Lesson 3 Team Reflection

Team work of which I am proud.
This paper was a monumental task this lesson. I think that we pulled together and worked through it. We even gained a new team member as the process was ongoing.

The team writing assignment went very well. We did a great job in splitting up the tasks. We communicated on a regular basis to make sure we were all on the same page.

The group paper seems to have pieced together nicely and I enjoy working as a group.

Team work which I found exceptionally challenging.
Being at a conference made everything challenging for me this week but losing my computer for a couple of days multiplied the problem. I think I was the challenge for my team at times during this lesson.

When working with a team, it can be difficult to schedule meetings or work collaboratively because each one of us have a busy schedule and have other life activities/events we each have to focus on other than school. My challenge was trying to finish the writing assignment on time while taking care of my two sick boys. One of our meeting had to be cut very short because I had to take care of my son.

For me it was just getting started, the task of writing a paper with a group seemed more difficult than it really was.

Reflections on technology and instructional strategies that you and your team learned from this lesson
The work of wading through a district technology plan showed me the great complexity that is involved in the creation of a technology plan.

I realized how much work goes into the setup of an organization's network structure. It requires a lot of time and thought into the development and planning of a school network.

The convenience and easy of communication for a group was a testament to why technology improves educational collaboration. Even across distances, technical trouble shooting, and busy lives we were able to pull together a great team effort. This assignment proved that an organization's network structure multiplies what an individual must do to maintain a network.

Anything your team would like to share

I'm am happy to have another member in our group. Four heads are better than three :)

I second this and am have confidence in our abilities to collaboratively moderate the following lesson.

Lesson 2 Reflection

• Team work of which I am proud.
• We have a good plan of action for the following weeks.
• Preparing for our turn monitoring the lesson.
• We have done a good job of getting our lesson 3 group assignment going. We broke down the assignment to make it easier for all of us.

• Team work which I found exceptionally challenging.
• Making sure we all were on the same page about assignments.
• I have to second the above statement.
• Being on the same page about assignments is difficult because we all have busy lives. It is hard to organize a team writing assignment when we are all miles apart too :)

• Reflections on technology and instructional strategies that you and your team learned from this lesson.
• Marta started us on the new to me website http://www.etherpad.com/. I am excited to see how it works out as a communication tool.
• It appears that I need to enter the mobile device world with a smart phone. I also found out about a ton of Web 2.0 apps
• There are many technology tools to choose from when it comes to social networking and collaborative work. As learners, we need to find the Web 2.0 tool that fits our learning styles.

• Anything your team would like to share.
• One more lesson down and looking forward to the following weeks.
• Chipping away and learning a ton.
• We are doing an awesome job sharing new information with each other.