When I first started my journey through grad school I didn't think much about the use of Web 1.0 technology. I honestly probably couldn't of defined what Web 1.0 was and most likely would have listed off Web 2.0 tools. This summer we had the experience of learning more in depth about the affordances of using Web 1.0 to design a telecollaborative project. I designed a project where students were competing with other groups to plan and build the tallest tower possible only using 200 pennies. Students were supposed to post their plans, results, and reflections on a pre-made webpage. The submissions were all due on a certain date and everything would be turned in at once.
I think using the 2.0 tool of a blog would be a great way to improve this project. Students could blog throughout the process of planning and creating their towers. It would be more authentic to have them reflect in real time using a blog. It would be much more efficient to have them blog than to have them create a response on paper and then transfer it to a website. Using 2.0 tools would also create a lot of more options for the timeline. Teams could have deadlines to post plans and attempts at building the tower if they could post their ideas using a blog type forum. It would still allow for students from multiple locations to participate while allowing for them to stay more on pace with each other. I think from the curator's perspective using a blog would be much easier. I was going to have to filter through emails and upload all the information at the final due date. One issue that may come up is that people may only want to post their final photos on a certain date so they can be sure their ideas stay their own.
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