Blog Post #3

In the first video I watched called "What is Peer Editing?", it showed the 3 simple steps to follow when you are critiquing someone's work. The three steps are: Compliments, Suggestions, and Corrections. With the first step, you need to provide the person's work you are critiquing with some positive feedback. You could start off by saying "I really liked the idea you were going for!" or "The flow of your paper was very good.". You don't want to be too harsh when peer editing because everyone does things differently. The second step is suggestions. This is where the editor can suggest on ways to make the writing better. You could say "I think we should put this sentence here, it'll make the paragraph much clearer." The last step is corrections. This is where the editor can go in and fix all the spelling, grammar, or punctuation mistakes that are in the paper. I really liked this video because it was very detailed and described really well on how to properly edit someone's work. I would show my students this video or one similar to it.

The next was a powerpoint, that pretty much was the same thing as the first video. It described the 3 steps and how to go about them. The last video was filmed in a classroom with the students acting in it. I thought it was a very cute and funny way to show what not to do when editing someone else's work. You had different characters that were either too pushy, talkative, mean, or that just didn't care. I think this video would be very effective and would be beneficial for my future students to watch!