Friday, March 13, 2015

Collabrotion

Collabrotion covers the most important part of our department.
I
 watched the EDpuzzle collaborative teaching video which I found so usefull.  I think there's a huge benefit to professional collaboration. Sometimes students are very complex. In the clasroom it is needed to be a positively focused, consistent group around the child who can brainstorm and problem solve. There are several benefitions that I want to focus on. One of them is that it helps to define issues clearly. When you have a trouble on a topic and you do not know what is missing on your teaching, the others can define you the problem you have by their observations.Between teachers it builds cohesion and strengthen professional relationships. In 2012 when I was in prep school, we we e working with peers or big goups. In that time, as we all have different ideas,  on purpose our teacher was giving us topics which we may discuss with each other . It was beneficial because during the discussion we were also learning some different perspectives that we have never think about it  and also different knowledge about that topic .During this time we had a chance to meet each other closer.On department we have some presentations and for that we have to meet eachother to work on it . Because sometimes we do as individual but sometimes it changes into as a group presentation so we need to meet and exchange our information . For this process, firstly individually we work on topic and  then we meet several times to search about our topic widely  then discuss that which informations are more important and which are not to present for the limited time. After that we present one by one eachother and we give to the presenter some feedbacks to correct her/himself. It helps us to see our weaknesses and thanks to this duration we know what we should improve about ourselves. To solve collobrator problem we should ponder well so that to find the best thing.Thus I loved the idea that ‘Collaboration pushes teachers to think more’ . This is said in EDpuzzle video. When we think about our weaknesses, we may not find any error in our work, yet, in collabration owerthrows it. As a observer they surelly find something to advice you. The things that I do not now yet and they will taught me by my collabrator make me benefited .Actually I prefer to work on individually. Why ? Because sometimes when you have a assignment from your prefessor, your collabroter(s) may not be disciplined and coordinated so in this situation you get angry and lose your inspiration on that work. Thus I just can say that my weaknesses is prefering working individual. I HATE irresponsibility. What are my strenghts? My strenghts are being ambitious and getting things I want . It is necessary for me If I care/ want to do something I try my best till I will get / do it . Students by participating more and more team work or group project can improve their collaborative skills. To develop our collaborating skills, we should spend our time to come together with our groups which we work together to be a effective member firstly we have to respect eachother and listen the other members ideas . Secondly it is important explaining our own ideas clearly . In order to transfer our collaborative experience during our academic career, we should recognize what we worked during collaborative work.While transfering what I know about being a collabrator to my teaching career, I try to get their attention by enjoyable tasks. In my opinion, I would supply them to love the lesson when they will discuss about the task they should talk about. If I give them a subject that they do not not anything about it , they may feel confuse and affair of speaking or sharing their ideas-opinions . Thus it should be apprpriate their age and from the daily life . I need to provide them to enjoyabla work. It would start the easiest part to work hard, what I mean is step by step. (No one learnt the Past Perfect before simple past) After the first collabrotion, I would ask them to meet all and their opinions about collabrotion . The last thing that I tell them would be the importance of this group work and its contribution. Loving it or not  depens on them :)

3 comments:

  1. Hi Alev, as you have mentioned your post, the positive effectiveness of collaboration is one of the most remarkable useful tool to enhance and make the process easy by sharing their problems and experiences on a specific topic or subject.Totally, your ideas and examples you underlined proves that collaboration is a key point to take way on the education path.In addition that, I agree with your idea on individual study. I have faced some group members who don't care their responsibility and work.so, one person can do more than work because of their unconcern attitudes.I don't think that I prefer group work.it is up to member of group.Thanks.

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  2. Hello Alev, we're exactly sharing the same idea that "collaboration pushes teachers to think more" As you mentioned its all about the people in your group, if they are not effective and collaborative you can't do anything about it and I love the way that you linked this fact with education. In 2012 the group works you did with your peers in the prep school, reminds me my highschool years, because our teacher loves dividing us into groups and monitoring while we're working, and that was very beneficial which means at that point I agree with you ! Thank you for your post I loved it!

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  3. Hi Alev; I totally agree with you esipecially the ‘Collaboration pushes teachers to think more’ statement. I think teachers are better in collabrative groups. Collabration triggers our ideas and we get more successful results in terms of teaching and problem solving. I hope to be in a collabrative group with you to share ideas and to improve a our teaching abilities. Thank you for your post!

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