Introduction to the collaborative digital classroom

          Changes in the Desktop

 Discuss with shoulder buddy how this video relates to your own workspace at home/school and your students workspace at home/school

 Report out from members of the group.

Evolution of the desk

http://magazine.good.is/articles/evolution-of-desk

Hands On Activities for the Collaborative Classroom

* Questions and Answers

Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence: http://web.utah.edu/taresources/Collaborative.htm

Teach@Thought

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/10-team-building-games-that-promote-critical-thinking/

DePaul Teaching Commons: Teaching Guides

http://resources.depaul.edu/teaching-commons/teaching-guides/Pages/default.aspx

Google Forms: A new best friend

Chocolate chip cookie slam: click on the URL to the right and fill out the form

Google Forms a teacher/student connection

Other Google Tools

• Google Drive
• Google Docs
• Google Slides

Activity:

Create a Google Form, Doc, or Slide deck on a topic of your choosing. Prepare to share it with your colleagues.

Friday Taste Test

Teacher/Student Connection   3:06

Tutorials on the web that are current and good

Google Forms – Google Drive’s Hidden Gem 13 minutes

Wordle

• 25 Interesting ways to use Wordle in the classroom
• Using Wordle in the classroom
• 38 Interesting ways to use Wordle in the classroom
• 9 Word Cloud Generators that Aren’t Wordle
• The Five Best Free Word Cloud Creators for Teachers

Other interesting Wordle like resources

Tagxedo will make specific shapes out of your word lists -- like a US map

         http://www.tagxedo.com/

10 Really Good Site to Create Word Clouds

http://www.moreofit.com/similar-  to/www.wordle.net/Top_10_Sites_Like_Wordle/

Reflections

 Please follow the link to the right and fill in your answers to the questions.