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Kim Piranio's review of Kristin Robertson's page Animal research project * Aim/Purpose - Expert: Nice job making the first statement clear and precise. * Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan - Expert: Nicely laid out and very descriptive. I especially liked how you labeled the days. * Student Activity Page - Mastery: I liked how you had note taking guides, but would of liked to see some other websites about animals. * Parent Page - Expert: Amazing parent page. I love all the activities you have for parents to do with thier kids at home. * Web Design - Expert: Nicely designed for easy access. * Layout - Expert: Clear layout of pages and information. * Navigation - Expert: I liked how you had links on your home page and on the left side. * Graphics - Expert: Nice pictures. * Accessibility - Expert: Pictures tagged with descriptions. * Fonts - Expert: Nice size change between within pages. * Background - Mastery: Nice simple background * Color Choices - Mastery: Use of a few different colors. * Spelling and Grammar - Expert: All correct * Copyright - Expert: Citations made. * Contact Information - Mastery: I would've liked to see more contact information on the parent page.

Hi Kristin, You nailed this final project! I am overly impressed and thank you for sharing; you have made me a better web-designer because of your attention to detail! Content: *no info downloaded for this content area on the rubric* mjm Aim/Purpose: Without looking further, I feel that I know what I will be learning about, based on the entry page. This is very well laid out (Expert) Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan: (Mastery) there is a link to the lesson plan that displays properly. Student Activity Page: You made a very clear concise page that is informative and useful to the students. I think that it was a great idea to include this as your Home page. (Expert) Parent Page: "Oh my gosh" were the words that I spoke out loud when I saw this page. You did a phenomenal job of creating ideas for parents to engage their students. I think that you should share this model with the rest of our class and you deserve a DOUBLE (Expert) rating. Web Design: *no info downloaded for this content area on the rubric* mjm Layout: Simple, easy to use and wonderful to look at (Expert) Navigation: (Expert) Yours was the first project that included links back to the HOME page. I was so impressed that I immediately added a similar function to my project. Thank YOU! Graphics: I really just want to stop reviewing your presentation because I have not found any faults so far :) My only suggestion here would be to include some graphics on your Home page, or any page that is meant for Students, this will help the visual learners. (Mastery) Accessibility: Only the photos on the Directions page did not have ALT tags, and I know from my own experiences that students love to click on photos, regardless of the words on a page. So maybe it is a good idea to keep the graphics off of the Student pages that have Directions. (Mastery) Fonts: Everything is in order here (Expert) Background:Simple is good or in this case it equals... (Expert) Color Choice

This website is a toolbox of interative sites and lessons where students can learn concepts while engaging in interative learning. - Mrs. Robbins' Sandbox Home

Tracy Robbins - self assessment Aim/Purpose - (expert) Stated clearly on the home page and is written in a clever, amusing way using a play on words. Lesson Plan - (mastery) Lesson plan is included and the link loads properly. Student Activity Page - (expert) Welcomes students and instructs them where to look for resources. Provides a multitude of resources for the students to peruse to learn the concepts. Parent Page - (expert) Parents are welcomed to the page and instructed where to go to find resources. Layout - (expert) The layout is professional and usable. Proper use of white space. Navigation - (expert) Site is easy to navigate around. Progression of webpages in the left side allows for students/parents to read through the pages before moving on. Graphics - (expert) Graphics are directly correlated to the content on the page. Accessibility - (mastery) Alt tags are used correctly, but audio clips are not included. Fonts - (expert) Good use of fonts size to demonstrate headings. Larger font used for make it easier to read. Background - (expert) Good choice of color to make the page more interesting and not just a white background. All pages are consistent. Color Choices - (expert) Color allows for a pleasing palette. Spelling and Grammar - (expert) no errors noticed. Copyright - (expert) No materials were used from websites that required permission. All photos were gathered from web clipart. Contact Information - (expert) All pages contain a statement of the author and last edit date.

