Planning - Gallery Walk (#10)

     On Friday, October 24, 2025, my teacher, Mrs. Ortiz, allowed us to do a Gallery Walk of our classmates’ and peers’ blogs and websites. We were able to give feedback on other students’ websites/blogs and gained some feedback for ours. This gallery walk was about thirty to forty-five minutes.
    Some things I saw on others' blogs were how many people added pictures of their progress and handwritten notes onto their blogs to support and add that they are in the zone and working hard on their research so far. Some feedback I gave to others was, “Make sure your blogs are organized, adding subheadings and separating paragraphs,”“ Make blogs a bit longer”, and “Make your blog unique to you.” I said these things to make sure that those who got those notes could better their blogs. Some of my peers had short blogs, long blogs that needed to be organized, or blogs where the background needed their personal touch to make it their own. I gave these criticisms based on things that have helped me make my blogs better. Although the background of our blogs isn’t mandatory to do and to make cute, it still lets our teachers, friends, and moderators know that “this is who I am”, which can make a big difference for our later and A-Level media studies.

As you can see below, I wrote down a few notes on things I saw others do that I should, and will, add to my blogs moving forward.

    This experience of walking around and giving feedback to others showed me many things I need to work on when it comes to my blogs. I would like to do this assignment or walk again when my classmates and my blogs are more in depth and advanced in the progress of our projects to see how much we’ve grown from now to then, (could also do Gallery Walk pt.2). 😌

    I liked this assignment very much because of the feedback I gained from my classmates, and it helps me better understand what is needed to do for later assignments. I personally have grown a bit in the sense of my blogs and what to add to it. Some feedback I got from others was like. Some feedback I got from my peers was, “Your reflections are great and long,” “should add more pictures to recent blogs,” “don’t put too much work on yourself,” “your background reflects your personality”, and “make blogs a little bit longer.” From these comments, there was only one constructive criticism, which is "make blogs a bit longer,” which I totally agree with! My blogs are pretty long, in my opinion, but not as long as they could be, also meaning I could do better.

    I got eight sticky notes of constructive criticism from my peers as seen above. 🙂 I have these still in my notebook pocket which I'm going to carry with me to remind myself of things I need to work with. These sticky notes have pushed me to do better and showed me what I need to keep and change in my blogs. I’m grateful for these pieces of advice from my peers and I wish to continue to get more as I grow in my progress.

Reflection

    To conclude my blog of the day, based on this gallery walk my teacher has allowed me and my peers to do, I will continue to keep in mind all the criticism I gained from them. I will make my blogs longer, add more pictures, and continue what I’m doing for myself. This constructive criticism builds me up and helps me to better myself and my blogs as I work along to the end of the school year. This experience has inspired me to get work done and make my blogs better. There were many strengths and a few weaknesses that my peers and I shared. There are many places for improvement in the near future that will come soon (I’m working, I promise!! 😅). I got this, and so do my peers. As stated before, I wish for another gallery walk to continue to better my blog for my final two-minute film.