Collaboration
Directions:
Step 1 – Review the information posted below.
Step 2 – Answer the question(s) in a clear and organized paragraph.
Technology and Engineering Practices - Collaboration
Collaboration refers to having the perspective, knowledge, capabilities, and willingness to seek out and include team members when working on design challenges.
Collaboration is about working with one or more people to accomplish a goal.
Collaboration relies on multiple perspectives to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
Individuals may not adequately be equipped to solve problems on their own.
Collaboration is essential because it is natural to how work is accomplished in our everyday lives.
The challenge is to ensure the understanding that even though you may not agree with others’ opinions, those opinions are valuable and should be considered.
Collaboration and teamwork leverage the perspectives, background knowledge, skills, and dispositions of team members to accomplish tasks.
Group activities should be structured so that all perspectives are considered, there is equitable distribution of the workload, and team members develop a sense of accountability to the group.
Questions
Answer the following question(s) in a clear and organized paragraph.
- Start with your topic sentence. This is where you should state your ideas.
- Then, include evidence to support your ideas.
- Finally, finish your paragraph with a brief wrap-up sentence.
- Then, include evidence to support your ideas.
- Finally, finish your paragraph with a brief wrap-up sentence.
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