#thing9

Collaboration is when students work together as equal parts in a team to solve a problem. A key thing is that students are working as a group to achieve a set goal rather than just in a group. Students can be given roles within their groups so that everyone is held accountable for their participation. But, it is not a good idea to give someone the role of being the reporter as this hinders the group's participation levels if others know that it isn’t their job to relay the information back. Google Docs is something I’m familiar with that I know could be a good way for students to work collaboratively on a powerpoint, document or making a report. Students can access the document from their individual devices and all help to add to it and edit it. It can be accessed at any time from their device and from anywhere. It can even be used on a smartphone which is great for students who may not own an iPad or laptop. 

- Christopher 😃

I've never used Google Hangout. Got no-one at the moment to chat with. Good tool. I use Skype for language lessons. Almost the same, I think, even if I don't know all the possibilities yet. We could use theese tools in a better way even at work. It's a good way of sparing time.

Here is a social media post I created through Canva with one of my favorite Winnie the Pooh quotes.

For thing 9 I decided to go ahead and use Facebook because I am the most familiar with that and I use it pretty much on a daily basis. I followed the library's page and thought that it was very easy to follow and had a lot of information about the library on it. One possible suggestion for things that could be included is how to get more involved whether it's volunteering or other forms. I know when I was in high school I volunteered here a lot for key club and the service hours looked good on things like college applications or resumes. It was also nice to know that I was helping out within my community and that I was learning some helpful tools for later in life as well.

Taking video on my iPhone was both easy and hard! It was very simple to switch from photo to video but keeping the subject in view on such a small screen and out of doors was hard. I liked that I could capture something on video so quick so I could share it with my husband and daughter. I wouldn't have captured the hawk/falcon with a regular camera (still or video) as I wouldn't have been able to get it in time. Very cool feature to have on my phone!