Evaluation & Rubrics

Digital story telling has so many valuable traits that it is hard to imagine that teachers would not want to provide opportunities for their students to use it. Unfortunately, teachers do not use digital story telling because they have not been introduced to a proper way assess student work. I agree with Ohler when we writes, "First, each teacher has his or her own way of doing things, most of which work fine. If I employ a scale or assessment approach that they don't like, than the rubric can be dismissed in its entirety" (loc. 979). Personally, I have my own way of thinking when it comes to creating a rubric or other for of evaluation of students' work. Ohler suggest specific "traits" to consider that can be adapted to create some form of assessment. Those traits are set clear goals, assess the story, assess artifacts (pictures, video, and written work), planning and process, grammar, student understanding and presentation, teamwork, and use of resources. Most importantly, Ohler suggests students should self-assess their own projects and performance. I believe using these traits teachers can create a rubric that can be used for any type of digital storytelling activity.


This is an example of a well-constructed rubric for digital storytelling.