Blog Post #3

From three different sources, there is basically one underlying definition for peer editing. According to the first two sources, the definition for peer editing is: working with someone your own age to help improve his or her writing. In the video presentation, What is Peer Editing, and also the powerpoint presentation, Peer Edit with Perfection Tutorial, there are three steps in peer editing. The first step is to give compliments. The video and the power point mention to always stay positive and to always start with compliments. Thinking about your own blog, you wouldn't want someone to be harsh when editing your own blog, so put yourself in the other person's shoes and be positive. The second step is give suggestions. Suggestions can be defined as specific ideas on how to make writing better. As an editor, you must keep in mind the word choice, organization, the use of detail, sentences, and topic. Lastly, you make corrections. Again, you must approach in a formal and positive fashion. As the editor, look out specifically for punctuation, grammar, sentences, and spelling.

In the third and final resource, Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes, students reenact how to not act when peer editing. The students share many examples, such as Picky Patty, Whatever William, Social Sammy, Jean the Generalizer, etc. All in all, the students are showing how not to be when you're editing someone else's paper, but in a funnier version than the first two sources. Overall, the steps to peer editing effectively, is to: compliment, suggest, and correct. Always stay positive; there has to be at least one good thing the blogger noted, so take note and show that you, as the editor, saw that. As peer editors, we are trying to improve, not tear down.