Review: Mapping, a Collaborative Experience

3 things that went well:

• We were able to transfer cities to the map relatively easily, although it did take two of us
• Once we picked our goods, we were able to agree the routes they traveled with ease
• My partner and I were able to communicate and be on the same page well enough during the outage to get what we wanted to into the map (like methods of transport)

3 things I wan't happy with:

• I wasn't happy with how crowded my week was, I don't think my stress was very helpful to my partner
• I think we could have thought of a better way to transfer the map to the larger paper
• I wasn't quite happy with the layout of the map, but we didn't really plan it well enough ahead of time, but, ya get out what ya put in.

What was hard/ difficult?

• There wasn't a lot of information available about the silk road during the time period we were researching, and that made finding the routes/ predicting the routes difficult

Collaboration:

• This might have been one of the greatest collaborative experiences of my life. My partner and I were in harmony the whole project, and were able to find enough time to work together after school, even with the power out. Although the map might be a little rough around the edges, it is a project I would gladly turn in. When the power went out we were able to divide the work seamlessly (which worked out well for our respective situations). I think collaboration defiantly helped quite a bit with this project.

Re-do time:

• If I had to do the project over again, I would probably start by planning the map better and maybe enlarging it using a more specific method. I would also choose more exotic products, depending on the information available.