Collaboration plays a huge role from early eduction all the way through higher education. This aspect of the classroom enhances, outcomes of projects, forces creativity amongst one another, and improves the over all material of any given project. When collaboration is brought into the classroom, later on in life, students can integrate this skill into their everyday life, and their work place.

Collaboration allows

1. A range of perspective
2. Improves efficency
3. Roles of responsibility
4. Improve problem solving skills
5. Creates relationships with people you would not typically learn towards

These 5 outcomes of collaboration, are all skills one can use later on in life!

I found Adventures in Authentic Learning by Kristian Harrington to be the most interesting book. Harrington includes information from the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). This information provides early education teachers with class activities and projects that integrates technology to the benefit of students.

Using this type of learning it can develop…

• creativeness
• critical thinking skills
• team work skills
• communication skills
• technology literacy