Feedback are comments or constructive criticisms used for improvement (in this case, our learning). It is very crucial because well, none of us are perfect and we have our flaws. And sometimes, you don't really notice these flaws, unless someone points it out to you: this is where feedbacks come in handy.
Good feedbacks are not necessary feedbacks which make people feel good. Good feedbacks are feedbacks and comments that people can learn from. And by making good and productive feedbacks, this may help your peer to improve. And who knows, it might help you too.
Bad feedbacks doesn't really help someone improve their learning. Some are just random statements which, well are very useless. And there's absolutely no point for putting in bad feedbacks because it just wastes space (internet virtual space) and wastes time for the learner to read the useless comment.
Blogs are a good way to give feedback because it's virtual and the comments can be reviewed. Feedbacks can be done on a blog and it is certainly a positive reinforcement. Critiques can also be made and it helps students to improve. Also, it is a great and easy platform for students to exchange views on their work and communicate different ideas. Besides that, blogs are a great thing for people who are too shy to comment or critique about someone else's work. It can be a viable substitution for students who prefer not to give critiques in front of the other learners.
Generally, I have been giving rather constructive comments (although there were a few useless stupid ugly sad comments). For example, after my comment on Zahir's very short first post, he posted another post entitled "Response to Grumpy People", which was of course more well explained than the first post. Clickkie here to see his nice post after I gave him a nice constructive critique. I have learnt that by giving people proper comments, regardless whether the learner would treat it as a tip to improve (which most of them will), unconsciously, I am also helping other people to improve too.
This is a good feedback that I've made. This is a good feedback because aside from telling the learner what I think was good about his post, I've also pointed out what could be improved. This comment can help the learner to improve on elaborating more about the stated points.
Nicole X
AMAZING HOW DO YOU PUT THE LINK IN WORDS? nicee... teach me that some day, i like the way you criticize yourself, show your weaknesses and try to improve on them, your feedbacks. YOU SHOULD PUT IN MORE PICTURES! i got bored after reading the second line. Picture paints a thousand words, you can cut a thousand words if you put 1 picture in.
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