Giving Students Feedback, Using a Classroom Website

Evaluating students online in a classroom website canpasted into the comment section on each student
be tricky. It can be done in a variety of ways, nonewebsite. The feedback checklist comes with a note
of which is much faster than the old pencil and paper.telling students that only the underlined comments on
Giving feedback to students in a classroom website,the checklist are relevant to their work.
though, is much more efficient, though, and it doesThe best part of this method, though, is that
save the environment.teachers have the ability to link the comments
A newly-developed method of giving studentsdirectly to mini-lessons and work samples that have
feedback on their student websites, using aprovided during the learning unit. These are housed
comment feature is taking many students and theiron other pages within the classroom website.
parents by storm. Not only do students actuallySo, the student gets a grade on a project, which he
review the teacher feedback, they are now lookingsees on his online gradebook. He then goes to his
over prior lessons to see where they have madestudent website and scrolls to the bottom to view
mistakes. It's all contained on the classroom websitethe comment section. What he finds is not only
and can be accessed from anywhere.comments about his work, but also links to actual
The feedback is left on the student websites'presentations and lessons, so he can be reminded of
comment feature on a classroom website, in a wikihow to properly complete the assignment.
platform.This makes the comment section of the student
Here's how it works. The teacher begins by creatingwebsite one of the most powerful tools ever
a one-size-fits-all grade sheet or checklist, which iscreated for a paperless classroom.