Blog Post #3: How Can You Provide Meaningful Feedback To Your Peers.

  In a and b, the material was a lot alike. I did learn that when reviewing some one's work you should be considerate. Sometimes you have to be gentle and watch how you phrase what you are saying to a person. You should start by giving them compliments on their work. It will give you the advantage of them actually taking your suggestions seriously when you get to that point. Your peers are your age and you are going to being giving feedback to the class, you should take this seriously if you want them to also take it seriously. After you give your peer some compliments, you should make suggestions on how to better the paper, but be gentle don't put them on the defensive. After you have given your suggestions, you should make corrections. Make sure your corrections are detailed. You want your peer to understand what you are saying so they can fix it properly.

  In c, the video was funny and cute. The message on this video was helpful though! You see all kinds of reactions when giving feedback from a peer. I'm not going to lie I have always hated it when teachers have others students grade my work. I mean who doesn't get embarrassed when they don't do well? However, when your peers are looking over your work to help you better your work. The kids in this video have given valuable points about how you, yourself, should be as a peer when giving feedback. You don't want to be mean but you don't want to be to nice without being aggressive with your ideas. You should make sure that you give enough detail and make sure you answer their questions when they don't understand what your saying.

   When giving your peers feedback, be reasonable, be understanding, be firm, make sure you read everything well.

Source: http://burrellbuzz.com/2011/09/burrell-re-evaluates-grading-scale/