Friday, March 29, 2013

Presenting Project Process

Hi,

I would like to share how our team has been preparing for the project process before we present on next Monday. Our project plan was not started well because we changed our topic several weeks after we had started to our first topic. We could not access any first grade teachers to apply our thoughts about play-based learning in the context of transition from kindergarten to first grade. Than, we decided to change our project to public speaking and finally to academic public speaking. We are going to use some videos like lynda.com. For that, we are working on a website to integrate videos into it. I think we can complete our presentation on Sunday.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Collaboration vs. Cooperation

Hi,

This week, when I looked at the collaboration notes, I really became confused because I have still had difficulties to figure out what are the exact differences between collaboration and cooperation. They have their own dictionary meanings.

collaboration: when you work together with another person or group to achieve something, especially in science or art

cooperation: when you work with someone to achieve something that you both want.

For both there is group study but what is the difference. I am not sure but what I understood is that for collaboration every group members focus on each part of any project. On the other hand, for cooperation each group members focuses on a specific part of the project and then share his/her part with the other group members. Is this understanding correct? If so, for our project, we are sharing responsibilities. Therefore, I think we can we are working cooperatively. I hope my understanding is true. And I am wondering how we can work collaboratively.

Thanks,
Best,

Remzi

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Job Aid Prototype

Hi,

I would like to share my job aid prototype.  I really need your comment on the prototype. Stages have not been determined but I almost decided how to organize my job aid. Colors are also clear to me. I would like to use grey for the background, red and black for the texts. Audience of the job aid is desktop computer users. My plan is to explain to desktop computers' users how to format and partition a hard drive. I hope my job is going to be effective.