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| Reviewed: |
Sep 15, 2011 by Teacher Education |
| Overview: |
Critique It is an application that allows students to collaborate in creating and editing documents, images, presentations, and spreadsheets. |
| Learning Goals: |
This is a work tool, rather than a learning tool. Its goals are:
Facilitate peer reviews.
Reduce the use of paper.
Promote creative collaboration.
Enable the storing and sharing of large files from a secure location.
Enable text, audio, and video feedback on any type of file. |
| Target Student Population: |
Educator, students, business. Can be used for upper elementary through post graduate studies. |
| Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills: |
None |
| Type of Material: |
A productivity application with social networking opportunities |
| Recommended Uses: |
This tool could be used for collaborative writing. It could also be used as an assignment submission tool by teachers and professors. Faculty preparing to submit a work for publication could use it to get feedback from others around the world before submission. It can be used for commenting and grading student portfolios, for sharing Powerpoints, for distributing and editing and for distributing meeting notes. |
| Technical Requirements: |
basic web surfing skills
no additional media player needed |
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| Strengths: |
The strength of this application is the ease of collaboration for students. It is possible to include audio and video critique/collaboration. |
| Concerns: |
no concerns |
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Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool |
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| Strengths: |
Peer review is a sound concept in education and this application will facilitate that. |
| Concerns: |
Many aspects are already available elsewhere free. This program's free version only allows participants to join or give feedback. They cannot create peer groups, upload documents or receive feedback. There is a cost ($9.99/month) for that. |
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Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty |
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| Strengths: |
Easy to use and access the materials and tools.
Automatically saves.
Allows both audio and visual in premium accounts.
Can switch from Free to Premium account from month to month.
Has special pricing for corporate, education, and non-profit. |
| Concerns: |
The main features - creating peer groups, sending documents for feedback, and receiving feedback - are limited to the premium accounts that cost $9.99/month. Critique comments are not readily seen on page. There are tabs on the left side of the document numbered to coordinate with the highlighted critiqued areas. These must be clicked to read each one. Not as useful in this respect as Tracker in MS Word.
Students who are not tech savvy may have some problems with the application. |
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