Collaboration & Communication

We learn together at D39C and we know that the outcome of any learning experience is better when we work in teams. The ability to listen and communicate clearly are vital to the success of group work. At D39C we practice the art of collaboration using skills from Adaptive Schools. We explicitly teach and monitor active listening and collaboration skills across our campus and include everyone in the on-going training. All learners will continue to grow and develop into confident communicators in written and oral forms of communication plus visual forms of communication such as images, video, and animation.

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"MAKE COHORTS AND TEAMS THE PRACTICE, NOT THE EXCEPTION. Probably the most deeply embedded norm of industrial education, originating from the 15th century, is the ideal of the individual scholar. The default mode is to aim teaching at a single student, and assess and recognize accomplishments gained through individual performance. But we must shift this towards team learning. The collaborative world succeeds through interaction and exchange, and it’s important to move towards deep, peer-driven learning and performance. A supportive team that meets regularly during the course of a unit will provide feedback and help each student produce a better individual product. In an inquiry-based classroom, this should be standard practice. "

-- Inquiry Learning Vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist? MindShift | May 20, 2013 | Thom Markham

• A Bit About Blogging

• Deeper Learning: A Collaborative Classroom is Key

• Adaptive Schools

• Check us out as we collaborated together to solve a problem we faced early in our planning

• 5 Keys of Collaboration