Forums and Blogs
Key Information
Use the exemplars of forum posts and replies as guidelines for grading with the Discussion and Blog Rubrics. Names have been changed to protect student privacy.
- Sample Forum Prompt
- Grading Forums & Blogs
- Developing Forum Exemplar
- Proficient Forum Exemplar
- Exemplary Forum Exemplar
Discussion Forum Prompt
The exemplars were submitted in response to a discussion prompt in the PLS online course Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility®. This activity is graded with Discussion Rubric I.
Debrief the information about Personal Power and Mental Models by completing the following tasks:
- Write a three-sentence summary of the concept of Personal Power.
- Write a three-sentence summary of the concept of Mental Models.
- Describe any insights you have about Personal Power and Mental Models. This may include identifying Patterns or making inferences about the behaviors you observe in your students. Please give specific examples as appropriate.
For each of level of the rubric, we've included samples posts as well as sample replies. The replies are not necessarily in response to the post listed in that same category.