Post on 22-Feb-2016
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Digital Collaboration to
Increase Student Learning
Mary Jo Davis & Ray Francis
Digital CollaborationHow do you define collaboration?
To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor (from Merriam-Webster online dictionary)
To work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work (from Dictionary.com)
My favorite: WORK TOGETHER
(from Roget’s Thesaurus.com)
Digital collaboration in action . . .
Bloom’s taxonomy—help your students move…
•Digital collaboration-value to education
TO HERE
FROM HERE
1. Identifying similarities & differences2. Summarizing & notetaking3. Reinforcing effort & providing recognition4. Homework & practice5. Nonlinguistic representation6. Cooperative learning7. Setting objectives & providing feedback8. Generating & testing hypotheses9. Cues, questions, & advance organizers
Digital collaboration-value to education
Marzano’s nine guidelines to improve student achievement
Face to facePerfect for group work sessionsRemember to involve technology
Blended instructionBlended classroom perfect fit
Virtual classroomsEmbed technology in classroom siteMultiple tools for use in online class
Fits all learning environmentsDigital collaboration
To participate in the following poll
To vote on today’s polls: Each poll has an address where you send your
response, varying according to your submission method
Each answer has a number corresponding to your answer
Smart phone Text: text to 37607 with answers
Online @PollEv.com: list your answer number in “Web Response” box
Twitter: @poll XXXXXX with XXXXXX being your answer number
Today’s discussionUsing technology to collaborate which
increases student engagement & learningStorytelling & creativityHow to engage students using basic technology
Polling in the classrooma basic introduction
Polling in actionSpecific tools & display possibilities
Collaborative questingSending you on a scavenger hunt
First
Second
Fifth
Third
Fourth
Wikis, blogs, & sharingLet them create the story, & add to each other’s work
Q & A and time to experimentClosing
STORYTELLING
Storytelling in a real classroom & shared by a real
teacher
Students with problems communicating
Storytelling A valuable tool for many reasons
Help students find their voice Discuss difficult issues
Why do YOU think storytelling is valuable?
Storytelling—as a classroom tool
Students can tell stories in many waysPicturesAudio narratives—more privacy w/o
imagesNarrated slideshowMovie story Help students explore new territory,
problem solve,& learn coping strategies
Storytelling in many forms
WikisWiki on Digital Collaboration
BlogsBlog discussing digital collaboration tools
Technologies to create storytelling output
POLLING
Don’t fear
technology,
embrace it!
Add student input during discussions with live polling
•Poll Anywhere, Everywhere, Anyhow…
Various polling software
Modify lecture to meet student needs
Check for understandingCheck if students are grasping difficult concepts or formulas
Polling: not a new conceptInstructors have always asked students for feedback
On the fly polling helps to:
Polling: as a teaching toolBy polling, an instructor can:
Pre/post event surveys
Check for understanding
KWL info gathering
Collaboration in class (online or f2f)
Resourceevaluation
Polling: as a learning toolStudents can administer their own polls
Data for student research
Improve writing skills
Analyze and synthesizedata
Group responses
Promote positive performance
Situation where polling would work for you
Face to face classroom ideas??
Online format ideas??
COLLABORATIVE
QUESTING
Collaboration through QuestingNew ways to insure student
collaboration Online scavenger
hunts Web quest Directed notes
Shared research New & prior knowledge Cooperation &
collaboration
Questing for learningLearning could include collaboration,
teamwork, research skillsIdentify roles for each participantSpell out essential group detailsClearly identify objective & search
methodologyOutline acceptable resourcesDescribe end product plainly and
base grades upon published rubric
Digital Storytelling Digital Polling Digital Questing
ALL LEAD TO MORE EFFECTIVE
DIGITAL COLLABORATION
Digital collaboration building blocksAdd digital collaboration to your classroom. . . .
QUESTIONS? ? ?