Student Collaboration
October
*Digital Citizenship week is October 17-21*
This Monthly Focus Skill at a Glance:
The monthly focus of ‘Student Collaboration’ aims to enhance peer interaction and learning in group settings by giving students opportunities to practice generating, expressing, and communicating using academic language and digital platforms.
Examples of this Monthly Focus Skill in GISD:
Elementary:
-During station rotations, the teacher has designed an activity where students collaborate with their peers to generate a demonstration of learning like a shared graphic organizer.
Secondary:
-Teachers create a learning opportunity for students to work in peer groups to develop a solution to a real world issue connected to their content and communicate that solution through a digital poster.
Standards that Shape this Skill Focus:
STANDARDS FOR EDUCATORS
-Teachers use technology to:
Use collaborative tools to expand students’ learning experiences
Foster independent and collaborative learning in group settings
Learning Environment - Classroom Environment, Routines, and Procedures - Dimension 3.1:
The teacher organizes a safe, accessible, and efficient classroom.
Learning Environment - Classroom Culture - Dimension 3.3:
The teacher leads a mutually respectful and collaborative class of actively engaged learners.
STANDARDS FOR STUDENTS
-Students communicate for a variety of purposes in a variety of methods.
Express ideas & generate learning artifacts
Communicate with digital platforms appropriate to the audience
Students reflect on how to build positive relationships, avoid risky online talk, and understand why some topics and conversations can best lend themselves to certain mediums.
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