collaboration and communication in the classroom katie dorr –...
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Collaboration in the Classroom
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
What is expected in this speaking and listening anchor standard? By the time students graduate, they will need to be able to talk in a productive way about all kinds of things with all kinds of people while also being inclusive, articulate, and convincing of the importance and value of their individual ideas and stances.
Answer Garden
• For a quick snapshot of student learning (pre & post assessment) teachers can set up a free “Answer Garden” question.
http://answergarden.ch/view/188021
Answer Garden Results
• All responses will be posted below the question
• The more often an answer is submitted the larger the text size
• Teachers can save images using the snipping tool
Sharing Information With Others
Padlet - www.padlet.com
Online Bulletin Board
Students/Teachers can
Insert documents, images,
Videos and audio
Recordings.
Lets see it in action
Collaborative Work
Blendspace – www.blendspace.com
Let see how it works: Introduction to Blendspace Video
Skype in the Classroom
• How can Skype improve student learning in the classroom?
Introduction to Skype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zni56lVckb0
Teachers can make contact with other teachers, authors or other experts using the site: https://education.skype.com/
Also included in this site are links to lessons that teachers can use in their classroom.
Communicating Understanding and Building New Ideas
Online Discussions• Builds con nec tions and class com mu nity by pro mot ing dis cus sion on course top ics and more infor mal discussion
• Con tributes to the devel op ment of cog ni tive, crit i cal think ing, and writ ing skills
• Allows time for thought ful, in-depth reflec tion on course top ics. Much like tra di tional writ ing exer cises, stu dents have more time to think about, research, and com pose their thoughts before con tribut ing to the discussion.
• Facil i tates exploratory learn ing by allow ing stu dents to review and respond to the work of oth ers and approach learn ing in diverse ways
• Empow ers stu dents to express them selves. For stu dents with diff er ent learn ing styles, an online dis cus sion board can be a venue where they feel more com fort able con tribut ing to group dis cus sions. With pos i tive rein force ment from inter ac tions on the dis cus sion board, an increase in in-class par tic i pa tion may also occur.
Options for Online Discussions:
Canvas – https://ferndale.instructure.com/login/ldap
Kidblog – www.kidblog.com
SharePoint
Ferndale School District also has a SharePoint site where teachers and students can store documents that they can share with other teachers and/or students.https://sharepoint.ferndalesd.net/schools/AllSchools/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/
When you log into the SharePoint site you can log in using the same username and password as you do to get into your computer.
Class Notebooks
The OneNote Class Notebook is an app for SharePoint Online that helps you set up OneNote in your class. This app will create a class notebook, which includes three types of sub-notebooks:
• Student Notebooks – private notebooks that are shared between each teacher and their individual students. Teachers can access these notebooks at any time, but students cannot see other students’ notebooks.
• Content Library – a notebook for teachers to share course materials with students. Teachers can add and edit its materials, but for students, the notebook is read-only.
• Collaboration Space – a notebook for all students and the teacher in the class to share, organize, and collaborate.
• Lets see it in Action