Peergrade

      Cooperative learning is a method of teaching that allows students the ability to build relationships and create new experiences by working with others in their classroom. It prepares students for the future workplace where they need to be able to work with a variety of different people with a range of skills, talents, and strengths. One that is fairly recent and works very effectively for both students and teachers is Peergrade.

       Peergrade is a free online resource that grants students the ability to "peer grade" or review their classmates' work. How this works is that the teacher creates a specific assignment with a designated rubric that they can either create from their website or attached from their files. From there the students turn in their assignment, receives feedback from other students, and the teacher gets complete overview of the student's work and feedback. With this, students are able to begin to gain a sense of how to properly give constructive criticism using the rubric. Sometimes people are more willing to take criticism from there peers than others.This website would work really good for classes where students have to write something or one where they have a project that involves different components.