The Common Craft staff members have created an excellent short video to illustrate how Google Docs facilitates collaborative projects.
Google Docs
The Tech Learning staff provides tips on getting the most out of Google Docs and includes examples for collaborative use in the classroom.
Google Docs and Spreadsheets: Collaborating in the Classroom or Library
Christopher Case describes how Google Docs & Spreadsheets has transformed his classroom, and offers tips for veteran users as well as first-timers who want to make the most of these tools.
Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs
The Google for Educators site contains helpful articles from Writing magazine with student-friendly tips and revision techniques. Also included is a teacher’s guide with ideas for using Google Docs to create innovative lesson plans about revision.
Google Docs Tutorials
Atomic Learning provides a series of free tutorial mini-movies showing how to use Google Docs’ main features, with special sections on publishing and collaborating.
Tech Tip – PowerPoint Design/Copyright Do’s and Don’ts
Is it legal to copy music from a public library CD into a PowerPoint presentation? What about transferring music from an LP record to an iPod? Alvin Trusty’s humorous video illustrates key points about copyright and effective PowerPoint design.
How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law (video 44 min. 51 sec.)
How to Create a Great PowerPoint Without Breaking the Law (video 44 min. 51 sec.)
Announcement: Register for Summer Session
Are you looking for graduate courses that support your professional development goals for learning new skills, changing salary lanes, licensure renewal and advanced certification?
The e-learning and online teaching certificate courses and reading teacher certification courses are filling quickly. Sign up soon to reserve your spot!
Are you looking for graduate courses that support your professional development goals for learning new skills, changing salary lanes, licensure renewal and advanced certification?
The e-learning and online teaching certificate courses and reading teacher certification courses are filling quickly. Sign up soon to reserve your spot!
Search/Browse Online Courses Starting in June
Participate from your home computer; no travel to campus is required. Select university billing, and no payment is due until summer session begins.
Labels: Collaboration, Powerpoint, Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 4/09/2008 08:01:00 PM
Evaluating Student Collaboration Projects
Tech Tip: Collaborate Online With Stixy
Photo Credit
44 Benefits of Cooperative Learning
Ted Panitz lists forty-four benefits of cooperative learning, including: develops communication skills, addresses learning style differences, models problem-solving skills, and establishes an atmosphere of cooperation.
Fifteen Common Mistakes in Using Cooperative Learning
The Instructional Innovation Network staff has created an excellent list of cooperative learning (CL) pitfalls and suggestions for planning successful CL experiences.
Potential Challenges With Cooperative Learning
The Starting Point staff at Carleton College provides tips on how to deal with “hitchhikers” and dominant personalities.
Rubrics to Evaluate Student Collaboration and Teamwork
UW-Stout online instructor Karen Franker has developed three ready-to-use rubrics for students and their instructors to effectively assess individual participation in group projects.
Primary Grade Self-Evaluation Teamwork Rubric (pdf)
Elementary Teamwork Rubric
Secondary Collaboration Rubric
Tech Tip – Collaborate Online With Stixy
Stixy is a free new Web-based tool that facilitates communication between learning teams, colleagues, friends and family. Stixy helps users share and organize tasks any way they want on Web-based bulletin boards called Stixyboards.
Users can create and upload: appointments; Microsoft Word, PDF and image files; photos, notes, and bookmarks and share them on a common space which is only viewable by group members. The visual interface with drag-and-drop Widget tools is user-friendly and invites exploration.
What Our Students Are Saying…
About the Digital Classroom: Teaching Information Literacy With Primary Sources class that begins on October 8:
“I learned so much from the assignments as well as my classmates in our online discussions. This has been one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, class I've ever taken."
~Elementary Media Specialist, Wisconsin
“I learned that primary sources are more than photographs, scrapbooks, and diaries. I have also learned that primary sources are a wonderful classroom tool that can teach students many things.”
~World History, Consumer Economics, American Government, Current American Issues Teacher; Thorpe, Wisconsin
“It's amazing that once you KNOW about primary sources, it's the first thing that enters your mind! This class is JUST what I needed to get several groups back into the library asking questions, using books AND the internet in a productive way!"
~ Media Specialist; Weatherford, Texas
Register online at: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/register.shtml
Labels: Collaboration, Tech Tips
posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 9/30/2007 09:42:00 PM