Unleash Your SuperPower!
Preparing for Tech Visits
COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION
KEEP YOUR CLASSROOM'S BUZZING:
Students work in teams to prepare their own study material Infographics to share with other class members or other teachers' classes (Try Piktochart)
COLLABORATION
Working Together to Reach a Goal - putting talents, expertise, and smarts to work.
Refer to tools in the first block above from our last newsletter......
When designing a lesson with collaboration in mind remember there are many strategies that you already use that just need a digital touch. What is collaboration?
- The student is the primary focus of the instruction. What are some ways that students can collaborate and learn together. Consider using Voicethread , padlet, Wikispaces, or RealTime Board for students to lead and share instruction while collaborating in small groups.
- Interaction and doing are of primary importance. Check out Meetingwords or TitanPad or Draft for students to show while collaborating with their classmates.
- Working in groups is an important mode of learning. Use Google Drive and Google Apps in new above line learning modalities in your classroom. Also consider using pbworks or Symphonical for group work and ongoing classroom projects that need organization.
- Strutured approaches to developing solutions to real-world problems should be incorporated into learning. Some new ideas for students to share their research, information, charts, and pictures are diigo , and Board800. Be sure to refer back to Mrs. Davis Presentation Symbaloo for more choices.
Don' forget about BBLearn! How can use our LMS more effectively to enhance collaboration in the classroom.
COMMUNICATION
Sharing thoughts, questions, ideas, and solutions
Refer to tools in the first block above from our last newsletter......
Students should be building communication skills in your classroom that represent the media world they are surrounded by today. Sometimes they need to write that essay BUT....
- Ask Students to help solve problems. Some great tools for students to research and plan problem-solving are Flipboard, SurveyMonkey and MindMapFree
- Share solutions with tools like Twiducate, CoSketch, Thinglink
- Have you tried Peardeck? Ask an 8th grade Social Studies teacher.
- See what your students have learned use ExitTicket
Don't forget about all your options in BBLEARN.
Resources
References:
Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence,. 'Collaborative Learning: Group Work'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.
Tech4Learning.com,. 'The 21St Century Classroom – Where The 3 R’S Meet The 4 C’S!'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.
Photos:
School Photos are Courtesy of the 2015-16 Yearbook Staff