio Rubric to assess how the learner sample you created in the module meets your design goals. Review your learner sample as if a learner in your classroom created it.

As you self-assess your learner sample, think about how learners can use a project assessment to monitor how they are meeting project expectations. "Learner self- assessment is not about saving teachers from the work of grading papers. When used in a way that develops learner thinking, it can be a deeply principled practice that serves both metacognitive and motivational purposes. ...The real metacognitive work takes place as learners begin to learn the meaning of rubric components by trying to interpret them and apply them to their own work." (Shepard, 2005, p.69)

  1. Based on your self-assessment, make any necessary revisions to your learner sample.

  2. Record your thoughts on how your learner sample addresses the following traits from the Portfolio Rubric:
    • Instructional Design
      • Assessment Standards and Project Goals
      • 21st Century skills
      • Curriculum-Framing Questions
      • Project approaches
      • Learner differences
    • ICT Integration
      • Content learning
      • 21st Century skills
      • Learner and classroom needs

    Note Note: If you uploaded your learner sample to the wiki, follow the site’s directions for modifying an uploaded file on the wiki.

  3. Consider what feedback you would like from your colleagues to help you improve your learner sample and enter it on your presentation or your wiki page.

Note Note: You have an opportunity to revise the learner sample in the next module after you create an assessment for your learner sample.

Top of the page