Collaboration and communication in the classroom Katie Dorr –

Collaboration in the Classroom CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 What is expected in this speaking and listening anchor standard? By the time students graduate, they will need to be able to talk in a productive way about all kinds of things with all kinds of people while also being inclusive, articulate, and convincing of the importance and value of their individual ideas and stances.

Answer Garden For a quick snapshot of student learning (pre & post assessment) teachers can set up a free “Answer Garden” question.

Answer Garden Results All responses will be posted below the question The more often an answer is submitted the larger the text size Teachers can save images using the snipping tool

Sharing Information With Others Padlet - Online Bulletin Board Students/Teachers can Insert documents, images, Videos and audio Recordings. Lets see it in action

Collaborative Work Blendspace – Let see how it works: Introduction to Blendspace VideoIntroduction to Blendspace Video

Skype in the Classroom How can Skype improve student learning in the classroom? Introduction to Skype: Teachers can make contact with other teachers, authors or other experts using the site: Also included in this site are links to lessons that teachers can use in their classroom.

Communicating Understanding and Building New Ideas Online Discussions Builds con­nec­tions and class com­mu­nity by pro­mot­ing dis­cus­sion on course top­ics and more infor­mal discussion Con­tributes to the devel­op­ment of cog­ni­tive, crit­i­cal think­ing, and writ­ing skills Allows time for thought­ful, in-depth reflec­tion on course top­ics. Much like tra­di­tional writ­ing exer­cises, stu­dents have more time to think about, research, and com­pose their thoughts before con­tribut­ing to the discussion. Facil­i­tates exploratory learn­ing by allow­ing stu­dents to review and respond to the work of oth­ers and approach learn­ing in diverse ways Empow­ers stu­dents to express them­selves. For stu­dents with dif­fer­ent learn­ing styles, an online dis­cus­sion board can be a venue where they feel more com­fort­able con­tribut­ing to group dis­cus­sions. With pos­i­tive rein­force­ment from inter­ac­tions on the dis­cus­sion board, an increase in in-class par­tic­i­pa­tion may also occur. Options for Online Discussions: Canvas – Kidblog –

SharePoint Ferndale School District also has a SharePoint site where teachers and students can store documents that they can share with other teachers and/or students. When you log into the SharePoint site you can log in using the same username and password as you do to get into your computer.

Class Notebooks The OneNote Class Notebook is an app for SharePoint Online that helps you set up OneNote in your class. This app will create a class notebook, which includes three types of sub-notebooks: Student Notebooks – private notebooks that are shared between each teacher and their individual students. Teachers can access these notebooks at any time, but students cannot see other students’ notebooks. Content Library – a notebook for teachers to share course materials with students. Teachers can add and edit its materials, but for students, the notebook is read-only. Collaboration Space – a notebook for all students and the teacher in the class to share, organize, and collaborate. Lets see it in Action