Learner response

Create a new blogpost called 'Blog feedback and learner response' and copy and paste ALL your feedback below - WWW/EBI/LR. Read your feedback carefully and discuss any issues with me if something doesn't make sense. Then, complete the learner response tasks in the blogpost below your feedback.

WWW: This is a very mixed picture – there’s some positive work here but also a lot missing. If you’re serious about achieving the A grade you state in your opening questions then frankly things will need to change significantly. This isn’t currently the blog of someone who will go on to secure a top grade in the subject.

EBI: There are several major issues to address here. Firstly, you are missing key aspects of the work: the media consumption audit is missing entirely (https://mediamacguffin12.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/introduction-to-media-media-consumption.html) and the Reading an image and Reception theory tasks are only half done. You were supposed to find your own advert and write an additional analysis – you haven’t done this. In total, this is quite a significant amount of missing work – pretty much everything that is on your blog  could have been covered in lesson time so this makes me think you are not getting anywhere close to the five hours a week of homework in Media.

Secondly, and more worryingly, your icon/index/symbol task is identical to another student. The blog system makes it ludicrously easy to check this and blogs also have a posting date which confirms that yours was posted live ten days after the original piece of work. This is simply cheating and to be doing this in the first half-term when the workload is not particularly demanding is extremely concerning. This will be referred to Post-16 and we may need to arrange a meeting with parents.

Due to these issues, there is very little I can actually comment on to help you progress and develop in Media – which is the most frustrating aspect.


LR: Update your blog to make sure all missing work is completed and 100% your own writing. Delete everything that is copied and pasted – don’t even try to re-write it. Then, reflect on your work in A Level Media so far. What has gone wrong? How will you learn from these mistakes to re-direct your progress back towards that A grade? What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course?

I think in media i can focus more and spend more time both in and out of class on doing work and homework i will now focus on getting my homework done on time and make sure my work is completed 100%in my own writing. I think this will improve my knowledge and the level of detail i complete work in.

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