I was a little concerned at the beginning about trying to collaborate with someone solely online, but things are falling into place. Once we found a unit focus we were able to get started on the process. We are focusing on electricity and circuits for the 8th grade level. I am able to use the textbook that I have at my school so I can get a firm grasp on the topic since I have taught it for a few years. Using what is familiar to me has made the lesson planning a smooth process.
Tina has set up the wiki for our collaboration and I am so grateful! It is easy to edit an existing wiki but with little wiki experience, I was unsure of where to begin with our page. I will definitely be doing further research on wikis so that I am prepared to create wikis on my own. We have split up the responsibilities and they fit well for our roles in the collaboration.
We came up with five essential questions for the unit:
What is a circuit?
What is needed to make a circuit work?
What is a series circuit?
What is a parallel circuit?
How are circuits used in electronics?
The questions have given us an idea of what we want to accomplish. Most of the lessons will focus on series and parallel circuits since they can encompass the other essential questions.
The hardest part of the collaboration so far is coming up with the information for our school. The school I work in and the school that Tina has connections with are completely opposite of each other. Also since my school has no media center it is hard to determine what would and wound not be available. We are in the process of finding a similar school to mine (urban school) that has a media center with an online catalog. It is proving to be quite challenging to find the resources we need for the project in the type of school I work in.
Overall I think that we are off to a great start and I hope that it continues to be a smooth collaboration!
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