20 Anthony T. Atkins’s .”Collaborating Online: Digital Strategies for Group Work”
Writing Spaces Volume 1
Group work is something students will encounter in the classroom and in their different professional spaces. Often a dreaded task, group work requires team members to work together to accomplish a set of tasks and to work collaboratively towards an end goal, which typically takes the form of a presentation. Atkins’ chapter aims to breakdown group work into steps in order to help students get started and get organized. Atkins also provides a number of online and computer-based resources students can utilize in order to deviate from the usual dynamic of group work and instead provide new ways of thinking and approaching group work. According to Atkins, these tools can “increase participation in your group by changing attitudes about group work” and “also alleviate the problems associated with face-to-face discussion-based meetings and facilitate participation by all group members.” Atkins also explores a step-by-step approach on how groups can take their work and determine the kind of presentation appropriate for their project. This chapter aims to digitize the group work dynamic in hopes of refreshing and recharging group members’ enthusiasm about their projects.
“Group members should decide on an exciting way to conduct and complete group work. Using a technology like a wiki, Google Docs, or a blog (or even a social networking site), can do more than excite group members about the project; it can also alleviate the problems associated with face-to-face discussion-based meetings and facilitate participation by all group members.”
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Works Cited
Atkins, Anthony A. “Collaborating Online: Digital Strategies for Group Work.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing Volume 1, edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky, Parlor Press, 2010, pp. 235-248
In-text citation
“Group members should decide on an exciting way to conduct and complete group work. Using a technology like a wiki, Google Docs, or a blog (or even a social networking site), can do more than excite group members about the project; it can also alleviate the problems assocaited with face-to-face discussion-based meetings and facilitate participation by all group members” (243).
References
Atkins, A.A. (2010). Collaborating Online: Digital Strategies for Group Work.” In Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky (Eds.), Writing spaces: readings on writing, vol. 1 (pp. 235-248). New York: Parlor Press.
In-text citation
“Group members should decide on an exciting way to conduct and complete group work. Using a technology like a wiki, Google Docs, or a blog (or even a social networking site), can do more than excite group members about the project; it can also alleviate the problems assocaited with face-to-face discussion-based meetings and facilitate participation by all group members” (243).
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Bibliography
Atkins, Anthony A. “Collaborating Online: Digital Strategies for Group Work,” in Writing Spaces: Reading on Writing Volume 1, ed. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky (New York: Parlor Press, 2010), 235-248.
In-text citation
“Group members should decide on an exciting way to conduct and complete group work. Using a technology like a wiki, Google Docs, or a blog (or even a social networking site), can do more than excite group members about the project; it can also alleviate the problems assocaited with face-to-face discussion-based meetings and facilitate participation by all group members” (243).
About the author
name: Writing Spaces Volume 1
institution: Parlor Press and WAC Clearinghouse
Released in 2010, the first issue of Writing Spaces was edited by Drs. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. In addition to the Writing Spaces Website, volume 1 can be accessed through WAC Clearinghouse, as well as Parlor Press.
From Parlor Press
Topics in Volume 1 of the series include academic writing, how to interpret writing assignments, motives for writing, rhetorical analysis, revision, invention, writing centers, argumentation, narrative, reflective writing, Wikipedia, patchwriting, collaboration, and genres.
From WAC Clearinghouse
Charles Lowe is Assistant Professor of Writing at Grand Valley State University where he teachers composition, professional writing, and Web design. Pavel Zemliansky is Associate Professor in the School of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication at James Madison University.
Publication Information: Lowe, Charles, & Pavel Zemliansky (Eds.). (2010). Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1. WrtingSpaces.org; Parlor Press; The WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces/writingspaces1/
Publication Date: June 14, 2010
