Midterm Dialogic Response for Peers: You should complete two reviews for two students in your class.

Please do not begin reviews until Saturday, March 1. Fill out column #2 for these two different portfolios. Then post both dialogic responses to the assignment on Moodle. Column #1: The questions Column #2: Peer reviewer: Alicia S. Wilson Portfolio under review: Joshua McKay The homepage expresses his personality by showing art pieces and pictures which always show expression and the description of his portfolio also expresses his personality and writing abilities. He has a page that says classmates which has Nathan and Veronicas class introductions along with links to their portfolios. I think that the multimodal monster essay was great! It was great interpretations of monsters and monster quotes. I wasnt clear on seeing the revision process though. The website is a little difficult for Column #3: Response from Lucy (may be minimal, since shes responding thoroughly elsewhere) Column #4: What do you plan to do now? What will you continue to do and what will you change? (Portfolio writer answers these questions.)

How does the homepage express the personality of the writer and the purpose of the portfolio? How does the portfolio show interconnectivity with other students? How is inquiry group work represented on the portfolio? What is your response to the final draft of the multimodal monster essay? How does the portfolio document and describe the writers revision process? How have class writings (like in-class notebook entries and

Good, specific reviews!

dialogic journals) been represented on this portfolio? Is it evident how these pieces relate to the portfolio overall? How do these samples show the writers thinking in this class? How does this portfolio represent responsiveness to other students? How does this writer respond to other writers? Describe the overall structure of this portfolio. Is it userfriendly? How aesthetically pleasing is this portfolio? What has this writer done to make her/his portfolio more than a default template?

me to navigate but it may be that Im not tech savvy. The dialogic journal pictures would not pop up on any computer I used! I see they are represented under the blog, however, I cant read them. It would show the thinking process by showing exactly how he does process his writing and opinions. The overall structure of this portfolio is friendly and different. It is very confusing. Its kind of user friendly, but I dont know what is from last year and this year. The writer can organize the portfolio into sections and sub units. The writer has made the template aesthetically beautiful and colorful!

Any additional comments/questions