Collaboration

Instructions

Learn

In this section, take some time to review an article and at watch at least 1 video. (you choose)

Please select a time keeper!

Choose 1 article to read.

1. Deeper Learning: A Collaborative Classroom Is Key

by Rebecca Alber Edutopia Consulting Online Editor

2. Collaborative Learning: 20 Things You Need to Know From the Pros

by Miriam Clifford

Discuss

Discussion Question (Pick 1) - Please give yourself 10 minutes or less to have these discussions.

1. What does the word "collaborate" mean? What makes a discussion collaborative?

2. What does it mean to "build on others' ideas"?

3. How do I decide which assignments/activities to make collaborative?

4. How can I help students learn to work in groups?

  • How many students should be in each group?
  • Should you let them choose their teammates, or should you arrange the groups?
  • Should you divide them by ability level?
  • By demographics?
  • Heterogeneous groupings vs. Homogeneous groupings?

5. How do I grade collaborative work?

  • How is individual work to be evaluated?
  • How can a teacher assess the success of the group?

Create

We want educators to dive deeper into the the Deeper Learning Protocol. In this activity you will create a digital artifact that will be used as an example on the district DLP for other educators to explore and use. You will need to be mindful of time, as you will need to create this artifact and have it online within 30 minutes. In your groups, you may need to consider divvying up the work to be efficient. Have fun, be creative!

Your digital artifact should include:

            • A definition of your DLP facet (in your words - not copy pasted!)
            • An Implementation idea and/or example of your DLP facet for each building level (pk-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
            • Visual Representation / Aide
            • Questions that could be added to DLP and could further guide teachers into utilizing the facet.


Design an Artifact of Your Learning . Below are a couple of tools or ideas that you can use to further develop your idea. (pick 1)

            • MindMap (poster paper and camera, MindMaple Lite (iPad), Coggle (Chrome),
            • Sketchnote (poster paper and camera, iPad (Adobe Illustrator Draw, Doodle buddy)
            • Make a Video - ScreenCastOmatic (Chrome), iMovie (iPad), Touchcast (iPad), Adobe Spark (iPad)
            • Digital Collage/Poster (poster paper and camera, ThingLink (Chrome/iPad), PicCollage,), Canva (Chrome/iPad)
            • Presentation - 30 Hands (Chrome, iPad), Google Slides (chrome, iPad) Explain Everything (iPad)
            • You choose your own tool/idea

Submit

Submit your artifact to our Padlet https://padlet.com/jen_hegna/g5dz3eus0dw7

Be sure to include:

  1. Your group name,
  2. Your DLP facet
  3. The tools you used to create your artifact
  4. MOST IMPORTANT - The link to your artifact!