Group projects were something that i looked forward to in school. I did not really look forward to the work involved but instead to the social interaction with my friends who were typically in my group. One of the problems with one of these projects is how to document the collaboration between group members. In this project we used google docs to document interactions and to help showcase what people were doing and what they were involved in. This was extremely helpful. It is also something I plan on using this next semester with my large video project that my Physics class does. This is something that I will use and share with other teachers.
I learned quite a bit about the editing process in this project as well as explored creative commons a bit further. The biggest take away was that I got to experiment with special effects. I added some of those to the video to help make it snazzier. Overall, the project was a success, and the work that we did I can honestly say that I was proud of. A large take away from this group project is the need to document as much as possible of the process. The project used the proposal and shot list to help frame it, and this scaffolding helped break down some of the work into manageable chunks. It also helped us to see what she was looking for. This scaffolding of the assignment made the assignment easier and helped to communicate an expectation of professionalism for the final project. This is definitely something that I will take with me.
I hope that using this project as a template I can modify my existing technology based projects to communicate my expectations and better capture the collaboration of the group.
I learned quite a bit about the editing process in this project as well as explored creative commons a bit further. The biggest take away was that I got to experiment with special effects. I added some of those to the video to help make it snazzier. Overall, the project was a success, and the work that we did I can honestly say that I was proud of. A large take away from this group project is the need to document as much as possible of the process. The project used the proposal and shot list to help frame it, and this scaffolding helped break down some of the work into manageable chunks. It also helped us to see what she was looking for. This scaffolding of the assignment made the assignment easier and helped to communicate an expectation of professionalism for the final project. This is definitely something that I will take with me.
I hope that using this project as a template I can modify my existing technology based projects to communicate my expectations and better capture the collaboration of the group.