Hi Tracy, Content: *no info downloaded for this content area on the rubric* mjm Aim/Purpose: I loved this introduction because it was creative and enticing! I think that it lacks the purpose of the task...but I want to overlook that because of the great graphics and cleverness (Expert) Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan: (Mastery) there is a link to the lesson plan that displays properly. I think that if would be easier to have a link for this under the Home page, (here is another but) I like how you are forced to enter through the Parent page and then the Student page. One way to get around this is too insert internal links into the Welcome Parents page. Student Activity Page: (Expert) This page is inviting and visually appealing which draws the student into the activity. Parent Page: (Mastery) I think that this is a great support page for parents except that it does not mention creative ways for the parents to be involved; it is very sterile. Your Home page was so imaginative that I am sure you can offer a creative suggestion to the parents. Web Design: *no info downloaded for this content area on the rubric* mjm Layout: (Expert) Finally, I can tell you how professionally well organized your site is, and that it is very consistent and user friendly. The overall concept for the site is anything but sterile :) Navigation: I do not get lost in your site, it is simple and easy to use (Expert) Graphics: (Expert) The graphics were very consistent and I was impressed with the simplistic design of each page, I think that your great use of graphics was the key. Accessibility: You used the ALT tags very effectively by thoroughly describing each graphic, great job. (Expert) Fonts: Another great job through simplistic design (Expert) Background: Same comment as above (Expert) Oh, please apply to have the advertisements removed from your website, it is free for educators and takes 1 minute of your time. They will send you a notifi

Misty Tuttle Review The simple and consistent format of the web page is appropriate for the age of the students. * Aim/Purpose- Expert- Entry page identifies the goal for the lesson. * Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan- Mastery- Easy to find and load. * Student Activity Page- Mastery- Page has fun activities but unclear connection to the presentations and kid pix assignments. * Parent Page- Expert- Page has great and creative activities for parents to do at home. * Layout- Expert- Site is easy to use, organized, simple, and understandable. * Navigation- Expert- Use the menu on the left to navigate through the site. * Graphics- Mastery- Pictures enhance lesson, but are not cited. * Accessibility- N/A * Fonts- Expert- Consistent and simple. * Background- Expert- Consistent and simple. * Color Choices- Expert- Consistent and simple. * Spelling and Grammar- Expert- No errors. * Copyright- N/A * Contact Information- Expert- Provided by Wiki

Tracy, You indicated: "Accessibility - (mastery) images do not have alt tag that describes the image in detail. They do, however, list "weather" as a tag. " Great observations! How about universal design?

Misty, I really enjoyed the lesson on weather. I was just a little confused about the KidPix part of the lesson since I couldn't find it in the student activities pages. I can believe this would be a great lesson for the students and the Parent activities were great. Great job!! Virginia Aim/Purpose -- The entry page tells what the Aim/Purpose of the lesson is to the student - Mastery Lesson Plan - Link to the lesson plan is included and it works -- Mastery Student Activity Page -- The student activity pages describe learning activities in age appropriate language. The rubric is for a lesson on KidPix, but I didn't see anything in the student activities for KidPix. Copies of grading rubrics are available. - Mastery. Parent Page -- Parent page includes creative ideas for engaging students at home. Really creative ideas. I thought the idea of reading the book and making a cake was great, also making the cloud in a jar was cool. - Expert Layout -- The wiki page is very nicely laid out. The graphics on the first page are an interesting start. I especially like the layout on the Parent page. The layout on the student activity page looks shifted to the right, but otherwise all the pages were well done. -- Expert Navigation -- All links are clearly marked and go where you expect to go. All of the links worked -- Expert Graphics -- The graphics used related to the topic and enhanced the instruction. --Expert Accessibility -- Images have ALT tags. -- Expert Fonts - The use of fonts is consistent and easy to read. The point size varies from heading to text and bold and underline is used appropriately. -- Expert Background -- The background is exceptionally attractive and consistent across the pages. It adds to the theme and purpose of the lesson. - Expert. Color Choices -- Colors of background, fonts, unvisited and visited links were all pleasing. They did not detract from the content and were consistent across the website. - Expert. Spelling & Grammar -

A more in depth look at persuasive writing and how media persuades young adults.

