After reading one of Dr. Strange's previous students blogs', Paige Ellis, I was reminded to think like a teacher when commenting on someone's blog. We all want to be teachers here, and are wanting to learn from our mistakes and grow. If we held our true reactions back and did not share with our classmates what we truly thought after reading their blogs then we are only hurting them. Now with that being said, this needs to be done in a positive way. Negative feedback only hurts peoples feelings, and they might become self conscious in the process. If we give them suggestions or share things with a positive outlook and response, then the student is more likely to get something more out of it.
Switching gears, and moving to the Peer Editing video, it has the same message. In the video the girl talks a lot about being positive, and how giving compliments will really help them to improve. Giving suggestions to the bloggers is also great to show them you care enough to give them feedback that they can work with, and that could potentially make their future blogs better. In the next part of the video, a rubric layout it discussed, and the most important aspects the blog needs in order to be the best. The three more important things to keep in mind while reading and or commenting on a peers blog are: 1. Compliments 2. Suggestions and 3. Corrections.
I absolutely loved watching the video of the elementary schools children acting out different "not-to-do's" while peer editing papers. The creative names they came up with, and how they acted everything out seemed very fun and was humorous! This would be a great way for the kids to learn about each of these different ways not to edit their friends papers, and also have fun in the process. Sometimes is takes being silly and doing something in a unique way for students, or even anyone to remember certain messages. All of these ways made sense very much, and I will definitely put them into consideration while reading through and commenting on blogs!
Hey Jordan,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job on your blog post, I really like your picture too. I think it is important to "think like a teacher" when commenting on others blogs or peer editing. My favorite was the video on the different types of peer editing situations as well. It was very funny but so true at the same time.
"If we give them suggestions or share things with a positive outlook and response, then the student is more likely to get something more out of it." Great point to make.
ReplyDeleteOverall, great job! Be sure to include working links in every blog post.