I am interested in Youth Media and did projects in the past and also currently working this semester in a Youth Media organization (EVC). Michael’s idea fit perfectly in my area of interest.
Our first meetings were really difficult to schedule, because Michael invited people from his Youth Media class and our schedules never seem to overlap. Therefore, he went ahead and created the wiki, where he posted his idea of the circles of care. I wasn’t familiar with the concept, but it sounded interesting. We divided the circles, but at some point it was only Michael, Billy and me communicating. I didn’t know what happened with the people from the Youth Media class and it was a little confusing. After we re-established who is working on this project, the communication was better at least for me, because I knew from who to expect answers.
Michael put a lot of effort in this project and tried to reach out to people. The collaboration process was a little slower, now that I can compare it to Heather’s group, but I am not sure why. I can say for myself that I was less motivated with writing a curriculum, because the template I had to follow was pretty rigid. In Heather’s class for example my idea emerged more or less over time and I was able to concentrate on aspects I found interesting. I understand that the curriculum has to be coherent in the end, but maybe we should have communicated more in the beginning to have a common understanding of the project.
Now that I am looking at the wiki I think it looks good and I am happy I was able to work with Michael and Billy. Thanks guys.
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I agree with what you were saying. I was surprised how rigid things turned out with the curriculum. I was hoping that the Noddings work would serve more as a scaffolding and we would have more maneuverability as everybody left their stamp on the project. I think freedom and flexibility is what the proposed project is all about, so it certainly follows that this should have been similar. Also, I think that is where the importance of early meetings comes into play. During that point in the collaborative process, we still have the flexibility to freely navigate the direction of things, but as deadlines approach, we get more locked in on a single vision. In this way, I think the collaborative process in networked environments is very much like the process in the real world! But it was good experience and I think this really helps highlight what works and what doesn't.
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