Blog Post #3

When peer editing, you always need to be positive and uplifting! Tim Bedley's class did an excellent job of demonstrating what not to do when peer editing in Writing Peer Review (Peer Critique) TOP 10 Mistakes. No one wants a Picky Patty nit picking their paper and saying that you didn't underline one letter of the title or that you wrote too big. Also no one wants a Whatever William who doesn't even care about the assignment in the first place. The whole point of peer review is to help make your paper better, not to make you feel dumb. This video would be great for beginning peer editors!

The What is Peer Review video and the Peer Edit with Perfection slide show talks about the three steps of peer editing: complement, suggestion, and correction. You should always start off your comment on a positive note! Tell them about what you liked most about their post. Always leave a complement in your comment! The next thing you should put in your comment is something that could enhance their work; whether it be a different word choice or to add something. The last thing that should be included in your comment is the correction you need to make. Don't go over the top with the corrections and be sure to say them in a nice way. You don't want to publicly humiliate the author and make them feel dumb. Everyone make mistakes!