TARGET: "Rubrics" - Help with Samples & Description

["Fred D'Ignazio" <dignazio@MAIL.MSEN.COM>]

Colleagues,

I am a member of LM_NET and a children's book writer with over 20
published books ("Katie and the Computer," the "Chip Mystery" mystery
series, "Escape from Robotropolis," "The
New Astronomy," etc.).  My home page is
URL=http://www.tcimet.net/mmclass/.

I currently work as a staff-development leader helping teachers, media
specialists, and students author using new media.  I have recently run
into a problem:  many teachers I work with are having trouble designing
"rubrics" to evaluate students' progress authoring and creating using the
new media.  I was wondering if anyone knew of some simple, non-technical
descriptions of the term "rubrics" which would make sense to the
teachers.  Second, do you know of any rubrics which have been designed to
measure students' progress as they author using new media such as
HyperStudio, the Internet, CD-ROMs, etc.

Thank you for your help!

Fred D'Ignazio

Fred D'Ignazio Author/Producer "Classrooms Without Walls (TM)"
Multi-Media Classrooms, Inc. 1773 Walnut Heights Drive
East Lansing, MI 48823-2945 USA +1 (517) 332-8896  Fax: 332-9378
Website: http://www.tcimet.net/mmclass/  Email: dignazio@msen.com