Learning Objectives
Students will know how to give and get constructive feedback (5.4)
Students will be able to offer constructive feedback and help to their peers (5.4)
Students will be able to incorporate feedback into their project (5.4)
Introduction
Tell students that getting feedback [CS teaching strategy] on your programs from others and using the feedback to improve the project is an important part of the iterative [SOL 5.4] design process in CS.
Class feedback activity
Tell students that they are going to look at other students’ field trips and give feedback to their peers. Ask students what they know about feedback.
What makes it useful? Feedback is clear and you can do something with it to make your program better.
What makes it not useful? Feedback is vague or has to do with the person and not the program.
Tell students that to help provide good feedback you are going to say at least one thing you like about the program and one thing you wish the program had:
I like ....
I wish ...
In person: Have students travel to other students’ computers with their sticky notes/paper and show each other their programs, then work on their feedback.
Online: Create a padlet to share projects and have students give each other feedback there
Have students use feedback to improve their projects.
Discussion
Ask students about giving feedback. What was easy about giving feedback? What was hard? What kind of feedback was helpful?
Have students share examples of feedback they got and how they used the feedback to improve their field trip.
Exit ticket
What feedback did students either incorporate into their project or would have, if they had more time.