Blog Post #3

When i watched the videos about peer editing, I didn't know there was such an efficient way to edit people's work. I learned that there are three steps you follow to efficiently edit someones work: compliments,suggestions, and corrections. I always thought that it was just marking punctuation errors with red ink. These videos and slideshows helped me realize that peer editing is so much more than that. By following these three simple steps, you can peer edit someones work without dealing with things like bias and favoritism. That can play a big part in what you say while peer editing if you don't follow these steps.

The video "Writing Peer Review Top 10 mistakes" showed me that you have to be as neutral as possible while you're editing someone else's work. It showed me that you cant be too critical, but you can't be too relaxed either. You have to have a happy medium while you're peer editing. Another thing that this video showed me is that you have to actually care about peer editing if you want to do it right. You have to actually read what you're looking at, or else you won't be able to give suggestions.

I decided to comment on my person's blog out in the open, on the blog. It lets everyone know what's been pointed out and that if I missed something, they can point it out. It helps keep peer editing more efficient, so the person who wrote the blog doesn't hear the same thing over and over.

The Mountbatten is an incredible machine. It is really awesome how far technology has come to where people that are hearing impaired and visually impaired can learn right along with the other students. If I ever had the chance I would learn how to use one of these machines because I'm sure that in my career I will run across hearing or visually impaired kids. So it would be a very useful resource in teaching those kids.

The spectrum of education that deals with hearing and visually impaired people fascinates me. It's amazing how far we've come technologically so that we can help these kids learn with equal opportunities. Those kids deserve as many opportunities as the kids without impairments. There are many flaws in the education system, but the fact we have technologies that can help these kids learn, says a lot about how we are with special education.

I think that Ms. Davis and Dr. Strange are very similar in the way they teach. They both make their students learn on their own, rather than stand in the front of the class and lecture. The way these classrooms are run really builds a lot of character and teaches us to take initiative and that learning on our own is important because that's how reality works. These kind of classrooms are the future of education. It's inevitable. Were advancing too fast in technology to keep the education system the same way it's been the past century.