ME AND MY PEER REVIEWS

May 11, 2008 aligirl22

“The receiver is totally in control of feedback, but the control is not necessarily conscious.”

Overall my feedback from peers was positive, I was hard working, volunteered for outside work, and had positive ideas. The one comment that stood out to me was one that said that I needed to speak up more and participate more. This one, I definitely agreed with. I don’t usually volunteer my ideas, thoughts, or opinions in class; this is one thing that I have been trying to do more especially in our Group Dynamics class. I know that I am a hard worker and an encourager and a positive person. Just like my peer evaluator my self evaluation for would be and is that I did not speak up more or volunteer to go in for more fishbowls. I really didn’t mind going into the Fishbowls once I was there, but I always felt really nervous about going in. One comment said that I was absent which I am pretty sure was not the case on that day. Physically I was there, but I didn’t make my presence known to the group. I sat as an observer of the group instead of as a participator of group discussions. When this reality really began to change for me was when the subject of the WIKI GIST was brought up, and as a class we were told by Steph that we needed to decide. This was an important decision because even though we didn’t know the figure yet, we knew that this assignment was going to be a huge portion of our grades and the majority of the purpose of this class. As temper rose and opinions were being shot out right and left, I suddenly began to become involved. I felt that if my peers were getting this passionate about the gist that I should probably become more involved! My only regret for this class was that I didn’t speak up sooner. In some ways I wish I had seen this Peer Review earlier on in the coarse, but honestly I knew what I was lacking! Anyways I feel that the Receivers Fact is correct. You get what you put out basically and others pick up on it pretty readily.

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