K-12 Asynchronous Vs. This page was created by Paul Bertrand and John L. Vitale , and is part of a larger web page entitled Online Collabortive Writing Projects. The basic notion that two or more heads are better than one has been the rationale behind collaborative writing. From elementary through post-secondary, online collaborative writing projects perpetuate several learning outcomes. This web page, however, was written with the educator in mind.
Collaborative projects can take many forms.
The paper Organizing and Facilitating Telecollaborative Projects by Judi Harris, provides an excellent overview of how to structure a collaborative project and includes links to various examples. Harris identifies eight steps that will help you organize and facilitate a telecollaborative project. In step two, Harris identifies sixteen activity structures but notes that more are being created by teachers and students. They fall, in groups of five or six, into three structure genres. All of these projects involve extensive collaborative writing and are suitable for K-12.