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    This document discusses an inquiry project comparing different methods of online and in-person communication and collaboration. It describes three assignments - building a tower of pencils, catapult, and egg drop device - using instant messaging, online posting, and face-to-face interactions. While each method had advantages, the document concludes that face-to-face communication is most effective but should be supplemented with online methods to engage more students. As a teacher, the author feels they need to combine these communication styles in their classroom to prepare students for a society increasingly using online interactions.

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    Melanie Harris

    Inquiry Project 3
    How much is technology changing
    our world?
    Do I need to change the way I
    teach?
    Is face to face interaction more or
    less effective then solely learning
    online?
    What type of internet
    Tower of Pencils Challenge -
    Synchronous Activity
    (90 minute instant messenger)
    Assignment: Build a free standing tower using 20
    pencils and unlimited rubber bands
    • Advantages: instant responses, smooth flow, consistent
    medium tempo, used partner’s suggestions to make my
    tower better
    • Disadvantages: explaining the set up of pencil tower, trying
    to visualize your partner’s work, lost internet connection
    twice, different brand materials changed outcome
    Trial #1 Final Trial
    Catapult Challenge - Asynchronous
    Posting activity
    (4 days of posting bulletins)
    Assignment: Build a catapult using pencils,
    rubber bands (2 to power the catapult)
    toothpicks, and a ping pong ball
    • Advantages: forward moving energy, ability to
    work at your own pace, extra time to work on the
    project, can upload pictures
    • Disadvantages: pauses between communication,
    overall takes longer to complete the project

    Click for Video


    Face-to- Face Egg Drop
    Assignment: use a balloon, two pieces of printer
    paper, toilet paper roll, four cells from a
    Styrofoam egg carton, small eggs, and scotch
    tape to drop an egg eight feet without it breaking
    Advantages: no barriers between partners, build
    one project together, no pauses in tempo, could
    show each other ideas
    Disadvantages: Although I really didn’t come
    across any I could see how having a dominant
    partner could cause the project to be one-sided
    Face to Face Egg Drop
    (continued)
    Click for Video
    Click for Video
    Trial One
    Trial Two

    • New Questions:
    Is the internet better then face to
    face?

    Is combining all the


    communications the best solution?
    Conclusions
    • Everyone type of communication has advantages
    and disadvantages
    • Face to Face is the most effective alone, but is
    even more successful when supplemented by
    internet communication
    • Using a combination reaches a wider range of
    learners

    As a teacher I need to strive to combine all of these


    communications in my classroom. While I don’t
    believe face to face interaction will have go
    extinct, I do believe internet communication is
    becoming a very influential part of our society
    and I should prepare my students for that.

    Observation notes used in completion of this


    project:
    Tower of Pencils
    References
    • Turkle, Sherry Cyberspace and
    Technology. Contemporary
    Sociology, Vol. 28, No.6 (Nov.,1999),
    643-648

    • Suler, John Psychology of


    Cyberspace: Identity Management in
    Cyberspace. Journal of Applied
    Psychoanalytical Studies, 4, 455-460

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