Feedback | EITYWT and the WATER Check

1 / About you

Who is answering?

The same feedback means different things coming from a first-time visitor, a veteran journalism teacher, a student, or someone who already knows me. This helps put your comments in context.

Are you 18 or older? Required

YesNo

If relevant, what do you teach or what is your professional role?

Years of experience in your field

Before this project, how familiar were you with news or media literacy?

How did you first encounter this project?

What is your relationship to Eric Jourgensen, if any?

2 / What you saw

What did you experience?

Which materials did you review or use? Choose at least one

Quick ratings

1 is low. 5 is high. Leave something blank if you did not see enough to judge it.

Clarity

Usefulness

Credibility

Relevance

Engagement

Accessibility for someone new to media literacy

Visual design and presentation

3 / Your reaction

What actually landed?

These are intentionally open. Short answers are fine.

What idea, example, phrase, or experience stayed with you most?

Was there a moment that made you reconsider how you consume, evaluate, or share information?

What, if anything, was confusing or needed more explanation?

What felt unnecessary, repetitive, or could be shortened?

What do you think is missing?

Who do you think would benefit most from this work?

How would you describe EITYWT or WATER to someone who had never seen it?This question is especially useful because it shows what the project communicates without giving you marketing language first.

WATER users

How did WATER behave in the wild?

Without assistance, did you understand what WATER was asking you to do?

How easy was WATER to use?

Did WATER help you think more critically about the information you entered?

Where, if anywhere, did you get stuck?

What would make WATER more useful?

Educators

Could this live in a classroom?

Could you envision using this with students?

What grade levels or subject areas do you think it fits?

What would you need before feeling comfortable using it independently with students?

4 / The big questions

Zoom out.

Does this project address a problem you believe is important right now? Why or why not?

Does it offer something meaningfully different from other news or media-literacy resources you have encountered? If so, what?

How likely are you to recommend EITYWT or WATER to someone else?

If you could tell me one thing before the next version is released, what would it be?

5 / Optional permission

Your feedback is yours.

Everything above helps whether or not you let me quote you. Permission to use feedback publicly is a separate choice.

Tell me what I am missing.