Evaluation - Question 4

This is a Glog I made in response to question 4 of our coursework evaluation. It was made on www.glogster.com and should you find it difficult to view anything on this embedded version, here is the link to the original on glogster.com.

Update 23/01/12

Today we worked some more on our evaluations. I have finished question 6, Hazel finished number 2, me and Hazel did question 3 whilst Nicole worked on question 4. We now have 3 more questions to do as a group and Nicole needs to finish question 4. All in all, a good lesson.

Evaluation Question 3

Question 2

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Evaluation Question 6

Past student evaluation

Although this is only the answer to one of the questions set in an evaluation, i feel he covers everything in a very collected, organised manor. He systematically goes through the technologies using screen grabs to relate to what he is saying as evidence.

Strengths of this video:

• He has clearly thought about what he is going to say before recording the video
• he includes screen grabs to back up what he's saying in time with when he's saying it
• introduces the question at the very beginning, so makes it clear what he's going to talk about
• explains all the technologies he used, how he used them and gives a little background info so anyone can understand what he's talking about
• Talks to the camera as if talking straight to the examiner

Weaknesses of this video:

• sometimes is not as concise as he probably could be
• could have spoken about technologies he tried but didn't use and why
• could have spoken about how technologies have changed over the years and how the current ones are better/worse

Update-17/01/13

Today was quite productive. We are still preparing our conclusions. It has been agreed that I will record a podcast for question 6, Nicole will take charge of question 4 and Hazel will work on number 7. The rest will probably be worked on as a group.

I did however begin to look at various distributors today. I took some screenshots of various websites, including social networking sites. These are of course an option for distribution.

Lesson Update!

Today I looked at examples of how to answer question 2 and the technologies I could use for question! I looked at one example of question 2 that used images and footage from films that had influenced their choice of characters and the social groups they present. So I decided to look at the films we had looked at and look at how they influenced our main character. I also looked at the social group we were trying to present in our thriller, so I googled the social group to get images of them and compared them to our main character!

Evaluation of Evaluation 3

http://lukevangelderrc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/thriller-evaluation-part-1.html

Good Points:
This evaluation clearly used lots of technology and a lot of effort was put into making it. I particularly liked the use of a Prezi for the first post. It makes people want to read on. The fact that the evaluation is spread across different blog posts makes it easier to digest as you don't end up reading everything at once. It seems that clear knowledge has been demonstrated and that the evaluation goes into some depth.

Bad points:
Whilst the use of the Prezi was great, I did find it to be a little cluttered. As well as this, some of the text analysis was badly written and sometimes difficult to understand. That didn't really affect the overall quality however.

Conclusion:
From this evaluation, the fact that lot's of technology needs to be used has been reinforced. It also shows me that it should not be cluttered. As well as this, I think that spreading the evaluation across separate blog posts may be a good idea. Overall, this is a very good evaluation.

Past Student Evaluation

I really like how all the questions are in one place, making it easier and quicker to simply look through at all the questions. I also like how he has examples for both question, usually next to each other, making it easy to compare. However he doesn't seem very confident or prepared as he keeps saying 'erm'. There is also not a lot of technology used in the evaluation and takes a long time to get through each question, making it very boring to watch and listen to.

Evaluation of Evaluation 2

Evaluation of a Past Evaluation

Good Points:
This evaluation is presented in a clear and easy to understand way. It is very in depth and interesting to read. The use of pictures and screen shots helps to explain the text and so is definitely a useful feature. It is also evident that the questions have been answered and that the writer hasn't gone astray from them.

Bad points:
I found it a little bit boring due to the fact that there is little use of technology. Everything is in one Powerpoint   presentation. There is lot's of text which makes it seem long and almost a chore to read. As well as this, the Powerpoint background is awful and looks unprofessional.

Conclusion:
On the whole, this is an extremely good evaluation! Clearly, a lot of hard work went into making it. I have learn't that the answers for our evaluation will need to be in depth and critical of our work. It will also be good to use images and screen grabs. The most important thing that this shows is that without use of different technology, even the best evaluations can be a little bit boring.

Past Student Evaluation

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