Peer editing for fun and profit, staring the senior class

In Felipe's and Eliza's class, we spent a large part of today doing peer editing for our proposals. Everyone was incredibly focused and was able to read at least two other student's proposals. We talked about why peer editing is useful: not only can you really help out the other person, but you can get good ideas for your own work when you see a variety of examples.

After peer editing, everyone incorporated the changes suggested and then began actually working on their projects. Some students have a pretty clear vision already and were able to dive right in and begin working. Others needed some more coaching and guidance, but everyone made at least some progress. Most of the period, everyone was working on various aspects of the projects.

Speaking strictly for me, I am really excited to see what the students are going to do.

• April is making a tattoo portfolio.
  
• Marc P. and Danny want to make commercials for ITA programs.
  
• Briana is going to make a personal website.
  
• Antonio would like to create a website to highlight his professional modeling.
  
• Ruben and Mark T. want to make a creative video that demonstrates what might happen to the Earth if the sun and the moon disappeared.
• Pao and Tenzin T are working on designing an informative website about the H1N1 virus.
• Sheng is making a personal portfolio website.
• Gabriella is working on a website to display the artwork a local artist.

It should be quite an adventure to see what happens between now and the end of the school year!