Creating a Digital Collaborative Classroom
December, 17, 2015
Objectives: Teachers will
- become familiar with digital classrooms.
- think of alternatives to paper and think of ways to go paperless.
- how to create collaborative environments for students.
Techniques to Create a Collaborative Classroom
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Introduction to the collaborative digital classroom -- Moving into the Future 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 to the group. |
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Hands On Activities for the Collaborative Classroom
Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence:
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Jokes source-remember not all appropriate for middle school classrooms |
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Working with Edmodo: Student Learning Mgt. What's different from Google classroom? Can be accessed by parents Direct incorporation of quizzes |
Other Resources
Videos to introduce your students to Edmodo: |
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An Introduction to the Google Classroom -- Kennan Scott Quick demo of how to start |
https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/classroom/ |
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Google Forms:A new best friend Click on the link to the right and take the survey 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.
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Tutorials on the web that are current and good
Google Forms 2014 Tutorial 12 minutes
Google Forms – Google Drive’s Hidden Gem 13 minutes |
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Magic Moment Wordle
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Other interesting Wordle like resources
Tagxedo will make specific shapes out of your word lists -- like a US map
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Reflections What did I learn today What do I need in the future Do feedback for presenters
Testing is coming up. Let's keep it in perspective. |
The Testing Camera http://fablevisionlearning.com/blog/2014/12/the-testing-camera/ |
NEW RESOURCE for collaborating with parents -- Quick word about Skype Translate
You Tube Video for Skype Translate
Creating a Positive Classroom Environment -- short inspirational video
Unfamiliar with Edmodo-Some videos to watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo2Odx2oDL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtwgZEHzNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzPHQr1ONaA
Next steps:
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Complete the digital classroom environment or add more components
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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
Follow-up suggestions for Edmodo:
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Teachers look at the Edmodo communities and join one or two.
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Teachers engage parents in the Edmodo environment.
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Teachers create quizzes in Edmodo.
Next meeting -- January 27 Module 7 Digital Citizenship
Downloads:
Collaborative Editing Doc A for WOMS