As an education major and liberal studies major I have collaborated in a lot of different situations. Most of my education classes influence their students to work together to complete different tasks. For example, in my TLC class we were given a propensity to define. We had to collaborate on the meaning of the propensity and provide examples of how this propensity is shown within the classrooms we observe.
I work at a Hallmark store when I am not at school. While at work there is always some task that my store manager and myself try to collaborate on. It could be a simple task like where to display a product on the floor or it could be a harder task like how can we improve displays to make them more attractive to the customers. For example, one day my manager brought up a box, tape, and a sample product to me and said "how can we make this box look like a locker?" We collaborated and made the ordinary brown box into a locker that had brackets hidden to display the magnetic locker accessories.
Within Writing, Research, and Technology we are currently collaborating on our collaborative research project. Ashley, Christie, and myself are collaborating through the use of a Google Doc to come up with questions to ask during our Oral History interview. I believe that throughout the duration of this project conversation and dialogue are going to be important aspects to use in order to complete the assignment successfully.
Collaboration has become a huge impact on my educational career and I feel that it will continue to be an influence in my life after college.