| Last week we did some peer evaluating within our groups. We took a look at our first assignment which was a paper about how technology and how it has evolved throughout our lives. I found that working within our groups really helped me personally because I found it very useful to have others looking at my paper. I found that when others read my paper they saw mistakes that I didn't. They also gave me good ideas as to how to make the paper better. I find it hard to proof read my own paper because sometimes when it makes sense to me it sometimes doesnt make sense to the audience that is reading it. It helps me out when others can ask questions about what something is suppose to mean. I can then re-do the part of the paper that may be confusing to others and hopefully re-word it to give it a better understanding. I also enjoyed having more than one person read my paper. Of course having one person read it is better than having nobody read it but with us having 4 people to a group only helps out the peer evaluation days. |
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Peer Evaluations
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I totally agree with you on the peer evaluations. I thought they were a great resource for us in writing or reflection papers and I think we had a great time with it by remembering the good old days of using casset tapes to record our favorite songs on the radio with Casey Cassum haha!
I thought the peer review was helpful too. I liked how we were able to brainstorm together and give each other ideas on how to make everything better. ps.- we love flavor of love!!! haha!
I agree that the larger group is more helpful. I received three different opinions on what was the most important or influencial content in my paper. This allowed me to re-evaluate which ideas I should emphasize in my paper.
Todd, You have got good points here. We are blind to our errors and mistakes, but reviewers can help us to spot those errors and mistakes. When people review, they have different focuses, which helps the author to look at his/her paper from different perspectives.
Ruby
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