About face

After much fanfare through introductions, exchange of email all the members of Team 6, unanimous acceptance of the hand-washing topic,  and even preparing an initial outline, Ely and I met today to conclude that the hand-washing topic and instructions are not in line with the requirements of the assignment!

So back to the drawing board.

The French students continue to have difficulty signing on to Sulis so we have been communicating via email and also on our newly established Facebook page.  However as I'm a bit of a lunatic at using and loving to use a variety of communication platforms, some of the other students are noting that it is confusing and difficult to follow what is going on when information is scattered in several places.

So, I am happy to reign in my scattered-ness and apply more discipline for the sake of the group.

Ely suggested writing about creating a podcast.  When we put the explanation and new suggestion to the rest of the team, they came back with several interesting suggestions:

• Setting up an account on Air BnB (which I like and have used before)
• Setting up email on your smartphone (which I don't have)
• Working with Google Docs
• Using Craiglist

Besides, a podcast in itself is not collaborative technology, it is the end result of a recording. The actual recording activity may be collaborative exercise, but I don't think the podcast topic suits the assignment.

Once we decide on the topic, we will create the outline. Then we can divide the tasks among ourselves.