Digital Collaboration to

Increase Student Learning

Mary Jo Davis & Ray Francis

Digital CollaborationHow do you define collaboration?

To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor (from Merriam-Webster online dictionary)

To work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work (from Dictionary.com)

My favorite: WORK TOGETHER

(from Roget’s Thesaurus.com)

Digital collaboration in action . . .

Bloom’s taxonomy—help your students move…

•Digital collaboration-value to education

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1. Identifying similarities & differences2. Summarizing & notetaking3. Reinforcing effort & providing recognition4. Homework & practice5. Nonlinguistic representation6. Cooperative learning7. Setting objectives & providing feedback8. Generating & testing hypotheses9. Cues, questions, & advance organizers

Digital collaboration-value to education

Marzano’s nine guidelines to improve student achievement

Face to facePerfect for group work sessionsRemember to involve technology

Blended instructionBlended classroom perfect fit

Virtual classroomsEmbed technology in classroom siteMultiple tools for use in online class

Fits all learning environmentsDigital collaboration

To participate in the following poll

To vote on today’s polls: Each poll has an address where you send your

response, varying according to your submission method

Each answer has a number corresponding to your answer

Smart phone Text: text to 37607 with answers

Online @PollEv.com: list your answer number in “Web Response” box

Twitter: @poll XXXXXX with XXXXXX being your answer number

Today’s discussionUsing technology to collaborate which

increases student engagement & learningStorytelling & creativityHow to engage students using basic technology

Polling in the classrooma basic introduction

Polling in actionSpecific tools & display possibilities

Collaborative questingSending you on a scavenger hunt

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Second

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Wikis, blogs, & sharingLet them create the story, & add to each other’s work

Q & A and time to experimentClosing

STORYTELLING

Storytelling in a real classroom & shared by a real

teacher

Students with problems communicating

Storytelling A valuable tool for many reasons

Help students find their voice Discuss difficult issues

Why do YOU think storytelling is valuable?

Storytelling—as a classroom tool

Students can tell stories in many waysPicturesAudio narratives—more privacy w/o

imagesNarrated slideshowMovie story Help students explore new territory,

problem solve,& learn coping strategies

Storytelling in many forms

WikisWiki on Digital Collaboration

BlogsBlog discussing digital collaboration tools

Technologies to create storytelling output

POLLING

Don’t fear

technology,

embrace it!

Add student input during discussions with live polling

•Poll Anywhere, Everywhere, Anyhow…

Various polling software

Modify lecture to meet student needs

Check for understandingCheck if students are grasping difficult concepts or formulas

Polling: not a new conceptInstructors have always asked students for feedback

On the fly polling helps to:

Polling: as a teaching toolBy polling, an instructor can:

Pre/post event surveys

Check for understanding

KWL info gathering

Collaboration in class (online or f2f)

Resourceevaluation

Polling: as a learning toolStudents can administer their own polls

Data for student research

Improve writing skills

Analyze and synthesizedata

Group responses

Promote positive performance

Situation where polling would work for you

Face to face classroom ideas??

Online format ideas??

COLLABORATIVE

QUESTING

Collaboration through QuestingNew ways to insure student

collaboration Online scavenger

hunts Web quest Directed notes

Shared research New & prior knowledge Cooperation &

collaboration

Questing for learningLearning could include collaboration,

teamwork, research skillsIdentify roles for each participantSpell out essential group detailsClearly identify objective & search

methodologyOutline acceptable resourcesDescribe end product plainly and

base grades upon published rubric

Digital Storytelling Digital Polling Digital Questing

ALL LEAD TO MORE EFFECTIVE

DIGITAL COLLABORATION

Digital collaboration building blocksAdd digital collaboration to your classroom. . . .

QUESTIONS? ? ?