ePortfolio, What's the Dealio?

For my ePortfolio assignment I plan on using a wiki because I would feel more comfortable using a wiki than the Dreamweaver, especially since I am not as familiar with Dreamweaver, nor do I have a program like it on my home computer. The Dreamweaver allows for a wider range of options which I would love to explore and utilize one day, but since I do not have much time or resources, the wiki is more sensible because it is available to me on any computer as long as the computer has Internet.

Group Project 1

The group I worked with to create this project had to work collaboratively outside of class, so we used e-mail and posted discussion on a wikispace Sunyoo provided online.  The wikispace was very helpful and kept us communicating.  However, we still had e-mail incase one of us did not keep up with the wiki.

I find it a bit funny how we could have exchanged phone numbers, but we never saw the need to since we already had each other's e-mails.  If it were up to me, we would have all had Facebook profiles to stay in touch, and we'd have our own group where we could post discussions on the discussion board.  But alas, not all of us have Facebook or are interested in such things.

I found that we are only as good as the one who knows the least about technology.  I found that we all had to work by helping each other learn the technology so that we were not only coming up with a lesson plan, but teaching each other as well. I also found the wikispaces to be useful, keeping me connected throughout the week so that I never felt lost about what was going on, or panicked about not having a way to contact anyone.

I think our working together, teaching each other, and staying in contact is a great skill that students should learn.  If I were to give my students a project, I would make sure that it is essential that they collaborate (or else they would not perform well) because collaboration is so important in the workplace, in and out of the classroom.