It is a natural part of my relationship with the art teacher that we collaborate so there weren't any issues in approaching her with the idea of collaborating. Sometimes we forget who had which idea because we work so closely together!
Technology played an essential role in this entire project. We use technology every step of the way. We need it get inspired by other groups videos, we need it to show examples to the students and the students use many different forms of technology to complete this project.
The positives of using a collaborative plan is that you have an extra brain at work on a project. It also provides great reinforcement of the subject for the students. They get the subject matter delivered to them in different ways by different teachers which helps the learning curve tremendously. I love collaborating because so often there are ideas which my colleagues come up with that I might never have thought of. Good teachers borrow ideas from great teachers. The only negative aspect might be that you as the teacher do have to give up a bit of the control over a project, but that is nothing compared to the benefits, in my opinion.
Student growth is much greater when they have reinforcement from several sources. There is also a larger network of accountability when teachers collaborate. Students are assessed on several different levels.
I am a huge proponent of collaboration. I think that there are very few drawbacks and the benefits are huge for both the teachers and the students involved.
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