Wednesday 14 March 2012

Past Evaluation - full marks

This student's evaluation gained full marks. Below is a link to her draft and her final version so you can see the changes made as well as the good practice.

Draft evaluation (went onto gain full marks)

Final full marks evaluation

Consider;
  • what does this contain that enabled it to gain full marks?
  • what can you add or change in your evaluation to improve your grade?

Thursday 9 February 2012

Practical Mark Scheme

Practical Mark Scheme
Again, 8 common statements that are only differed by the use of "proficient" for Level 3 and "excellent" for Level 4. Brilliant!
Understand the statements first and ensure you are "hitting" each one.
Then we'll consider what the difference between the levels is.

Level 3 (36–47 marks)There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:
• producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurately using language and register;
• using ICT appropriately for the task set;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing.

Level 4 (48–60 marks)There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:
• producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurately using language and register;
• using ICT appropriately for the task set;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing.

Evaluation Task

The mark scheme for the evalaution is just as useful as the ones for the practical itself and for research and planning!

As before, a useful task is to consider what you think the difference are between "excellent" and
"proficient" as these are the only words that differ between a Level 3 and 4.

For each statement, what might proficient look like and how would excellent be better?

We will discuss in class. Maybe even email our findings to the exam board!

Evaluation Mark Scheme

Evaluation Mark Scheme
 
Level 3 (12–15 marks)

Proficient skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
  • Proficient understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production.
  • Proficient ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
  • Proficient understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
  • Proficient ability to communicate.
  •  
    Level 4 (16–20 marks )
    • Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
    • Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production.
    • Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
    • Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
    • Excellent ability to communicate

    Evaluation Questions

    Evaluation Questions
    Now you've completed a draft of your magazine, it's a good time to start making notes on the evaluation questions.
    These notes should be on your blog;

    1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
    2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
    3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
    4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
    5. How did you attract/address your audience?
    6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
    7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

    Wednesday 18 January 2012

    Below is the mark scheme for Research and Planning Level 4 - the top band.

    When completing your research tasks, consider how you might hit some of the criteria in this band?

    Research and Planning Mark Scheme
    Level 4 16–20 marks

    • Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;

    • There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience;

    • There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

    • There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

    • There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

    • Time management is excellent.