Stephanie, Great job!! I really enjoyed the lesson. Aim/Purpose -- The introduction lays out the objectives of the lesson very well -- Expert Lesson Plan - Link to the lesson plan is included and it works -- Expert Student Activity Page -- The student activity pages include great resources for the students to use, but the instructions are difficult to find - Mastery. Parent Page -- Parent page includes creative ideas for engaging students in the lesson at home as well as a site to help parents extend the learning at home.- Expert Layout -- The web page is very nicely laid out and the white space is used very well. The graphic element enhances the page. -- Expert Navigation -- All links are clearly marked and go where you expect to go. -- Expert Graphics -- The graphic included relates to instruction and are cited. --Expert Accessibility -- Images do not have ALT tags. Lessons are described appropriately. -- Novice Fonts - The use of fonts is consistent and easy to read. The point size varies from heading to text and bold and underline is used appropriately.. -- Expert Background -- The background is exceptionally attractive and consistent across the pages. It adds to the theme and purpose of the lesson. - Expert. Color Choices -- Colors of background, fonts, unvisited and visited links were all pleasing. They did not detract from the content and were consistent across the website. - Expert. Spelling & Grammar -- There are no spelling, punctuation or grammar errors in the final draft of the lesson. -- Expert Copyright -- Fair use guidelines are followed with clear, easy-to-locate and accurate citations for ALL borrowed material. - Expert Contact Information -- Every webpage contains a statement of authorship, school/business name, and date of publication and date last edited. -- Expert

Peer evaluation for Stephanie Witsil by Misty Tuttle I really liked your website. Nice job! Aim/Purpose - (expert) Home page clearly describes what the content of the website is with high student interest. Lesson Plan - (expert) The lesson plan link loads and displays lesson properly. Student Activity Page - (expert) Many different sites for the students to visit. Parent Page - (expert) Expresses the importance of encouraging children to read and write at home. Includes a link to an article for parents to read for more information. Layout - (expert) organized and easy to use. Navigation - (expert) Easy to navigate. Graphics - (expert) Pictures highly support content and are fun. Accessibility - (expert) images do not have alt tag that describes the image in detail. However, many pictures have text that describes the picture. Fonts - (expert) good use fonts. They are readable and appropriate. Background - (expert) Backgrounds are consistent throughout the site. Color Choices - (expert) I liked the color choices. They are not distracting from the content and message. Spelling and Grammar - (expert) I didn't notice any mistakes. Copyright - (expert) The source of all clip art are cited. Contact Information - (expert) There is a separate link for questions and comments with an email address for contact purposes.

John C. ETC 545 Lesson 6 Teaching Wiki Page

John, this topic is a hard one for many (like myself) but I think you underestimate how well your site is put together. I was pulled in to want to know more and I could feel the personalization, without knowing you well. Fine Job! Expert * Aim/Purpose The who, what, where, and why are answered on the Home Page - Mastery * Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan is very thorough. May want subtitles left aligned - Expert * Student Activity Page All links work - very understandable * Parent Page None; however a neat twist on this might be on taking care of/assisting needs of parents of the students. (elderly) - just a creative thought. Expert * Web Design - being a wiki, how did you design with your own color choice, no template... Expert * Layout -consistant throughout Expert * Navigation Consistant link back to Home at the bottom of all pages. Organized and flows. Expert * Graphics I love the humor. With such a technical subject, and one that is hard to be interested in if you're not, your choice of images/cartoons pulls me in to read more. (citations?) Novice * Accessibility ALT tag that describes the image and if it links anywhere - Expert * Fonts Clean and easy to read. Consistant throughout web site. Expert * Background Does not distract from design even though dark. Color-coordinated .Is your choice school colors? Mastery * Color Choices The 'norm' suggests that we don't do as you have; white on dark. I personally like it, but do notice that after awhile it glares at you. Expert * Spelling and Grammar All very professional. Novice * Copyright No copyright. Novice * Contact Information On Student Feedback only. No authorship on each page.

John, I found your lesson interesting, but out of my field. I enjoyed going to some of the sites you incorporated into your lesson. Good Job! CONTENT: Aim/Purpose: EXPERT - Home page gives you an insight to what is going to occur along with a summary outline. Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan: MASTERY - Lesson plan has the limited content to follow along through the process. It corresponding with state standards and objectives through the activities. Student Activity Page: MASTERY - The sophistication of this lesson is limited. Parent Page : NOVICE - The Parent page is non-existent. WEB DESIGN: Layout: EXPERT - Pages are clearly labeled - users can expect what they will find on each page. Navigation: EXPERT - All the links are labeled and open to the appropriate site. Key hot links are found in multiple places. Graphics: EXPERT - Graphics use added to the topics relevance. Accessibility: EXPERT - ALT tags use with graphics linked to resourcesful sites. Fonts: MASTERY - Fonts used was not as clear and easy to read, consistent throughout. Background: EXPERT - Simple green background used and consistent. Color Choices: EXPERT - Background provided clarity with the content provided. Visited links appear as a different color. Spelling and Grammar: EXPERT - No errors are aparant. Copyright: MASTERY - Graphics used did not have references. Contact Information: NOVICE - Name was on top of each page but not consistent on Contact information.

