Horizon+ProjectSounding+Board+Critical+Peer+Reviewers

Peer Review Sounding Board
We have been accepted as Peer Reviewers in The Flat Classroom Project which links students in five different countries. Our task is to review and comment on their work. Our comments will be read both by these students and by some serious experts who are evaluating the project. The main audience for our comments are the high school students. We need to remember in our writing that they are working very hard and also that only 1/5 of the students are from the USA. Our finished evaluations will be assessed by a team of experts using [|this rubric].

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Task I: Read
Mrs. Van Guilder will read and discuss with each group, their section of The Flat Classroom Project: We will be discussing these questions:
 * **What do you understand about the trend?**
 * **Why do you think the trend is important for the future?**
 * **If the actual report is written for adults, how could the project teams make the information easier for you to understand?**
 * **What would you expect to find out in each trend's section?**
 * **How will you decide if the project team has done a good job of their trend?**

This[| rubric] will be used to assess your feedback. We will discuss the expectations for this task before you begin Task II.

Task II: Thoroughly Review and Discuss
Thoroughly review and discuss your selected criteria for your selected project.

We will be evaluating and critiquing Flat Classroom Projects dealing withWorld Wide Web and Google.

Task III: Evaluate Projects in Progress
Use the criteria below to evaluate the each group's work. Be sure to remember that they are only about half-way through their project. This means that your comments will help them make their work even better! Use constructive comments like we talked about in class to help improve their work.


 * Take notes and provide feedback (on your Feedback Page) on your part of the criteria listed below.**

NOTE: Your feedback will be evaluated by a panel of experts using [|this rubric].


 * __Peer Evaluation Criteria__**


 * Quality of Content**

> something that you didn't understand, ambiguity of content, questions that were not addressed, or questions that you had after reading it (you would like more information).
 * Does the content (writing) make sense?
 * Can you identify any areas which need more explaining?
 * Pose three questions that arise from your reading - They could be questions about:-


 * Communication** / **Collaboration**
 * Look at the Discussion pages of the wiki pages - is there effective communication?
 * Do they need more?
 * Are they clear in their messages to each other?
 * Is there a sense of negotiation and collaboration?
 * Does the work appear to be equally shared?
 * Does there appear to be any difficulties by one or more members of the team?

> Refer to our online writing guidelines to help you answer this question
 * Presentation - Layout and Design**
 * Look closely at the amount and relevance of graphics/images and media - Is there enough? Too much?
 * What kind of graphics/images and media have been used?
 * Do the graphics/images and media used support the content of the project?
 * Do you have any recommendations about the layout and design of the project?

Task IV: Provide Peer Feedback
Use the 321 graphic organizer to help prepare a summary of your peer review. [| 321_wiki.pdf] 321 graphic organiser PDF [| 321_wiki.doc] 321 graphic organiser Microsoft Word doc
 * 3 good things about the wiki project
 * 2 improvements for the wiki project
 * 1 piece of new knowledge that your group has acquired due to these high school students participating in the Horizon Project

Remember to upload the pdf 321 to your Feedback page.

NOTE: These will be probably be read as soon as you post them. Remember these high school students have worked very hard on these projects. //Please give them positive, constructive and sensible feedback to help them improve their project.//


 * One member of each Peer Review Team will**
 * **post a summary message on the discussion tab of the Wiki Project that has been reviewed**
 * **provide a hyperlink inviting the Project Students to read the Peer Review in full on this wikispace**

Task V: Tag
Don't forget to tag your work using the Technorati tags: **flatclassroom2008**

Self-assessment requires you to evaluate your own thought processes. Ask yourself these questions
 * Task V1: Self Reflection**
 * What was the most difficult part of this review for you?
 * What do you think you should do next?
 * If you could do this task again, what would you do differently?
 * What did you learn from this review?

Write a paragraph of at least 6-8 sentences using your answers. Please use complete sentences that make sense and make sure there are no spelling mistakes. Post your own Self Reflection on the Feedback page. (Hint: Compose your paragraph on Microsoft Word. Have one of your peer review team members read it and edit it. Then reread and edit it yourself. Then copy and paste it to the Self Reflection page.)