EDU221PositiveSpecificFeedback

Look through the positive specific feedback statements that your team received on your presentation.
 * The first time through:
 * Just enjoy them.
 * Notice how many ways are there to say the same thing.

Sort them into two piles of informative or not very informative.
 * Which ones are the most meaningful?
 * Which ones are more informative to you?
 * What makes some more meaningful/informative than others?

Sort them into two piles of subjective and objective
 * Imagine that you know all of your feedback was written by your best friend. Which ones seem sincere and honest and which ones seem "interesting"? ("Interesting" is that word that sounds like a compliment but is really void of a compliment. It's not an insult, but it's not a compliment.)
 * I thought the xyz app was really interesting and I liked how you presented it. (subjective)
 * The way you presented the xyz app was very effective in demonstrating how useful that app can be in the pqr classroom. (objective)
 * Imagine that you know all of your feedback was written by your worst enemy since third grade. S/he is only saying "nice" things because the teacher made him/her say it. Do any of the feedback statements still sound honest and informative in spite of it being written by someone who would prefer to not say something nice? Do any of the feedback statements sound fine if it were anyone else writing it except your worst enemy?
 * I thought the xyz app was really interesting and I liked how you presented it.
 * The way you presented the xyz app was very effective in demonstrating how useful that app can be in the pqr classroom.


 * I liked, I thought, I felt, are judgment statements and the receiver's perception of what was said can be easily clouded by his/her relationship with the person giving the statement. Vague statements can come across as subjective. The more specific and detailed the feedback, the more objective it will seem.
 * There is a time and a place for "I" statements and we will get into that in our next round of feedback