So far my experience with this project has been going smoothly. We have split up the work and have been on track thus far. I'm glad that I get to work on this project with a partner. It is a lot less stressful being able to split up the work. We have different ideas that we can bounce off of each other. I would want this to 

So far Molly and I have worked a lot on the overall design of our advocacy page so far. I think that the page and pictures look pretty good. We have gathered a few online sources that we are going to use for our annotated bibliography. I created a design for our advocacy that might get edited a little bit. Molly wrote up

Based on Chisholm's reading I found that when it comes to collaborative projects there can be four major problems that arise. There is resistance, inexperience, friction, and fairness. I think that I define collaboration as working together with peers in a group to bring together other ideas and create one final project as an outcome. I think that Chisholm was right on when he talked about the major problems that usually occur in group projects. Most people hear group project and they hate it, especially if they can't pick their group members. Some people don't think group projects are a priority and resist to do the work until the end. There are usually some problems that occur, and it is hard to get together with people all at the same time. Dividing up the work is also another major problem. Who gets to decide what is fair and what everyone should be doing? Then if they do the work and the other group members don't think it's very good they are usually stuck with the consequences when they get their grade back. 

I think that co-authoring is when two authors work together from two different locations to put together a piece of writing. They are not necessarily sitting in the same room and working together. In the past I have had my fair share at group projects. I kind of hate them because it makes me think that I have to spend more time outside the class itself to get together and work on a project. Most of the time I'd rather do the work alone or work with one partner. Working together can be messy sometimes because people work at their own pace and everyone has different schedules. As a future teacher, however, I do think that group projects are an important part of education and help students deal with social situations and collaborate their ideas together to come up with some work they could not have done on their own. 

      To me, advocacy means how you communicate your beliefs to others. You can be an advocate of your beliefs without stating them directly. If you ask a friend to go to a specific community service event your friend will see that you are interested in that affiliation and they will understand your belief. I collected a few items from around campus and from Atlantic City.

            One handout was advertising the event, “Light it up Blue.” It is advertised on a light blue paper with the save the date, contact information, and a statement that says, “Walk to raise awareness about Autism.” I believe they are successful because they keep it simple, they linked the title to the color of the paper, and they put in bold what the event is.

            A brochure I got from the Tropicana was advocating for a bunch of different events and restaurants. It was in color and listed all of the places you could dine, party, relax, shop, or go for entertainment. It also advertised beer week, daily specials at specific restaurants, and what special events are coming up soon. I think this brochure was very good at advocating. It had a lot of information, but was designed well and clean.