Evaluation

When you have finished this task, you will be asked to fill in the Evaluation sheet. You will be asked to state which Level you feel you are working at.  

As you can see by the statements below, the level you are awarded for this task is affected by the way you do the work. 

Think about which of these statements are true for you now, and think what you might do to get the highest level for this task.

Level 4
  • I find and add pictures to my text to make it more meaningful.
  • I am often checking and improving my work.
  • I am able to suggest good and bad points in other peoples’ work.
  • I design my work to make it suit the people my teacher says it is for.
  • I choose my question carefully before using IT to search for information.
  • I check my question by looking at the results I get.
  • I check my results to see if they can be trusted.
  • I know what a computer model is (on a spreadsheet)
  • I can see how my changes to a computer model alters what happens (after I’ve done them)
  • I can suggest how my changes to a computer model might alter what happens (before I do them)
  • I know different ways to use IT to get information from others to others.
Level 5
  • I am always ready to change the layout and structure of my work to make it more effective.
  • I am always looking at my work to see how I can improve it.
  • I look to improve my work as I am going along, and also when I am nearly finished.
  • I can adapt the design of my work to make it suit different groups of people or different situations.
  • Before using IT to search for information, I choose my questions very carefully to make sure I get the information I need.
  • I look carefully at my results to make sure I have asked the right question.
  • I am careful to gather the information that I need before entering it into an IT program.
  • I check that the information is accurate before using it.
  • I can work out how a computer model responds to the changes I can make.
  • I can tell when IT will be helpful for different sorts of work I need to do.
Level 6
  • I am always seeking to improve the appearance and effectiveness of my work.
  • I can find and link different sorts of files into a multimedia presentation or document.
  • I am often looking for good ideas which will show me how I can improve my work.
  • In the design of my work, I always choose the styles and content that I think will suit the main audience or purpose.
  • When using IT to search for information, I try to get the best results by using very precise questions.
  • I compare the results I get when asking different questions to find the best ones.
  • I select my information from different sources to reduce bias.
  • I can work out the rules that make a computer model work the way it does.
  • I can predict what will happen if I change the rules in a computer model.
  • I like to test a model to see how well it compares with real life.
  • I can see why the use of IT can have good and bad effects for people.