]a)      key issues for the encouragement of collaboration:                                                             

  i.      to ensure that the students have healthy and mature relationships with each other in order to avoid bullying and harassment                                                            

 ii.      to ensure that the environment has a high class morale                                                          

   iii.      that the work is set for numerous learning styles so that the students can help each other and all have an equal understanding  The teacher must ensure that social networking is occurring:

It is more than just a friends list; truly engaging social

networking offers an opportunity to contribute, share,

communicate, and collaborate.

The New Media Consortium & the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2007)

www.nmc.org/pdf/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf

 

 

There are numeorus programs and new technologies that are web 2.0 platforms that are sure to encourage a collaborative environment. My own are examples of web 2.0 in a completely collaborative environment my resources include my blog, wikis, both a project and a group wiki, flickr, and igoogle which is a whole individual space for the learner customised to their preferences and can aslo be a collaborative space through games, jokes, notebook, cooking ideas etc the whole expereicne of web 2.0 is interactive and collaborative once logged in the social network begins

 

 

A perfect example of a group collaborative prject using web 2.0 and its platforms