Group Project 1 Evaluation

Group project 1, which you recently completed, was an example of a collaborative problem-solving task (where the problem was how to integrate technology into instruction for a particular group of students). Reflect on your experiences completing this project, and post an entry on your blog in which you discuss the following questions: 1.How did your group use technology to work collaboratively? We communicated through SacCT e-mail about the Wiki Tara created using the documents we e-mailed to her. 2.How could you have used technology in additional ways to help your work? We could have exchanged schedules and chatted in real time. We could have used the resources for communication Dr. Heather provided for your use as a Learning Group. 3.What did you learn about technology, collaborative work, problem-solving, and/or interaction by doing the group project? I have done many group projects via different electronic modes. I have used Google docs, e-mail, and chats. Through the project, I learned about Wikis - how to set them up, how to create hyperlinks and internal links -- those are new skills. I also learned that after 4 years of college group projects, I am able to work quickly and efficiently in a short amount of time to complete a project -- even one that seemed too involved to complete in one week. I think we did a good job - our lesson plans are thorough and practical and would also be interesting to students - a fairly high degree of authenticity. 4.How can what you learned inform your own teaching (either in the second language classroom, or elsewhere)? I definitely plan to use the information I have learned to provide students in any classroom with collaborative technology experiences. I think learning can be more fun and the results more polished.