Okay, In terms of this session of peer review things were a little shaky as opposed to the previous sessions. There were a few hang-ups in my group which caused the entire session to not be as helpful. What I have liked about
Peer Review in this class is being able to revise with a group of people. Being a part of a group adds more perspectives to our projects and I think that range of perspective is what really makes our review sessions so pertinent. This time around, due to absences of other groups members, I was only able to receive feedback from one other person. Of course, that is not to say my partner’s feedback wasn’t useful, it was actually very constructive. The only thing is that I had some specific questions that I really would’ve liked to get others opinions on so that I could come to a conclusion based on a consensus of ideas.
What I liked about this review session was asking for what specific help I thought my project needed. By posting these points along with my rough draft I felt that my questions helped facilitate or lead the review of my project. Basically, setting up those points beforehand allowed me to get the most of my partner’s comments. Of all the ways we have participated with peer review thus far adding specific points for feedback I think has been the best innovation.
In some of my classmate’s blogs I noticed others commenting on getting feedback that didn’t seem very helpful. Some people find it the very helpful to have their work proof-read and such, but I didn’t view our review sessions like that. I actually tried to veer away from being nit-picky in order to not be too critical with my feedback. Personally, I felt these sessions went a lot better when review groups discussed ideas about style and message as opposed to grammar because that way an author can actually get a feel for how his/her work is being received by an audience.
