Sunday, September 7, 2014

Blog Post 3 Peer Editing

Peer editing is a fantastic topic for teachers. Many of us have heard about peer editing over and over but practice makes perfect and as a teacher you can never be too good at editing! When done correctly, everyone benefits from peer editing. Learning to receive correction graciously is very important. Learning to give correction tactfully and respectfully is infinitely valuable.

If you have never peer edited before don't let it intimidate you. As long as you remember the three steps to successful editing you will be able to help your fellow classmate without fear of harming their self esteem!

1. Compliments! It is always nice to start off with the good news. There is always something nice that can be said. Maybe they had an interesting topic. Perhaps they used a lot fun images or a spectacular vocabulary. What ever you choose to brag on, make it genuine and let the writer know that you are on their side.

2. Suggestions! George Bernard Shaw once said, "If I have an apple and you have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." Long statement short, sharing ideas only gives you more ideas and you can never have too many!

3. Corrections! It happens to the best of us. We all make mistakes ranging from grammar to spelling to pragmatics and on. Gently draw attention to the error. You are doing this to help your peer. Often times if there is an error in the blog it discredits everything else that was said. This should always been done in a tactful way! You are going to be a teacher. You cannot be hateful toward anyone you correct in the classroom and you cannot be hateful toward anyone you correct in EDM310. It's good practice.

These are the tools you need to be successful in peer editing! I hope you enjoyed my post!

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2 comments:

  1. Nice cartoon.

    Thoughtful. Interesting. Well done.

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  2. I really liked your post it was great and well written. Although i thought we need to put in working links. But, other then that it was a great blog post.

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