Feedback

I really like the idea of creating opportunities for formative feedback. I've had many experiences with teachers where the assessment came only at the end of the project, and if you didn't just happen to have produced what the teachers wanted to see, you were in trouble. This particular in-class exercise using peer feedback wasn't terribly helpful to me in my group because none of us has a finished product. We had rough draft versions of the scripts and videos, but because they were only at the half-way mark we didn't have very many useful comments. However, I can see the activity being very productive in a setting where a significant piece of the project is already finished, or in a brainstorming setting. Say you're in an English class and you're preparing to write a paper; peer feedback could be used in a group setting to discuss outlines for papers and theses. If students took the activity seriously, they could help each other to evaluate their ideas and to shape and hone them into a strong paper.