Muir Module 4

Creating a Digital Collaborative Classroom - March 30, 2015

Objectives: Teachers will
become familiar with digital classrooms.
think of alternatives to paper and think of ways to go paperless.
create a collaborative environment for students.

Option 1: Google

Activity	Handouts/resource
Hands-0n Activity for Collaborative Classroom	http://www.jokes4us.com
Introduction to digital classroom Watch the video (6.56 min); talk with a partner or group about what you have already done to make your classroom collaborative, and what more you would like to do. Share out.	Video: A Positive Classroom Environment
Explore: Collaborative Classroom sites: Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence: Teach@Thought DePaul Teaching Commons: Collaborative Learning Activities Divide into three groups Explore your assigned site Find two activities that would work at Muir How can you use the iPad to do the lesson? Report out to the group
Google Drive - WP collaborative development of document share comments folders history accountability MyDrive Collaborative Proofreading Group 1 Read and correct Doc D together Group 2 Read and correct Doc A together Remember to save your original and to rename each group's "working" doc so that each can have a new copy, e.g. Doc A Period 1 Tigers with Tigers being the name of the cooperative group. Notability- How could you use this as a collaborative tool?	Evolution of the Desk video Google Docs in Plain English video
eachers create a collaborative document with fellow department members regarding possible uses of Google docs in their subject area	Google Docs account
Break
Other Features of Google Drive spreadsheets drawing presentation forms offline work	Google Docs account
Google Forms: Teachers create a form to survey parents. Or a quiz. Or some other document….	Tutorials on the web that are current and good Google Forms 2014 Tutorial 12 minutes Google Forms – Google Drive’s Hidden Gem 13 minutes
Magic Moment Cloudart Great Apps to Create Word Clouds on an iPad Although the sites below refer to another word cloud app, the ideas are GREAT. 25 Interesting ways to use Wordle in the classroom Using Wordle in the classroom 38 Interesting ways to use Wordle in the classroom

Next steps:

Complete the digital classroom environment or add more components
Create/revise a new lesson where it is most appropriate using the digital classroom environment and reflect on the lesson’s outcome and student responses

Module 4: Creating a Collaborative Classroom

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