For week 7 we explored online collaboration and learning.
When I was in elementary school and even high school we used collaboration for
a number of different projects. We had peer editing and reading for certain
written projects, and collaborated on other things such as presentations and
slideshows. Collaboration can be a useful tool to further one’s learning and
improve their writing, as discussed in the article Institute for Writing &Rhetoric! Collaboration can help students understand writing as a public or
communal act as opposed to a private of isolated one. Collaboration can also
help a student develop a sense of audience. There are many ways that
collaborative learning could be practised, depending on the intention. It could
be done with an entire class, small to large groups or even in pairs, in order to
properly reflect the student’s needs and learning objectives.
Since my early days of schooling, collaboration has
definitely involved. Having access to the internet and the cloud, along with
Google Docs is one example. Google Docs is an extremely useful tool that allows
users to collaborative on the same document at the same time remotely from
different devices. As detailed by Lefever (2007), Google Docs can be used to
upload documents online and allow multiple users to edit and revise (or create)
all at the same time, with any changes made being saved immediately. Google
Docs is not just for documents either; it can be used for spreadsheets and
presentations as well. Using Google Docs is not only simple but it is free!
For my own PLE, I already have Google Docs on it, under Education:
Learning/Creating, because I have been using it for collaborative work since my
first year at Brock. I primarily have used it for group papers, but have also
used it for Powerpoint presentations. It made things much easier because
instead of having to find the time to all meet up, which was different with
everyone having different school schedules, we could simply divide the work and
use the Google Doc to work on it when we could. This allowed us to save time
and still allowed us to collaborative and reviews each other’s work.
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| (2013, April 12) Google Docs [Online image]. Retrieved from http://www.edgalaxy.com/journal/2013/4/12/20-google-docs-secrets-for-busy-teachers-and-students |
This week on my Feedly I came across an interesting sports
article titled: Stephen Curry’s legend continues to grow at an unprecedented pace. The article highlighted a basketball game between the Golden State
Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder that took place last night, and
specifically the performance of Curry. Curry tied the record for most
3-pointers made in the game, which included a buzzer beater to win it in
overtime. The article goes into detail about the level of play Curry has risen
to and how it has never been seen before.
Talk with you next week!
-Jordan
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