For Paige Ellis' Blog Post 12 assignment, she created an assignment that most of us EDM 310ers struggle with, peer editing. The assignment she created gives great tips to follow when peer editing and a couple of items to avoid as well. In Ellis' blog post she explains that constructive criticism can be hard; however, it has to be done. Therefore Paige took the time to make sure us EDM 310ers know how to properly peer edit.
In What is Peer Editing and Peer Editing with Perfection Tutorial both explain that peer is someone your own age and editing is making comments, compliments, suggestions, and changes to someone else's work. Therefore, peer editing is working with someone your own age to help improve his/her own writing. Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes explains that peer reviewing can be a very valuable exercise for students of all grades. However, at times people can tend to rub others the wrong way. Top 10 Mistakes show you ways of not being a Mean Margaret or the Social Sammy. Even when a person just trying to be helpful, there are guidelines to follow so that no one would experience being rub in any way. What is Peer Editing gave three steps to peer editing. The first step is to compliment. It is best to start the peer review off with a compliment; let the author know what they have done well. The next step is to make suggestions. When doing this, give specific ideas on ways they can make their paper better (word choice, details, etc.). The final step is make corrections. When making corrections always check for punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, and spelling. Most importantly don't be Jean the Generalizer and leave comments that are not specific. Always be specific on what you are correcting on their paper.
I have to say that I am grateful for Paige's Blog Post 12. Peer editing is something that's often a struggle because a person don't want to offend anyone. I think it is important that we all have a sense of honesty, especially being educators. Being a learning community, constructive criticism should be looked at as a compliment. It should be as if your were saying thanks for making me better. All and all from taking part in viewing the videos, I personally feel like I have learned what it takes to peer review properly.
Great Post! I learned a lot from your blog post. I was so scared when I heard that we were going to have to edit our peer's work. I did not want to rub anyone in the wrong way. I know now that we are only helping our classmates, so they will not make mistakes again.
ReplyDelete"Peer editing is something that's often a struggle because a person don't want to offend anyone." I would change "don't" to "does not".
I think you used a lot of good detail!
"Even when a person just trying to be helpful, there are guidelines to follow so that no one would experience being rub in any way." You left out "is" after "person". Also, you should have said "so that no one would experience being rubbed in the wrong way." Or just changed the wording in the last part.
ReplyDeleteVery good job summarizing the two resources. You seem to have a better understanding of what peer editing is. Remember to be specific and be honest.
Thoughtful. Good job!