Increasing Collaboration in the Classroom Using Technology By Sarah Barnett.

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Increasing Collaboration in the Classroom Using Technology By Sarah Barnett

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Increasing Collaboration in the Classroom Using Technology

By Sarah Barnett

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If you have a mobile device . . . Try downloading the free mobile apps for Socrative.◦Download both “Socrative Student” and “Socrative Teacher.”

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Access to Workshop MaterialsAll materials can be found on my

Schoolwires Website◦Woodland High School Teachers

Sarah Barnett◦http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/D

omain/450

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ISTE-Students Standardswww.iste.org/standards2. Communication and Collaboration a. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. b. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media c. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats d. Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures e. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems

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Collaboration means . . . Students are working with their

peers learning teamwork and group communication skills.

Students are learning how to problem solve, delegate tasks, contribute to a group presentation, take responsibility, be accountable, etc.

Students are discussing with or writing for a real audience.

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Collaboration . . . Involves interaction.Requires dialogue.Encourages discussion.Can get messy.Leads to greater outcomes.

Avoids learning in isolation.

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Technology Tools to Facilitate Collaboration

BloggingPadletGoogle DocsVoice ThreadSocrative

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BloggingOption 1: Schoolwires Blog—to

respond to and discuss a teacher-generated prompt

Option 2: EduBlogs—for students to publish original work; FREE and SAFE◦Teacher Blog—classroom hub◦Student Blogs—can publish student

work; linked to the teacher blog; teacher controls privacy

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Padlet (www.padlet.com)Online Sticky Note BoardWhole class or small groups can

contribute to an online post-it note board to share ideas.

Can be accessed synchronously or asynchronously

In addition to text, can add links, upload files, insert pictures

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Padlet—Suggestions for Facilitating CollaborationUse Padlet as a warm-up activity

◦ Students can answer an “opening question” using their mobile devices. Have the URL written on the board.

◦Students respond to what others have posted.

Contribute to a Padlet for HW. ◦What was the most important thing you

learned from the HW? OR Compare/contrast two concepts from the reading.

◦Require that students add something that hasn’t been posted yet.

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Padlet—Suggestions for Facilitating CollaborationJigSaw Padlet

◦Create 5 Padlets for 5 different learning stations in the classroom. Require each group to add something different to the station Padlet after completing the task at that station. Compare all groups at the end of the class period.

Group Brainstorming◦Require students to brainstorm a topic (or

collect quotations, key historical figures, important vocabulary terms, etc.) on a small group Padlet.

◦Then sort the post-it notes into different categories. (Use freeform layout.)

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Padlet—Suggestions for Facilitating CollaborationCreate a group study guide for a

unit test. Each person is responsible for multiple

sticky-notes on various topics. Collect textual evidence to support

a specific position while reading an article. Sort evidence into “pro” and “con.”

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Google DocsDoes require a Google Account; must

be at least 13; still may want to obtain parental consent

Students can collaborate in real-time or asynchronously on documents, spreadsheets, sites, etc. by “sharing” with peers◦Saves automatically◦Avoids the need to email or multiple

saves of group projects◦No excuses about lost/forgotten

flashdrives

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Google Docs—Suggestions for Facilitating CollaborationSmall groups collaboratively create

a presentation using Google Presentations (like a PowerPoint)

Collaboratively complete a graphic organizer ◦Teacher shares the document with

each group.Teacher can view each student’s

contributions to the group work by “checking revision history.”

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VoiceThread

Audio “blogging”Option 1: Teacher uploads a

“prompt” and students respond to the prompt orally; all responses are collected around the prompt and can be listened to

Option 2: Student uploads pictures/documents and presents using voice recordings

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VoiceThread—Suggestions for Facilitating CollaborationPractice telling a story about a picture

in a foreign language; listen to other students and critique their pronunciation or try to translate the story

Student groups can narrate a presentation (a form of screencasting)◦Great for the shy students who do not

want to present in front of the classStudents upload original work for

others to comment/critique

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Socrative (www.socrative.com) Student/Teacher collaboration as

formative assessmentMobile apps or computers

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Socrative—Suggestions for Facilitating CollaborationReview a test or multiple choice of any

kind; ◦Students predict the distractor answer or find

evidence that disproves specific answer choicesExit tickets

◦What did you learn today?Pre-Discussion

◦Allow students to answer discussion questions in writing before the whole-class discussion; prompts the “quiet” students to share ideas

Socratic Seminar◦Record thoughts while in the “outer circle” of a

Socratic seminar

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Access to Workshop MaterialsAll materials can be found on my

Schoolwires Website◦Woodland High School Teachers

Sarah Barnett◦http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/D

omain/450