How Can I Provide Meaningful Feedback to My Peers?
This week (or rather, this particularly snowy week), we were stuck inside doing homework and other things to keep us busy! Our assignment was to watch a couple of videos about peer editing and how to effectively do it! The first couple of videos just kind of gave us some instructions on how to peer edit. My favorite one to watch though was the video featuring some cute little fifth graders called "Writing Peer Review Top Ten Mistakes"! It provided a great example about what NOT to do when doing your peer editing for others, plus it was so funny!
To sum up the first two videos, they gave us specific ways on how to peer edit. What I got out of both videos is I felt like the most important way to effectively peer edit is to always give compliments when you're giving your suggestions and corrections. You don't want to completely drag the person down when they have a truckload of mistakes, do you? I'm sure that wouldn't feel good to you when you're handing your work to someone else, but you also want to leave no stone unturned when you edit their papers... You want to at least tell them what they did right and let them know the effort is acceptable before bogging them down with the corrections they must make to make the paper sound good. That way they will have confidence and they will actually want to improve their writing skills!
As mentioned before, I absolutely loved the last video. It was kind of a follow up video to the first and second to let us know what not to do when editing, as opposed to what you must do when editing. The adorable students reenacted possible scenarios of students not doing the right thing when peer editing. You just NEVER put people down about their work! And never be pushy, passive, overcritical, and mean! It all goes back to confidence levels... You want to buildup your partner, not push them down! Peer edit effectively and, well, nicely!
Kaitlyn, the video of the fifth graders was my favorite as well. They gave examples of things not to do. You never want to put anyone down. You always want to lift them up, encourage them, and help them.
ReplyDeleteYour post is well written. I like how you asked rhetorical questions to make the reader think. I would recommend that you add the names or links to the other two videos. If I was not currently in EDM 310, I would not know what other two videos you are referring to.
Now put what you have learned to work!
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