I didn’t really enjoy the reading this week as I felt as though it didn’t distinguish what collaboration is to its full potential.

However, I really liked the reference to sites such as Wikipedia and YouTube which I felt were cleverly necessary as they are both sites that involves the input from the public, meaning that this collaboration was between the public and sites. It’s a collaboration I never even thought about even though I use it in every day life.

In a group, there needs to be a specific direction and plan before conducting so every person knows what to do and how they can contribute. I agree with the statement that read ‘collaboration requires goals’. Goals are important as even after the overall direction is established, to keep the direction there needs to be a goal, and even specific goals along the way. For our PB4’s, goals could mean submission dates along the way. I’ve looked that the criteria sheet, and it looks as though we are given set dates along the way to completion that checked our progress, and I’m guessing ultimately to make sure we didn’t leave anything to the last minute. For example, it says the video essay rough cut is due in week 12 workshops. This will keep the group organised and achieve the final goal at the end (which will be to get the whole assignment in on timeJ)