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On this page, you will find a description of some of the district's tech tools that can be used for facilitating digital collaboration. Regardless of how you ask students to work together, an effective collaborative activity should meet the following criteria:
rigorous & engaging
rigorous & engaging
If students can complete an activity on their own, they may not be invested in working together. Good collaborative activities require teamwork and discussion.
Clear criteria
Clear criteria
Students should know how they are meant to work together. This may mean students have designated roles, or that students set norms within their groups.
Single Product
Single Product
At the end of the activity, students should produce a single product. For example, rather than each individual student filling out a graphic organizer, students collaborate to develop an anchor chart.
Google Docs
Google Docs
Google Docs is an online word processing tool.
When should I use Google Docs?
When should I use Google Docs?
When you want students to write extended responses
When you want students to easily view each other's comments and suggestions
When you want students to read one another's writing
How can students collaborate on Google docs?
How can students collaborate on Google docs?
Students can work on the same document simultaneously
Using the suggest feature, students can make suggestions without erasing one another's work
Using the comment feature, students can comment without altering one another's work
Using the revision history feature, students can return to and recover earlier versions of their work
what resources are available to me?
what resources are available to me?
Google slides
Google slides
Google Docs is an online presentation tool.
When should I use Google slides?
When should I use Google slides?
When you want students to create presentations
When you want students to easily view each other's comments and suggestions
When you want students to embed multimedia
How can students collaborate on Google slides?
How can students collaborate on Google slides?
Students can work on the same document simultaneously
Using the comment feature, students can comment without altering one another's work
Using the revision history feature, students can return to and recover earlier versions of their work
what resources are available to me?
what resources are available to me?
what is Jamboard?
what is Jamboard?
Jamboard is a collaborative digital whiteboard developed by Google.
When should I use Jamboard?
When should I use Jamboard?
When you want students to brainstorm
When you want students to create a visual representation of something
How can students collaborate on a jamboard?
How can students collaborate on a jamboard?
Students can work simultaneously, whether on the same page or on different pages on the same board
Students can post sticky notes, draw, type, or insert images
Using the revision history feature, students can return to and recover earlier versions of their work
what resources are available to me?
what resources are available to me?
What is kami?
What is kami?
Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. Users can digitally annotate PDFs or other static images by drawing, highlighting, inserting text boxes, or embedding multimedia.
When should I use Kami?
When should I use Kami?
When you want students to collaborate on a textbook worksheet or other document in PDF form
When you want students to embed multimedia
How can students collaborate on Kami?
How can students collaborate on Kami?
Students can work on the same document simultaneously
Students can embed recordings of themselves directly onto the page
what resources are available to me?
what resources are available to me?
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