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Social Exercise - whould you have spoken to the person next to you?
Exposure to new / different perspectives
Defending your ideas
Quote about social computing "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" (eg MySpace)

Excitement over cooperative learning but ...
Logistics (how could I get the students together - class time? - out of class is difficult esp for students w/o transport.)
Watch as one student writes and the others "wait" (or as in MSIS) pass documents around via email.
Could not tell who was doing what -
More Logitics (in a multi class/section project how do you maintain a central place for putting all of the information?)
Process - Grading was based on the deliverable but the Focus should have been on the process (The journey is more important than the destignation)
My Logistics (How do I keep track of what is going on in each of the groups... in class I could walk over and listen in but what about out of class?)

Five case studies that examine different "issues" that have pleged colloration projects

wiki - central location for multiple groups all working on a larger project
wiki - provides an organizational structure familiar with our students (links to pages)
wiki - versioning with student particiation __watch for more stats from PBWiki?__
wiki - easy to use but also capable of advanced publication

rss - All of these provide a RSS feed (except Zoho?) so you can "watch" as your students work
tags - Create centralized location for students work *TAGS* (url = del.icio.us, photos = flickr, videos = youtube)
portal - Create a single gateway/portal for seeing what is new and accessing student work

Technology - students are smart and are constantly finding ways of getting around the rules. Mix w/ a flare for destruction? E.G. logging in under someone else's username/password and will delete/alter content.
How to collaborate - these tools help, but you will still need to teach kids to use these tools to effectively colloborate
Ruberic - the importance of a clearly defined set of expectations cannot be understated.
Student Attitudes what to do with a "bad egg" in a group? Creative solutions - groups draft mission statements and set of expectations for each member.