Peer reviewing is something you learn in school from a very young age. When you are young you practice reviewing fake paragraphs, and as you get older you start to review the papers of your peers. I will admit that peer reviewing has always been stressful to me. Sometimes I feel self conscious that I'll miss something, or that my evaluation will come across harsh or judgemental. In past classes, I have purposely failed to mention some of the errors I saw if I felt like I had already pointed out numerous flaws.
I think that the videos and powerpoint I watched today were very helpful. Especially the video with the kids. In the first video, I liked the emphasis they put on staying positive, while still being helpful. Just because you are giving someone criticism does not mean you need to be hateful or rude. In the powerpoint, I learned that I should try to stay as specific as possible. I shouldn't give vague suggestions or tips, because in the end it is of no real help to the author. In the last video, I learned the most of all. I didn't realize that there were so many different ways you could do peer editing wrong. I can say that throughout my school career, I have been all of those students at least once (except for maybe the loud one). I want to try to work on not being a picky Patty and a whatever William
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Overall, good.
ReplyDeleteYour picture needs to have alt and title modifiers and every blog post should include working links.
I've been trying for two days and I can't get my links to work. Should I include a nonworking link until I can figure out how to get mine to work? I've tried on Chrome and Firefox.
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ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you that peer editing is never really fun for anyone. I hate the thought of hurting anyone's feelings because I have to be totally honest, so (sadly) sometimes I don't point out every flaw because I don't want to offend people. I like your picture, too-it's adorable! About the image, if you're editing your blog, find the link for the image and find that part that has '<img', then add 'title="(whatever the website is that you got the image from)" alt="(what the image is-ie: I Want YOU to Peer Edit)". Don't forget the space after 'img' and after what you choose to put in 'alt'. Once you get the hang of it, it's a piece of cake!
The only other thing is-be sure not to put your image in the middle of a sentence. I thought the end of your post was 'or whatever' until I scrolled down and saw 'William' after the image. Just be careful with that.
Great and informative post!