Collaborating

I demonstrated the Communication core competency during the dichotomous button activity. During this activity, I displayed the sub-category collaborating by working collectively with my partner. This activity required critical thinking skills as well as organization and creativity, so there were a lot of tasks to be done. We decided to separate these tasks amongst ourselves as well as work together in sorting the buttons by colour, shape, and size. My partner and I decided to collaborate by discussing ideas and suggestions while playing active members of the group. I showed collaboration by taking the role of the writer for the dichotomous key while my partner helped organized the buttons and tell me what descriptions I should write. I also took a role in contributing ideas in ways we could have sorted the buttons as well as naming them. My partner and I negotiated respectfully, listening to each other’s ideas and giving suggestions for improving the names of the buttons.