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How might a telecollaborative project actually work? The following is the agenda from a real project between two freshman English classes -- one in a rural and one in an urban setting.
- Step 1: Students are arranged in groups of four; each group is paired with a group from the cooperating
school.
- Step 2: Each group writes an e-mail to its partner group, introducing group members and their school.
- Step 3: Each group reads the introductory e-mail it receives, notes any questions in the e-mail,
and reflects on the similarities and differences between the two schools.
- Step 4: Each group responds to the e-mail it received, and then picks a character in Romeo and Juliet
and shares why that character acted a certain way in a scene
- Step 5: Each group responds to the e-mail it received and answers any questions in the e-mail. Then
each group writes several sentences comparing teenage life in Romeo's time with teenage life today.
- Step 6: After exchanging four more sets of e-mails on topics related to the play, students e-mail
one last time. They thank one another for participating in the project, and describe what they learned from
the exchange.
Note: In the project, students were able to meet in person after the project, which was an important way to put faces
to the names on the e-mails. If a meeting is not feasible in your case, try sharing photos, videos, drawings,
and so on.>
Next: Did it work?
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