Evaluating Past Evaluations

To develop my evaluating skills I decided to do some research into pasts students evaluations. From this I will learn what makes an evaluation good and bad by stating their strengths and weaknesses. I will also suggest a few improvements for each of them to stretch my capability and allow me to deeply understand the traits of a good evaluation.

Past Evaluation 1:

Lewis, Declan and Chris  

- They used a number of technologies to present their work including Prezi, Padlet, Slideshare, Glogster, Autherstream, Youtube and Spiceynodes, there is a different technology for each question. This is a strength of their evaluation as they have shown they are capable of producing work through a high number of technologies.  
- I strength of this groups evaluation is that all the questions are in one Prezi. This makes it easy to find as you don't need to search for each individual question separately but doesn't limit the technologies used as they can be incorporated as a link.
- They have answered each question in great detail which is good because they need the examiner to understand their reasons for particular choices, but it's sometimes noticeable that they have rambled a little making it a little boring to read. This is a small weakness of their evaluation.
- Glogster can be difficult to use effectively as it doesn't really have templates so you have to build your own wall from scratch. A weaknesses of this groups evaluation is there use of Glogster, their wall is overcrowded which makes it difficult to find the information you want to read. This doesn't mean that the information presented isn't of a high quality, but I would suggest they would have spent a little more time arranging the information.
- They have used Youtube clips well to display information in a interesting way. This is a great strength of their evaluation because talking alongside pictures can be a lot less taxing to interpret than reading paragraph after paragraph.
- To improve I would suggest taking a more time when presenting their information, just to make it a little bit more pleasurable to read. Other than that I can't really fault this evaluation. They did a great job and I will be very please if our evaluation turns out like this one.  

Past Evaluation 2:

Shannon and Christina 

- This method of answering the evaluation questions is very creative, it allows the group to get their opinions and views across along with giving it an interesting and funny edge. This evaluation question was very enjoyable to watch and had a lot of detail about how they attracted their audience, this is a strength of their work.
- This group has used a range of different technologies to present their evaluation including Youtube, Glogster, Prezi, Slideshare and a normal blog post with links and embedded clips.
- A weakness of their evaluation on the whole is the number of technologies used to present their work. They've used four different methods and a normal blog post, they could have used more technologies to show a range of skills that I'm sure they have. However they've constructed a lot of Youtube clips in many different ways. This is a strength of there evaluations as they have clearly show they are very capably at editing and creating short clips.



- This stop motion is an amusing and engaging evaluation technique. It clearly answers question 4 (who would be the audience for their media product) in detail.
- Choosing to present question 4 through a stop motion is a time consuming but effective method, it is captivating and creative,
- A weakness of their evaluation is that all their individual questions were uploaded separately making it a little difficult to find the question. To improve i would suggest they brought all the questions together at the end using links on one technology.
- To improve I would suggest they would have used a few more technologies to present their work, instead of maybe one of the Youtube clips. I really enjoyed the Youtube posts but using a few more different technologies would show the examiner that they have a wider range of skills.

Past evaluation 3:

Jake, Daisy and Mark 

- This group has used a lot of different technologies to present their work including Pixton, Empressr, Prezi, Voki, GoAnimate, Glogster and Word. This is a strength of their evaluation as they have used a different technology for each question showing that they have a wide range of skills.
- The Word document has a lot of detail in telling the readers in what way their product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products. This is a strength of the evaluation as they have shown that they fully understand forms and conventions of real media products.
- Pixton is an interesting and creative technology to present evaluation questions on. However in my opinion the content of the writing in the storyboard would have been a little better, it felt as though that question had been a little rushed as there are some errors and not enough detail.


- This prezi is well presented and has a great deal of detail about what kind of media institutions that would produce their product and why. The layout is clear and easy to understand which leads to a conclusion to sum up all the ideas.
- This group has the same weakness as the last as they have all their questions separate but tagged in the same label (evaluation) so it isn't too difficult to find.
- To improve I would suggest they linked all the question together at the end in one technology to make them easier to find for the examiner. Apart form that little suggestion I though this evaluation was very good.  

I have learn a lot from researching past students evaluations. In my opinion we need to use as many different technologies as possible (one per question) to show the examiner our range of skills. I also learnt that putting all the evaluative question on one technology at the end makes that questions much easier to find. Finally I think that as a group we need to be careful to find the line between rambling and including useful detail.