Well, I am now in the early planning stage of my collaborative project. At this point, Nichole and I have firmed up our intention to do our project on the subject of social studies. Our focus will be on law in the United States, since Nichole is currently teaching this class. In terms of how we plan to collaborate, we have decided to utilize Google Docs, email, and possibly Skype. We didn't want to use any sort of calendar tool since we are both super busy people, but we tentatively agree to "meet" online Saturday mornings to discuss our project and establish weekly goals.
In terms of the unit itself, we are still planning on having students pair up with a classmate and research a Supreme Court case that deals with the Bill of Rights. After researching their case, students will prepare a presentation that showcases both sides of the argument. For student assessment, we are thinking of assessing three aspects of the project. First, we will use some sort of assessment to measure the students' ability to locate and identify quality information. Second, the students will be assessed on the written portion of their assignment. Finally, the third piece of assessment will be the partner presentation.
As for how the collaboration process is progressing, I would have to say "quite well." Nichole and I haven't encountered any major roadblocks and I think we work pretty well together. The only thing that I can envision being a problem, is finding times to "meet" online. Hopefully though, our Saturday morning meetings will be productive enough that we won't need to meet more frequently.
Well, that's all for now. More on our collaboration process to follow later.
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