tools for collaboration
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PowerPoint for teachers which describes and focuses on the need for collaboration among teachers and students.TRANSCRIPT
Web 2.0 Tools For
CollaborationPresented bySarah Price
Secndary ELA Technology Curriculum [email protected]
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What is Integration?• Integration
–generally means combining parts so that they work together to form a whole
– in education, is combining best teaching practices with technology use in the classroom
– is not just a replacement for pencil and paper
•Web site exploration
•Expert groups
•Collaboration
•Research
•Practice
What Integration Looks Like in the ELA Classroom
Students with laptops open and logged in
What Integration Looks Like in the ELA Classroom
(Teacher Using Projector)
• Sharing• Modeling• Note taking• Critical reading• Background
material
• Vocabulary• Examples• Review Games• Making
connections to the world
What is Web 2.0?
Collaboration in the SecondaryELA Classroom
Collaboration is…teachers
working together
Collaboration is…teachers
in partnership
working together
Collaboration is…teachers
working together in partnership
sharing leadership
Collaboration is…teachers
working together in partnership
sharing leadership
co-evolving, co-learning
Collaboration is…teachers
working together in partnership
sharing leadership co-evolving, co-learning
for student success
The Focus of Collaborative Learning
student learning where students are actively demonstrating their understanding, rather than students passing written tests as the sole sign of knowing.
Collaboration Through Discussion
Using Blogs, Forums, and Discussion Boards in the
Secondary ELA Classroom
PurposeWhat are blogs, forums, and
discussion boards, and why should teachers use them?
How do teachers incorporate forums/discussion boards into their lessons?
a Web-based publication of periodic journal entries (news) called “posts.”presented in reverse chronological
order with the most current post appearing first.
an online journal with one or many contributors.
What is a blog?
a public (online) meeting place for open discussions on a topic
an area where users can interact with questions, answers, and discussions
a great way to meet people who share similar interests and to learn more about a topic of interest
What is a forum?
Forum ExampleNing.com allows participants to create a polished and user-friendly forum. Groups form around a topic of interest or a common need.
What is a discussion board?A list in which users can read, post, and
reply to messages from other users who are members of the same discussion board.Members may read comments or questions
and respond with their own remarks over time.
All posts to a question or response become “threaded” to the original posting.
Discussion BoardExampleNotice that each response is threaded to the original post. After the first two replies, each subsequent post is evidently a reply to the previous one. Only the first, second, and last postings are responses to the original.
Discussion Using Schoolwires•In Schoolwires, the discussion postings can be allowed or not allowed.•The teacher can prompt or require specific details or ask open-ended questions to make students think more deeply about a topic.
can participate on their own time
Why use blogs, forums, or discussion boards?
know about and often use forums (i.e. Facebook, Twitter,
other social networks).
want their voices to be “heard.”
have no fear of wrong answers.
enjoy real-world writing.like to read what their friends have written.
Students
Why use blogs, forums, or discussion boards?
Teacherscan join in, guide, and monitor discussions
can foster a “sense of community” within a class
will see more student engagement than in a classroom discussion.
can use postings to make in-class discussions more
meaningful.
Example:cyfair3.schoolwires.net>Cypress Lakes>
Faculty >Amy HawkinsBlog - writing practice and student assessment.
Original post lays out the requirements.Students write their own blog within set
parameters.Students use the postings to comment on
others’ writing.
Discussion Board/ForumUsing Schoolwires
Where can you find other places to blog?www.blogster.comwww.blogger.comwww.blogs.com www.thoughts.com www.livejournal.co
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www.xanga.com www.cerei.org www.piczo.comwww.vox.comwww.TypePad.com