Transforming the Classroom- eBook
For this midterm collaboration project I ended up working with Jamie Gallagher. It was a little difficult figuring out who was going to work with who. I think we were all kind of waiting for the others to take the initiative and get things set up. The online environment made it a little more challenging, as we all tend to work at different hours, I felt sometimes I was just waiting for others to respond. Eventually I was partnered up, and then the next challenge was trying to communicate through our schedules.
We started out project planning process by starting at the end- deciding we wanted to create a WeVideo. Working backwards, we ended up with the question of how to do PLPs and Project Based Learning help to transform schools, while supporting a creative learning environment. We first worked in a Google Doc, then moved our thinking to a storyboard template. From there we decided that we would make an eBook instead, partially due to time restrictions, and thought it would be a better way to present our collaborative thinking. We each worked on different pages of the books, then reviewed each other's work and modified it accordingly. In the end, we developed an eBook that explains the idea of how PLPs and Project based learning can support creativity, we used Issuu to publish the book.
Reflecting back, it might have been easier to be paired up instead of trying to figure out who was going to work with who. This process might have been easier face-to-face, as people's different access to the course work varies person to person. I think time planning and expectations from each other are very important to have this process run smoothly. Overall the collaboration experience was interesting, and yet eventually was doable. It definitely showed me that online collaboration isn't as easy as I thought it would be.
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