Pedersen, Ann-Marie, and Carolyn Skinner. "Collaborating on Multimodal Projects." Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Ed. Cynthia L. Selfe. New Jersey: Hampton Press, Inc., 2007. 39-47. Print.
Electronic Representation:
Collaboration comprises one of the declarations made by the National Council of Teachers of English concerning multimodal literacies and technology - http://www.ncte.org/governance/MultimodalLiteracies
Comments:
The ability to effectively collaborate with your peers is an increasingly important skill in today's society. Academic and professional work forces require collaboration to increase the efficiency with which complex issues are addressed. Pedersen and Skinner discuss the benefits and hindrances of student collaboration on multimodal projects. The authors specifically suggest that technology itself can limit collaboration. We have seen these limitations in our own class when working with TimeRime and Popplet. However, the collaborative affordances of web-based technology appear to open more opportunity than limit for small groups and for those working asynchronously. Multimodal assignments may be able to take advantage of the ever increasing variety of web based programs to improve collaborative access.
Collaboration takes dedication and open minds. There are a lot of students that do not like to work in groups because of the lack of help from others. I found that technology centers the focus of students when technology is filtered in. The struggles that the authors describe in the text were on point. Technology does tend to quiet down the communication during the project, but the planning sessions are awesome.
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