The Mixbook format can be applied to a variety of teaching situations. If you take advantage of all the possibilities inherent in the format, your students will have a rich and powerful experience. This rubric will help you pinpoint the ways in which your Mixbook isn't doing everything it could do and make improvements. NOTE:  It's possible for a score to straddle two descriptors

Prestructural/Unitstructural
(Beginning)

Multistructural
(Developing)

Relational
(Accomplished)

Score

Lesson Plan

Lesson

Overview

0 points

Overview is missing or does not identify the core objective(s) of the lesson

2 points

Overview is present but only partially describes the core objective(s) of the lesson

4 points

Overview is concise and accurately describes the core objectives and outcomes of the lesson

Essential

Questions/

Generalizations

0 points

Question(s) is not connected to the standards and/or is poorly worded.

2 points

Question(s) is somewhat related to the standards but is not explicit or well stated.

4 points

Essential question(s) is important, connected to the Standards, and strategically stated.

Engaging Question/

Setup/

Anticipatory

Set

0 points

Anticipatory set is missing or connects with only 1 or 2 of the purposes of anticipatory set.

2 points

Anticipatory set connects with 3 or 4 of the purposes of anticipatory set.

4 points

Anticipatory set connects with all 5 of the 5 purposes of anticipatory set.

Detailed

Lesson

Description

0 points

Lesson description is vague or is a shallow overview of the lesson.

4 points

Lesson description is accurate but incomplete.

8 points

Lesson description is complete and accurately describes the richness of the lesson.

Alignment

With Standards

0 points

Standards alignment is missing or does not accurately align with the lesson.

2 points

Standards alignment is in a format that is complete but not as required; addresses many of the knowledge and performance standards within the lesson.

4 points

Standards alignment is in the correct format and addresses both knowledge and performance standards that fit the lesson and represents thoughtful consideration of the lesson objectives and learning outcomes

Assessment

0 points

Assessments are missing or include only one or two measures of student progress.

2 points

Assessments are relevant but are not rich enough to greatly aid in adjusting teaching.

4 points

Assessments are rich and include various forms of determining student learning and teaching effectiveness.

Resources

0 points

Some resources are listed but only those which are obvious.

2 points

Resources are listed but do little more than fulfill the minimum expectations for the lesson and do not contribute to enrichment.

4 points

All forms of resources—hardware, software, curriculum, etc.—add to and complete the objectives of the Mixbook.

Accommodations

0 points

Accommodations to technology are absent.

2 points

Accommodations are mentioned but in a minimal way.

4 points

Technology accommodations have been thought through and the resulting list is thorough and complete.

Daily

Plans

0 points

Daily plans are missing or sketchy and do not demonstrate careful forethought and planning.

2 points

Daily plans are developmental and the tasks have been distributed in a way that makes sense.

4 points

Daily plans are developmental, complete, coherent, connected, and demonstrate a high degree of attention to detail.

Overall Aesthetics

Overall Visual Appeal

0 points

There are few or no graphic elements. No variation in layout or typography.

2 points

Graphic elements sometimes, but not always, contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas and relationships. There is some variation in type size, color, and layout.

4 points

Appropriate and thematic graphic elements are used to make visual connections that contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas and relationships. Differences in type size and/or color are used well and consistently.

Coherence & Flow

0 points

Getting through the Mixbook is confusing and unconventional.

2 points

There are a few places where the learner can get lost and lose connections from one page to the next.

4 points

Coherence and flow are seamless. It is always clear to the learner what all the pieces are and how they connect.

Mechanical Aspects 

0 points

There are more than 5 misplaced or missing images, badly sized tables, misspellings and/or grammatical errors.

2 point

There are some misplaced or missing images, badly sized tables, misspellings and/or grammatical errors.

3 points

No mechanical problems noted.

Overall Quality of the Lesson

Cognitive Level of the Task

0 points

Task requires simply comprehending or retelling of information found on web pages and answering factual questions.

3 points

Task is doable but is limited in its significance to students' lives. The task requires analysis of information and/or putting together information from several sources.

6 points

Task is doable and engaging, and elicits thinking that goes beyond rote comprehension. The task requires synthesis of multiple sources of information, and/or taking a position, and/or going beyond the data given and making a generalization or creative product.

Clarity of Process

0 points

Process is not clearly stated. Students would not know exactly what they were supposed to do just from reading this.

2 points

Some directions are given, but there is missing information. Students might be confused.

4 points

Every step is clearly stated. Most students would know exactly where they are at each step of the process and know what to do next.

Scaffolding of Process

0 points

The process lacks strategies and organizational tools needed for students to gain the knowledge needed to complete the task.

Activities are of little significance to one another and/or to the accomplishment of the task.

3 points

Strategies and organizational tools embedded in the process are insufficient to ensure that all students will gain the knowledge needed to complete the task.

Some of the activities do not relate specifically to the accomplishment of the task.

6 points

The process provides students coming in at different entry levels with strategies and organizational tools to access and gain the knowledge needed to complete the task.

Activities are clearly related and designed to take the students from basic knowledge to higher level thinking.

Richness of Process

0 points

Few steps.

1 points

More complex activities required.

3 points

The lesson helps students understand different perspectives and/or share responsibility in accomplishing the task.

Total Score

/70