Collaboration v's Co-operation

Co-operation v's Collaboration

As my first post I wanted to talk a bit about collaboration versus co-operation. I found the following  article interesting as it helped to clarify the difference between the two. I think that many people are not clear on this and the benefits of collaboration. I was lucky enough to visit some schools over in Melbourne and most of these were new schools built in the modern learning environment type style. This however did not change how some of the teachers taught they tended to still teach the same way and just shared the space especially because most of them had a common area in the middle. This was not working collaborating but was working by co-operating with each other and sharing the space. Co-operating is easy to do and I have done this for many years with planning and sharing space etc. I thought this was okay until I read more on collaboration and the schools started being built in the new way with large open spaces. In education collaborating is important and will help us to gain more knowledge in many areas, broaden our horizons and I think be thinking more on a higher level. By working in a collaboration way it helps get the best out of everyone that is working in this environment, which is a good thing.  Cartoon video I like this video as it sets it out clearly how collaboration can work. I believe we are on this earth to learn from others and to build on what we know and share ideas. This helps us to come up with new ideas which is definitely what we want to achieve. We know that in the 21st century we need to move forward with our thinking so doing it by collaboration has surely got to mean that we can move forward in education.  I will continue to develop my thinking in this area with the help of gaining more knowledge and experiences both in the class and from outside of the classroom. As I have where to now questions I will answer hopefully in the future.
Questions I have that plan to discuss more on here. 

What is the best environment for collaboration to happen?
What kind of personality works best in this environment? 
How do we past on this collaboration to the children?