So I am already working on the preparations for the next Photo II assignment and it struck me:  This is a group project and they are required to work as a group and individually as parts of the whole - not what happens in some other classes.   Apparently, lots of teachers have group work but the members of those groups are still working independently within that group.  So where is the cooperation?  It isn't there.  I know that some teachers give all members of the group the same exact grade.  Really?  What does that teach a student?  It teaches that no matter how hard or little you work, you will all be rewarded the same.  Great lesson there.  In my zine assignments, I observe constantly.  I notice who works and who does not, who contributes to the group functioning as a well oiled machine who who tries to throw a wrench in the works.  Each students gets an individual grade.  They complete their own self assessment.

Perhaps we need to rename these assignments.  They are not group projects.  They are cooperative assignments.  Can I copyright that?  Or will one of my colleagues who reads this take this as her own idea?