Peer review: Learning Pod#3

Reviewed: Educating Children on Racism

Peer’s name: Sidney Gibb, Megan Crombeen, Grace Voldeng-Chicanot, Nicole Campbell

Interactive Learning Resource Topic:  Educating Children on Racism

Identify components of the Interactive Learning Resource that might be missing (e.g., appropriate outcomes, alignment, interactivity, inclusivity, technology use and rationale, presentation, grammar, spelling, citations, etc.).

There are some grammar mistakes in the slides and rationale. For slide, there are two “on” that appear in the sentence, “The purpose of this book is to inform and educate children in grades K-3 on on what race and ethnicity are, along with what to do when they or someone around them encounters racism.”For rationale, 1. “we have tried to follow the Universal Learning Designs core principle and focus on the limitations of our design rather than any perceived limitations of their learners, trying to address possible barriers as they presented themselves rather then having to address them once the learners have faced them.” – “then” should be “than” to be grammatically correct. 2. Advocating for racial inclusivity” – “for” should be “of” to be grammatically correct.

Provide a summary of The Interactive Learning Resource’s strengths and weaknesses. Draw out specific examples from your peers’ work to justify your feedback.

There are some strengths and weaknesses of the interactive learning resource. For strengths, the book you designed is very structured and easy to follow up, as well as all slides are made clear. You also use some cartons to show up the concept, like different skin, eye, and hair colors, which makes the book more vivid and understandable. For weakness, there are some grammar and spelling mistakes that you can avoid. I suggest that if you make a book, you can be more professional. For example, act like a real book, which means writing publisher and publish date, etc. However, I think there isn’t much weakness. 

Provide general, specific, and practical recommendations to your peers on how to improve their Interactive Learning Resources.

Overall, I really enjoy your interactive learning resource which is attractive and understandable for K-3. In addition, the topic Educating Children Racism is an essential topic for children to learn when they were young, the purpose is to build a basic idea for them and treat people equally in the world. The video you provide is attractive and interesting to learn, especially slide 11 “So Many People, So Many Shapes”. Children can learn to sing with video together, which implies the role of interactive activity as well. However, I would recommend providing some words with explanations. For example, in the video on slide 8, the word “melanin” for children may be a bit difficult to understand, so this needs to provide a simple explanation to help them get to know it. The formative assessment is good for children and educators to evaluate the knowledge that children have already known. I like how you organize the slides and rationale about the topic.