Learn the importance of color and its' application in design. - The Element of Color / Communication Graphics

Michelle, I found your lesson interesting. I enjoyed going to some of the sites you incorporated into your lesson. Students can easily work through this process seeking little or no support to complete each task. Good Job! CONTENT: Aim/Purpose: EXPERT - Home page gives you an insight to what is going to occur with the video and the summary outline. Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan: EXPERT - Lesson plan has the necessary content to follow along through the process corresponding with state standards and objectives through the activities. Student Activity Page: EXPERT - The sophistication of this lesson is appropriatly designed for 10-12th graders - Activities steps are clear, the rubrics, and provide learners with clear idea of what is expected of them. Parent Page : EXPERT - The Parent page has a plethora ideas for a parent to consider, good job. WEB DESIGN: Layout: EXPERT - Pages are clearly labeled - users can expect what they will find on each page. Appropriate use of white space used to effectively organize material. Navigation: EXPERT - All the links are labeled and open to the appropriate site. Key hot links are found in multiple places. Graphics: MASTERY - Graphics was limited. But when used they were relevant to the topic. Accessibility: MASTER - Due to limited graphic's ALT tags were limited. Fonts: EXPERT - Fonts used was clear and easy to read, consistent throughout. Most colored fonts used in the first page. Background: EXPERT - Simple White background used and consistent. Color Choices: EXPERT - Background provided clarity with the content provided. Visited links appear as a different color. Spelling and Grammar: EXPERT - No errors are aparant. Copyright: MASTERY - Graphics were limited to new sites opened. Contact Information: EXPERT - Contact information provided in each page plus the parents page.

Web-based lesson which utilizes the Web 2.0 tools Wetpaint Wiki and Delicious as learners research out a chosen topic to then write an argumentation based on the 5 paragraph essay model. Learners will compile, modify, peer-edit, revise and publish their essays using Wetpaint.

ETC545: Internet for Educators Development of Web-Based Resources for Lesson Plan Self Assessment Rubric Name of Author: Ramsey Adams Title of Lesson: The Writing Process Date: May 3, 2009 Aim/Purpose: Expert- Great introduction. It explains the content very nicely! Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/Instructional Plan: Expert - Link to lesson plan works well and has various elements Student Activity Page: Expert - Copies of rubrics follow with student activities Parent Page: Expert - Great parent page with information on laws and what students are supposed to be doing. Web Design Layout: Expert- well maintained layout Navigation: Expert- It is easy to navigate and your information is tabbed wonderfully! Graphics: Mastery- Graphics go along with the pages and the information given, although there are very little graphics throughout. Accessibility: Mastery- Images do not have alt tags, although there is an immense amount of information on the page Fonts: Expert- Fonts are all the same and easy to read. Backgrounds: Expert- background is consistent and works well with they layout of the page. Color Choices: Expert- great choices in colors, they are consistent and work well together. Spelling and Grammar: Mastery- there are a few spelling errors. Copyright: Expert- great job in this area. Contact Information: Expert- name is displayed on every page.

I double checked - using view source to verify the presence of ALT tags - they are there. ALT tags are designed to show when the image does not - my images load up just fine so you won't see the ALT tag unless you view the HTML source.

Well in review I can certainly see I have more than just much to learn about development of lesson plans. Your though ness in thought and design are staggering to me. I was struggling with the technology, and had no concept of what lesson plans looked like. This is another very impressive and humbling to lesson plan. Excellent work! The only problem noted was a link issue with Oregon Pioneers By Stefanie Flora, my computer could not open it, and I been having a lot of problems of that nature.

Aim/Purpose: Expert-Purpose is well stated. Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan: Expert- Link to lesson plan works. Everything seems to be in order. Student Activity Page: Expert- Many links for students to learn from. I like how you use pictures for the students to click on. Parent Page: Expert-Many resouces for parents to look at. Also it is easy for parents to email you. Layout: Expert- Every thing is unifom. You use the same backround for each page. Navigation: Expert- All links work and are useable Graphics: Expert- I enjoyed all of your pictures. As I said before I love how you can click on the picture and it takes you to another page. Accessibility: Expert- All pages are accessible and clear. Very consistent. Fonts: Expert: Consistent throughout Background: Expert- Background is consistent on every page. Color Choices: Expert- Very surine and consistent. Spelling and Grammar: Expert- No errors that I saw. Copyright: Expert- All sources sighted, if needed. Contact Information: Expert- Can contact via email Elizabeth I just wanted to add that I absolutely loved your website. Your links were wonderful and the pictures were great. I would use your site for students!!!

