Peer editing can be a tricky subject, critiquing the way someone does something can end up in many different scenarios which is why you must do it right! In the first video "What is Peer Editing?" it shows good examples of ways you should and should not peer edit. I love the three steps they gave for peer editing, complements, corrections, and suggestions. When you peer edit it is important to not only critique someones work but also to tell them their strengths as well. If you only tell a student their flaws and negatives it can make them get discouraged and lose hope. When making corrections it is also important to keep positive as well, while also letting them know specifically what they need to work on. Just scanning someones paper and pointing out things non-specifically is not always enough! When pointing out mistakes you have to give the student suggestions on how to correct each mistake. Isn't the whole point of peer editing to suggest and show the other person how to fix their mistakes! The last video "Writing Peer Review Top Ten Mistakes" was very cute and showed examples of wrong ways to peer edit. This video showed real life examples with "mean Margaret's" and "picky Paula's, which in the video were example of real life scenarios of how you should not act when peer editing. Overall the main thing to remember when peer editing is to stay positive!
Hi Claire,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that peer editing can be a "tricky subject." I also agree that you cannot be negative all the time when critiquing because negativity does cause discouragement, not just in critiquing, but in real-life situations as well. I love your lemmings photo, it is extremely cute. However, I did notice a few punctuation errors. You are missing a comma in the first sentence and a closed quotation mark toward the end of your blog. I also noticed that you do not have any links. Here is the code:
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Copy the website and put it in the quotations, then, write the title of the video where it says title. Your blog post was spot on. Complements, Corrections, Suggestions! I hope my suggestion for the links helps. Good luck!
Claire, I tried to put the code in my comment and it actually did the work instead of being able to view the code (silly me). I would refer back to your Blog Assignments manual to review the actual code for the links.
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