In this blog post, Mr. Jo Fothergill is a teacher from New Zealand. In this post, he discusses the idea of collaborating classrooms. He doesn't just mean for projects every now and then, he means for every day lessons. With technology the way it is today, there is a very good chance that the idea of collaborating classrooms is going to become more well known. He, along with I, believe that we are stronger together and that when we work together everyone will learn a lot more. I believe that the students shouldn't be the only ones learning in the classroom. A successful classroom has the students learning, along with the teachers. When teachers come together to collaborate, they will be learning along with the students.
In this blog post, Mr. Fothergill blogs about his recent experience at an educamp. An educamp is a conference that teachers attend to be able to get in smaller groups with teachers from around the country or world. Mr. Fothergill attended an educamp recently and he greatly benefited from the small group discussions he had. I agreed with him. I feel like when you sit in front of a person with thousands of others at a conference it will not be as valuable as if you were to have discussions with a small group. Small group settings really tend allow you to share your ideas with others which you would not get to otherwise. I hope one day to be able to attend an educamp!
I agree about the benefits of collaborating in the class room. What's the old saying? "Two heads are better than one!" Another positive is that even if you have your students break into groups each day, putting them in new groups for different lessons allows them to work with the entire class at some point. I like what you said about teachers and students learning together, I think that is a good atmosphere for everyone in the class.
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