Beth - what a wonderful way to teach history - take them there! I love what you have done here - Not just because Oregon is home to me, I wanted to find out what there was to know and to be sure I had all my needed supplies. :) * Aim/Purpose Expert- Student goals are clearly stated on the entry page. Awesome entry to your site. It is clear what is going to be studied and is visually inviting. * Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan Mastery- Lesson plan displayed properly Expert- Resources, rubrics, and lesson directions are clear and accessible. * Student Activity Page Expert-links very interactive; student able to experience the experience of being there with videos and feel what the pioneers had as challenges in their every-day life. You did a wonderful job of putting this activity together, to include having choices available. * Parent Page Expert - linked to interaction with student's learning. * Web Design Expert- pleasing to the eye * Layout Expert - easy to follow * Navigation Expert - Able to follow, easy to read. I, however, expected the 'back' button to take me to the last place I was, instead of home page. * Graphics Expert - well chosen for lesson design. ALL images have an ALT tag that describes the image and if it links anywhere. * Accessibility Expert - all links work. * Fonts Expert - appropriate for age group; easy to read and consistant. * Background Expert - Light blue is soothing, very attractive. * Color Choices Expert - The choices make the graphics pop-out. Consistant throughout site. * Spelling and Grammar Expert - No errors. * Copyright Expert - Noted properly - name on all pages. * Contact Information Expert - Available on all pages; links to email work. Every web page contains a statement of authorship.

This is the location of my final project for ETC 545. - ETC545 Final Project Home

Will I couldn't agree with you more. The point of this activity was to produce a web-based learning activity which you did very effectively. I think the rubric hamstrings reviewers in to looking for things that may not be as important as the content and organization. So in an effort to try to go along with the rubric, some items get marked low. If I had free reign to assess you work, I'd say it was an excellent plan that hit what students need, it was clear, had great teaching resources and I may come back and do the lesson myself. My only comment would be to add in the introduction what your teaching level is so reviewers have some perspective as to who the "customer" is.

Self Evaluation * Aim/Purpose - Expert- The entry page states a quick overview and goals of the assignment. * Lesson Plan/Teacher's Guide/ Instructional Plan - Mastery- I realize I should have used the Taskstream Lesson plan builder to make it much more indepth. * Student Activity Page - Expert- This contains multi channel forms of information, videos, links and assignments. * Parent Page - N/A. I don't teach children, but rather adults. As such I don't have a parents page. I do think I should have included a "stakeholders" page for the student, teachers and administrators, but I would have it tied with the lesson plan. * Layout - Expert- I am using wetpaint wiki, and it makes the layout extremely simple and straight forward. * Navigation - Expert- Each page has its own link on the menu page, and all are accessable from any page in the site. * Graphics - Expert- There are only 2 pictures which are for Delicious and wetpaint, but it also includes several sets of videos which help explain the material.. * Accessibility - N/A. This is a wetpaint wiki and as such it does not support accessbility. The issue I have is that part of this unit is about how to use wiki's and delicious... if you make universial accessible css pages, they are NOT interactive like a wiki. * Fonts- Expert- Fonts are consistent and simple. * Background- Expert- Consistent and simple. * Color Choices- Expert- Colors are consistent and simple on all pages. * Spelling and Grammar- Expert- There are no errors. * Copyright- Mastery- All borrowed material is cited, but I don't know if citations are done correctly. I should have a resources page with the citations for the videos. * Contact Information- mastery- Contact information is provided by Wiki on each page but my contact information as the author are not listed, and my creative commons license is not listed.

Rachell I have completed a review of your lesson plan wiki. I love the idea of having a class site that assignments are posted, I use a Google Doc website, but only attach my assignments. The lesson looks clear, I'm just worried that as you ask the student to open a link, they now cannot read the directions. My high school kids get lost when I do that. Wikis make putting lessons online easy and clear and your links and formatting were basic but very effective. I struggled on mine using Dreamweaver. Over all, nice job. I will post your rubric, as soon as I figure it out.

Will, Is there any instructional strategies that is effective? Could you share with us?

Phil, You stated: "Very few graphics Navigation-Expert-Navigation is clear and easy and all the links work. I love wikis for this reason. " I wonder any weakness for wiki navigation menu.