Media Review Template &

Rubric for Evaluation

Insert the picture of the medium	(search internet to find a picture/image)
Introduction Introduce the medium, author, publication date, etc.	Name of Book/ Video/ Web Page/ Articles by Author/ Producer/ Creator Copyright © Date
Reviewed by	Your Name
Reference: (APA style)	Author, E. (1989) Title of article Title of Book 2(4): 111-111.
Contents
Quote from the medium:
It discusses, argues, outlines, showcases, or explains ……..
Recommendation: Do you recommend this medium to what age level? Your general impressions. What you learnt new. What it is about...
Author's Writing Style- What is your opinion about the way the author wrote this book? Think about the author's choice of words, the point of view and his/her use of dialogue.
Theme- What are the major issues/ topics/ themes/ projects in this medium? What message was he/she trying to give to reader?
Classroom Integration. Can you use the ideas in your classroom? Did it inspired you create a lesson plan, did it give you new strategies or methods?
Multicultural, multilingual Perspective: Is this medium designed, or produced for different learning preferences, and abilities, do they included unbiased pictures, information?
Something Unique about this medium…
Add one or two review for the medium you choose from another resource.
(Optional) Create a media review rubric that would like to be evaluated on. One example is below.

WPUNJ- Cheng Library Curriculum Resources Link- http://www.wpunj.edu/library/currmats/

Sources for Software Reviews
Academic Search Premier
Available to William Paterson University students and faculty from the Library’s webpage, http://www.wpunj.edu/library/ercsub_edu.shtml, this database indexes magazine and journal articles. Use the Advanced Search tab, select “Product Review” from Document Type to narrow your search.

California Learning Resource Network - Search
Searchable by keyword, title, publisher, subject, type of resource and grade level, this initiative from the California Learning Resource Network (CLRN) reviews videos, software and internet resources. This database can also identify products designed for at-risk students, and by instructional mode, e.g. simulation.
http://clrn.org/search

Children’s Software Revue
A quarterly publication that is available on the magazine rack in the Curriculum Materials Center. Each issue indexes over 100 products of interactive children’s media, including software and videogames. The associated website, that indexes over 6000 products, requires a password (available from the print publication). Search by title, rating, publisher, date, platform or grade level. WIL074
http://www.childrenssoftware.com

EvaluTech
A project of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Educational Technology Cooperative, EvaluTech includes reviews of more than 10,000 software and print resources. Search by keyword, author, title, subject, grade level, date, publisher or producer.
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org

Review Corner – Best Educational Software
Created by Discoveryschool.com, over two hundred software programs are listed alphabetically, by brand, by age level and subject (interest). The criteria for evaluation criteria can be found in the section labeled “How we Rate Products.”
http://schooldiscovery.com/parents/reviewcorner/software

Software and CD-ROM Reviews on File
Updated monthly, this looseleaf service provides product descriptions and reviews for over 800 software programs each year. The pros and cons of many business, education, games, graphics, reference and utility programs are discussed.
Call Number: Reference QA75.5 .S63 (Index table facing Media Services)

Media Review-- example

Criteria	1	2	3	4	Your Score
Mechanics	Frequent errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation	Errors in grammar and punctuation, but spelling has been proofread	Occasional grammatical errors and questionable word choice	Nearly error-free which reflects clear understanding and thorough proofreading	1 2 3 4
Originality	Report displays no evidence of original thought	Basic information and plot summary with little or no evidence of new insight	Report demonstrates a clear understanding of the book's content and offers some original insight	Evidence of high level reading comprehension is demonstrated through telling description, originality and fresh insight	1 2 3 4
Relevance of sites to topic and task	Some sites irrelevant and the annotations provide little or no connection to the task.	Not all sites are relevant to the task and annotations lack guidance for the user. Not enough information to complete the task.	Sites are on the topic, contain most or all the information needed to complete the task. Annotations need more direction to user.	Sites contain all the information needed to complete the task on this topic. Annotations are effective in directing user to the needed info.	1 2 3 4
Writing	Annotations are not all original and/or grammar or spelling flawed and the sentences, phrases seem disconnected. carelessness throughout.	Annotations may not be original. Grammar or spelling flawed and the logic in the annotations is random. Evidence of carelessness.	Annotations are original. Grammar and spelling are flawless or nearly so. Logic sequence apparent. but not optimal. Some wording is careless.	Annotations are original. Grammar and spelling are flawless and annotations provide a logical pathway of ideas and directions. Annotations flow nicely.	1 2 3 4
Content	Thesis is unclear and information appears randomly chosen	Thesis is clear, but supporting information is disconnected	Information relates to a clear thesis; many relevant points, but they are somewhat unstructured	Exceptional use of material that clearly relates to a focused thesis; abundance of various supported materials	1 2 3 4
Brief Summary	Inaccurate summary	Incomplete summary	Adequate summary without drawing attention toward significant events	Complete summary with attention focused on significant events	1 2 3 4
Your Category
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Media Review Template &

Rubric for Evaluation

Insert the picture of the medium

(search internet to find a picture/image)

Introduction

Introduce the medium, author, publication date, etc.

Name of Book/ Video/ Web Page/ Articles by Author/ Producer/ Creator

Copyright © Date

Reviewed by

Your Name

Reference: (APA style)

Author, E. (1989) Title of article Title of Book 2(4): 111-111.

Contents

Quote from the medium:

It discusses, argues, outlines, showcases, or explains ……..

Recommendation: Do you recommend this medium to what age level? Your general impressions. What you learnt new. What it is about...

Author's Writing Style-

What is your opinion about the way the author wrote this book? Think about the author's choice of words, the point of view and his/her use of dialogue.

Theme- What are the major issues/ topics/ themes/ projects in this medium? What message was he/she trying to give to reader?

Classroom Integration. Can you use the ideas in your classroom? Did it inspired you create a lesson plan, did it give you new strategies or methods?

Multicultural, multilingual Perspective: Is this medium designed, or produced for different learning preferences, and abilities, do they included unbiased pictures, information?

Something Unique about this medium…

Add one or two review for the medium you choose from another resource.

(Optional) Create a media review rubric that would like to be evaluated on. One example is below.

Name of Book/ Video/ Web Page/ Articles
by Author/ Producer/ Creator