Communication and Collaboration

    In the 21st century today, communication and collaboration are two important factors used in a classroom.  Talking to one another whether it is your classmates or professor always helps in the classroom, but also outside.  You can help one another on assignments asking each other questions and working together as a team.  Also, outside of class you can get one another's phone numbers for help and also use your Google account to converse with each other.  Talking to your professor in class is always helpful because you can ask questions and get feedback to do your assignment more accurately.
    Collaborating with other students in class helps you understand more. The assignments we did for levels 3 and 4 in the Tech Teacher Game had us working in groups and together to come up with ideas for tips for teachers. We also did the Horizon assignment which had us working in our Google accounts all together making a website on a topic we were assigned.
    I feel that if you do not use communication in your classroom, students will get confused and have many questions because you did not converse with them enough.  Students need to talk to the teacher and one another to learn; trying to teach themselves or not saying anything in class does not help them. Thinking about an upcoming test or quiz and someone not knowing how to do something, will result in failure, and no one wants that. I know that when I have my own classroom in the future I will make sure I have a secure balance of communication and collaboration.