As the end of
the year approaches final projects and papers are almost due. In an effort to
integrate technology AND foster more peer collaboration and innovation I invite
you to add peer reviews, and to make the process easier I’ve created an online
template using Google Docs.
By using the template you’ll be able to get a spreadsheet of
the peer evaluations and keep them anonymous. To make the process even simpler,
I suggest asking students to only evaluate 2-3 papers/projects. Getting started
is simple:
1.
Log in to
Google
Docs. If you have a gmail account then use that login. If you don’t you can
sign up easily.
https://docs.google.com/
2.
Generate a Form using the “Final Project Peer
Review” template by clicking on the link above.
3.
Modify the form if you like or use “as is”.
Click “view live form” in the toolbar.
4.
Share the link for the “view live form” with
your students.
a. Check
out the iPads and let students use those to evaluate, or
b. Print
a paper ballot and have students use your classroom computers to input their
responses, or
c. Create
a QR code and allow students to use their phones to access the form and
complete it.
5.
Go to your Google Docs homepage to see the
responses, an additional spreadsheet will have already been created. You can
download the sheet in excel or as a pdf.
Peer evaluation:
·
Fosters collaboration
·
Encourages positive peer pressure
·
Empowers students to take responsibility for
their own work
