Project Evaluation

Strong points of your site:

(1) I liked that you chose to select some less well-known dictators; this allows for a broader exposure for your audience; nice job.  (2) Excellent Chronology page, and the tri-tone font was very helpful.  (3) Good job of combining images with the narrative throughout the site; helps readers both see and read the account as they go through it.  (4) Sufficient care was taken with spelling and grammar; nice work attending to those details.  (5) Devoting separate pages to each figure was a good move.  (6) A significant element of your site was the fact that you traced the roots of their dictatorial style and philosophy to Marx and Stalin; what an excellent notion!

Areas that need improvement:

(1) The opening page might be improved by having a more developed preview of the entire site; the page links are right there and obvious to the viewer, but it would help to present more info on each area.

Congrats on completing this project!

Dr. Fox

MITA, or Moment-In-Time-Analysis, is a problem-based learning methodology developed by Daniel S. Fox, Ph.D. in 2003 for the purpose of engaging learners in course curriculum, developing their critical thinking skills, improving their internet and computer competence, and facilitating a group problem-solving challenge.  It is used here in a college-level Group Communication course at Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California. 

For more information about PBL, visit www.speechprof.faithweb.com.

The assignment can be found at this site:  www.groupcomm.freeservers.com.

The introduction to the assignment reads, "Each group will explore dimensions of a selected historical event.

Parts:

1.           Investigate a designated Moment-In-Time issue, collecting the data using the MITA tool, and organizing it in a sensible format for an audience.

2.           Develop a web page at Freeservers.com or 20fr.com that showcases the results of the MITA study. 

3.           Present the results and the web page to the rest of the class in an internet-connect classroom.

Dr. Fox is a professor of Speech Communication at Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California.

 980 Freemont,

Monterey, Ca. 93940

831-645-1305

dfox@mpc.edu