- INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION
- ABOUT OLPC
- WHAT IS SUGAR
- HOW TO VOLUNTEER
- GETTING STARTED
- GETTING STARTED
- OPENING THE XO
- PORTS
- BATTERY CHARGING
- STARTING THE XO
- KEYBOARD
- INTERFACE
- ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE
- HOME VIEW
- ACTIVITY VIEW
- NEIGHBOURHOOD VIEW
- GROUP VIEW
- THE FRAME
- THE JOURNAL
- ACTIVITIES
- WHAT IS AN ACTIVITY
- LAUNCHING ACTIVITIES
- SWITCHING ACTIVITIES
- COLLABORATING
- EXITING ACTIVITIES
- INSTALLING ACTIVITIES
- ACTIVITY SAMPLER
- NETWORK
- GIVE ME THE INTERNET
- CONNECTING
- WIRELESS DEVICES
- NETWORKING HARDWARE
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- RECORD ACTIVITY
- INTRODUCTION
- STARTING RECORD
- PHOTOS
- VIDEO
- AUDIO
- SHARING MEDIA
- THINGS TO TRY
- WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
- BROWSE ACTIVITY
- INTRODUCTION
- WHAT IS THE WEB
- STARTING BROWSE
- BROWSE WEB
- BOOKMARKS
- CHANGING THE VIEW
- SHARING LINKS
- COUNTRY QUIZ
- SEARCH THE WEB
- USING WIKIPEDIA
- CONTRIBUTE TO WIKIPEDIA
- USING EMAIL
- WRITE ACTIVITY
- INTRODUCTION
- STARTING WRITE
- COLLABORATING
- PEER EDITING
- THE BASICS
- GROUP STORY TELLING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- EMAILING A DOCUMENT
- TURTLE ART
- INTRODUCTION
- GETTING STARTED
- STARTER COMMANDS
- PEN COLORS
- PEN COMMANDS
- TRY TURTLE ART
- TURTLE ART LETTERS
- REPEATING COMMANDS
- NUMBERS AND COMMANDS
- SHAPES AND SPECTRUM
- SUPPORT
- HOW TO REFLASH
- POWERING OF YOUR LAPTOP
- REPLACING
- BACKING UP
- GETTING SUPPORT
- APPENDICES
- KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
- PERSONALISING SUGAR
- GLOSSARY
- CREDITS

# Peer Editing

The late Don Murray taught generations of journalists how to write. He had three simple rules for great writing:

1. revise
2. revise
3. revise

Revision is an essential part of the writing process and one of the easiest and most effective ways to revise is to share the burden of editing among your friends. Hand your writing to a friend, who will read it and make comments and suggestions. You return the favor by doing the same for your friend's writing.

A peer is a classmate, or someone your age, or someone who shares an interest with you.

Editing is the process of offering compliments about what you like, honest critique of what you don't like or don't understand, and also making corrections, such as identifying spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.

Thus, peer editing is simply editing by a peer!

Writing is difficult and it is easy to become discouraged, so it is important that a peer editor make positive comments. Always start by saying something you like about the writing.

At the same time, it is important to be honest and thorough in your criticism. We can learn though acknowledging and correcting our mistakes, but we often need feedback to become aware of where we can make improvements in our writing.

## Using Write for peer editing

It is fun and easy to use Write for peer editing. Simply share your document with a friend, who then can make comments and corrections directly in your document.

Steps:

1. Open the document you are working on in Write by "resuming" it from the Journal.
2. Go to the Neighborhood View.
3. Find your peer's XO icon.
4. Use the hover menu to send an invitation to join Write.
5. Go back to the Write Activity and watch as your friend makes edits.
6. Thank your friend for helping you learn to be a better writer.

### Alternative

You can have two instances of Write open so that you can be editing your friend's document while your friend edits yours.

Steps:

1. Open the document you are working on in Write by "resuming" it from the Journal.
2. Go to the Neighborhood View.
3. Find your peer's XO icon.
4. Use the hover menu to send an invitation to join Write.
5. Wait for your friend to sent you an invitation to join Write.
6. Accept the invitation.
7. Edit your friend's document, remembering to be positive, yet thorough.
8. Thank your friend for helping you learn to be a better writer.

### Hint

When editing, chose a color that stands out, such as red or blue. This color difference makes it easier for your friend to see what changes you have made.

Author : PeerEditing
© Walter Bender 2008
Modifications:
adam hyde 2008
Anne Gentle 2008
Tom Boyle 2008

License : General Public License

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