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Joseph Walla

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Power Point: [|Diversity Movie] Peer Reviews: PowerPoint Presentation Peer Review: Joe,

The content and questions you provided for your future High School Social Studies class are educationally sound and appropriate for the grade level you are teaching. Your instructions are clear, concise, and easy to follow. I like how you get straight to the point within your presentation, strictly providing necessary information. The pictures and audio are suitable for high school students and well put together. However, I think you could add even more visual aids ( if you desired) to make your interactive PowerPoint more appealing for students. Your file is saved in the appropriate format and all of the buttons and links work properly. I can tell that you spent a good amount of time preparing this assignment, and your hard work is reflected in the quality of your presentation! Good work! ~ Mary Ward.

I think this was good content for High School Students as well as the set up. The instructions are very easy and this could easely be used for a short quiz after a days lesson. Good job! -Ashley Wheeler Great job on your webquest. I think in history it is a very good opportunity to use webquest. It would be very easy to use for presentation work and research. I liked your idea for the Cold war, because it will be very to follow and students knwo exatly what is expected. -Ashley Wheeler

Joe, I really liked the style of your powerpoint! The background, transitions, and layout was very visually appealing and really fit with the topic. The information on there is easy to read and understand. I think it would be a great resource for your students to use. Super Job!!! -Emily Walker

Your webquest was very interesting and the project seemed really focused on cold war aspects, which is important because I feel like that is something that got skipped over in my social studies classes. It was really easy to understand and I think it would benefit the students a lot as well. I really enjoy the design as well. Great Job. -Emily Walker

CONTENT:
====- The content and questions you provide are educationally sound and challenge the student in higher-level thinking. ====

- The instructions are clear, thorough and easy to follow.
====- The evaluation rubric is very clearly defined, transparent, and logical. Students are given clear information regarding the guidelines and grading rubric for this task. ====

- The links you included within your Quest Garden project open properly.
====Joe, Great job on this assignment. The amount of effort you put forth into this assignment is evident through the stellar Quest Garden project you have created. ====

~ Mary E. Ward
WEEK 6 PEER EVALUATION (2/7/12): Mary Ward Joe,

Your Movie Maker presentation is very nicely done. I especially enjoyed the brief introduction you included to aid in the audience's understanding of the concepts you're presenting. Presenting an American history story within your assignment is a novel idea, and I particularly like the transitions that you chose. My one suggestion is changing the font to a different color, making it easier to read. Overall, the novelty of your approach to this assignment is very refreshing. I commend you for your stellar work and thoughtfulness regarding this assignment. Your Classmate, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mary.

<span style="color: #0064ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Your movie maker presentation is VERY good. The facts are really interesting and they flow nicely to create what you want to get across to the students. The pictures in it are very different from one another, which I think, keeps the video interesting because it shows pictures that look more current in contrast to historical photos. It is very easy to understand and is a very good intro to a unit on the topic. My one suggestion would be that, even though I know not a lot of music was available, the music chosen was kind of bland and soothing which is not what you want when you want students to pay attention. Overall, very well done movie! <span style="color: #0064ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Emily

I really enjoyed your movie maker! I like how you gave like a little intro then your movie started. It was very clear and creative for what your movie was about. My only suggestion that some of the text was hard to see because of the black and white of some of the photos, but overall good informal movie. Ashley

PODCAST REVIEW:

Joe, I think you may have accidentally uploaded the wrong podcast, as the podcast is only of a female's voice discussing measurement. Overall, the Podcast is fine. The directions, in an overall sense (in terms of the unit as a whole), are clear and concise for an educator to follow. The sound quality of the voice and the annunciation of the speaker are well heard. It is hard to hear the music portion of the podcast, though (that plays in the background). I would suggest slightly amplifying the music to achieve your goal in that area. You've done a good job on your Podcast. Your Classmate, Mary.

<span style="color: #0064ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I really liked your podcast because it was very well constructed with teaching a lesson. The music in the background was a nice touch too because it made it more interesting. The only thing I would suggest is maybe sitting a little further away from the microphone when speaking because sometimes its hard to understand. Overall, I think you did a great job and I think students could learn a lot from that. <span style="color: #0064ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">- Emily

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I liked the music in the background and in the beginning. It was kind of like a intro to a news story on the radio. Once again like most of the other subject you could defiantly use this in many lesson for your students to get information across and resources they could use again and again. Good job on this weeks assignment. Ashley