Students in their PJs and other delights...

Today Sally and I started grading a new item of assessment for MKT2020. This piece is described as a10 minute 'electronic presentation' of the student - something akin to an elevator pitch which we have worked on a lot in this module. We encouraged the students to use a range of media - prezis, video, websites etc.

We had a bit of a Goldilocks experience with the first three submissions.

The first one didn't have enough in... a dull and uninspiring prezi with a link at the end which frustratingly lead to a beautiful web portfolio (not part of the submission)

The second one had too much in it - a huge archive of everything the student had ever done, at length! Even the video section included out-takes.

I'd like to say the third one was just right, but it memorably included a video clip which the student had failed to edit. It ended "and I am extremely professional" at which point she pulled a face and said to herself "I have no idea why I said that", and got up to turn the video camera off, revealing that in true Newsreader style, below her smart shirt and jumper she had pyjama bottoms on. Priceless. This will give us material for years to come!

Having viewed this, I got a bit of a crisis of confidence about the piece of assessment - had the technology swallowed up the learning objectives? Sally's experience paid off - too early to judge, we should stick to our guns. Then, to my immense relief, a beautiful piece of work from Aneta. A 3 minute video which served as a fantastic advert for her skills and potential. Buoyed up by this, the marking continues...